1960s Faraday House to be reclad with work expected to start this spring
PRP has submitted plans to transform a vacant modernist building into new office space for the University of Salford.
Faraday House was built in the 1960s as the headquarters of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers and passed into the ownership of Salford University the following decade.
It has been empty for several years and the university now wants it to become 3,500sq m of flexible office space to house its professional services teams.
The scheme has been designed for the Crescent Partnership, comprising Salford city council, the University of Salford and ECF, a partnership between Homes England, L&G and Muse.
It forms a part of Make Architect’s masterplan for the wider £2.5bn, 240-acre Crescent Salford programme, which is transforming a large section of central Salford with plans for 3,000 homes and 150,000sq m of commercial space.
PRP’s plans for Faraday House have been designed with interiors architect OBI and landscape architect Planit, with construction expected to start on the scheme this spring if the application is approved.
The work would include recladding the entire building in an aluminium envelope which would be a cream colour on the first two levels and terracotta on upper floors, along with a full overhaul of the building’s MEP services.
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