Saturday 25 April 2015

Update on the Inside of the New School (#1494 - 1530)


1494. Inside the University of Birmingham School. (22/APR/2015)



1495.  Inside the main entrance. (22/APR/2015)



1496. Inside the atrium. (22/APR/2015)



1497. Inside the atrium. (22/APR/2015)



1498. Inside the atrium. (22/APR/2015)



1499.  Inside the University of Birmingham School. (22/APR/2015)



1500. The atrium. (22/APR/2015)



1501. Toilets. (22/APR/2015)



1502. Special flooring is being laid in the science labs and art classrooms. (22/APR/2015)



1503. Special flooring in a science lab. (22/APR/2015)



1504. View across the OLRC car park and thicket from the second floor. (22/APR/2015)



1505. View of the north projection of the school from the second floor. (22/APR/2015)



1506. The OLRC car park, the gas and water pipes being installed and the north projection of the school, viewed from the second floor. (22/APR/2015)



1507. The OLRC and car park viewed from the second floor. (22/APR/2015)



1508. One of the new classrooms. (22/APR/2015)



1509. New classroom with view of George Cadbury Hall. (22/APR/2015)



1510. New corridor. (22/APR/2015)



1511. The school's library. (22/APR/2015)



1512. The school's library. (22/APR/2015)



1513. The school's library. The room on the left is the store. (22/APR/2015)



1514. The school's library. (22/APR/2015)



1515. The atrium. (22/APR/2015)



1516. The roof of the atrium. (22/APR/2015)



1517. Art classroom. (22/APR/2015)



1518. View of Weoley Park Road and St Mary's church from the art classroom. (22/APR/2015)



1519. View of the east projection of the building from the art classroom. (22/APR/2015)



1520. Another new classroom. (22/APR/2015)



1521. Another new classroom. (22/APR/2015)



1522. An office. (22/APR/2015)



1523. The atrium. (22/APR/2015)



1524. Inside the new school. (22/APR/2015)



1525. Inside the new school.  (22/APR/2015)



1526. A science lab. The buckets mark the gas connections. (22/APR/2015)



1527. View through several classrooms. (22/APR/2015)



1528. Locker space in the hallway. (22/APR/2015)



1529. The auditorium.(22/APR/2015)



1530. The lift has been installed. (22/APR/2015)


Monday 20 April 2015

Campus Update (#1476 - 1493)

The "Topping Off" ceremony for the new school was held on the Selly Oak Campus on Friday 17th April, and was attended by the Registrar. This is the ceremony that marks the laying of the highest brick of the building.


1476. The daffodils and bluebells are out on the Selly Oak campus. New University School in the background. Taken from the BCC (Birmingham Christian College) side of Hamilton Drive. (15/APR/2015)



1477. The University of Birmingham School with brickwork almost complete, viewed from across the OLRC car park.  (15/APR/2015)



1478. The front new school viewed from across Weoley Park Road. (15/APR/2015)


1479. The front new school viewed from across Weoley Park Road. (15/APR/2015)



1480. The front new school viewed from Weoley Park Road, facing south-west. (15/APR/2015)



1481. The front new school viewed from Weoley Park Road, facing south. (15/APR/2015)



1482. The front new school viewed from Hamilton Drive, facing south.  (15/APR/2015)



1483. Some of the brickwork along Hamilton Drive. This is the outer wall of what will be the Sports Hall. (15/APR/2015)



1484.  Some of the brickwork along Hamilton Drive. This is the outer wall of what will be the Sports Hall.  (15/APR/2015)



1485. Some of the brickwork along Hamilton Drive. This is the outer wall of what will be the Sports Hall. (15/APR/2015)



1486. View of the new school, with completed brickwork, across what was once the meadow. Viewed from the Humanites Hall, first floor, OLRC. (15/APR/2015)



1487.  Red arrows to guide pedestrians to the new pavement on Hamilton Drive.(15/APR/2015)



1488. Red arrows to guide pedestrians to the new pavement on Hamilton Drive. (15/APR/2015)



1489. View of the new car park where Johnston House once stood. Taken from outside the entrance to Alan Geale House. (15/APR/2015)



 1490. The Wild Cyclamen are out in The Close. (15/APR/2015)



1491. Archibald House, home to the BBC, in the sunshine. (15/APR/2015)



1492. The OLRC (Orchard Learning Resource Centre) viewed from across the new car park where Johnston House once stood. Taken from The Close. (15/APR/2015)



 1493. View of the OLRC from behind the Easter Roses. (15/APR/2015)