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| Exterior Externally, The Bridgewater Hall takes its cue from the warm colours and textures of nineteenth century Manchester, presenting itself to the street as a building of fiery stone and metal. Standing on a generous plinth of sandstone, and anchored by a thin, dark line of polished granite where the land falls away to the new canal and basin, the upper floors are cliffs of quietly-detailed metal cladding between cataracts of glass. Rising clearly through all this is the bold volume of the auditorium, sheathed in glorious, shining limestone and crowned with its 'floating' steel roof. The whole building stands at a provocative angle to Lower Mosley Street, its axis pointing proudly toward Albert Square, as if to emphasise its place in the cultural life of the whole city. |
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