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The '''Graduate Studies Building''' was a now-demolished building on the [[Westwood Campus]]. Adjacent to the [[New Education Building]], it housed a number of different things throughout its life, and finished being demolished in April 2025.<ref name"dem-fin-post">{{Citation|title=Post on X|date=2025-04-30|author=Freeley|url=https://x.com/JFreeleyLtd/status/1917671595478274230|access-date=2025-12-12|via=X (formally Twitter)|archive-url=https://archive.ph/7Yd36|archive-date=2025-12-12}}</ref> The building featured a one-story section and a two-story section, and connected to the New Education Building via a bridge between the first floor of each building.<ref name="invida"/><ref name="bridge-street-view"/>
Built in the mid 1960s,<ref name="ds-1">{{Citation|title=Design Statement|date=2012-11-06|author=Synergy Architects Ltd|url=https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/planning/?fa=downloadDocument&id=596721&public_record_id=258838|access-date=2025-12-15|work=FUL/2012/2089 planning application}}</ref><ref name="ds-2">{{Citation|title=Design and Access Statement 03B|date=2013-07-03|author=Synergy Architects Ltd|url=https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/planning/?fa=downloadDocument&id=699091&public_record_id=258838|access-date=2025-12-15|work=FUL/2012/2089 planning application}}</ref> the '''Graduate Studies Building''' was a building on the [[Westwood Campus]] that was demolished in 2024. Adjacent to the [[New Education Building]],<ref name="osm"/><ref name="loc-plan"/><ref name="site-plan"/> it housed a number of different things throughout its life, including, for a while, the [[Institute of Education]].<ref name"dem-fin-post">{{Citation|title=Post on X|date=2025-04-30|author=Freeley|url=https://x.com/JFreeleyLtd/status/1917671595478274230|access-date=2025-12-12|via=X (formally Twitter)|archive-url=https://archive.ph/7Yd36|archive-date=2025-12-12}}</ref> The building featured a one-story section and a two-story section, and connected to the New Education Building via a bridge between the first floor of each building.<ref name="invida"/><ref name="bridge-street-view"/><ref name="ds-1"/><ref name="ds-2"/>


== Location ==
== Location ==
The Graduate Studies Building was located in the eastern-most portion of the [[Westwood Campus]], north of the [[New Education Building]],<ref>{{Citation|title=OpenStreetMap: 52.389614, -1.558280|publisher=OpenStreetMap|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/52.389614/-1.558280|access-date=2025-12-12|via=openstreetmap.org|archive-url=https://archive.ph/YrrCn|archive-date=2025-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Location plan Dwg 01|date=2012-11-06|author=Synergy Architects Ltd|url=https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/planning/?fa=downloadDocument&id=630878&public_record_id=258838|access-date=2025-12-14|work=FUL/2012/2089 Planning Application|via=planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Site plan Dwg 02 Rev A|date=2012-11-06|author=Synergy Architects Ltd|url=https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/planning/?fa=downloadDocument&id=559212&public_record_id=258838|access-date=2025-12-14|work=FUL/2012/2089 Planning Application|via=planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk}}</ref> which it connected to via a bridge.<ref name="bridge-street-view">{{Citation|title=Street View: 20 Kirby Corner Rd|date=March 2010|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@52.3892555,-1.5577383,3a,24.2y,285.7h,91.28t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sYGDmzh35YvEftWdovNTMjw!2e0!5s20100301T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.2819679119741494%26panoid%3DYGDmzh35YvEftWdovNTMjw%26yaw%3D285.6999030453663!7i13312!8i6656|access-date=2025-12-12|via=Google Maps}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Existing elevations Dwg 102|date=2012-11-06|author=Synergy Architects Ltd|url=https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/planning/?fa=downloadDocument&id=559212&public_record_id=258838|access-date=2025-12-14|work=FUL/2012/2089 Planning Application|via=planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Proposed Elevations Dwg 104 Rev C|date=2012-11-06|author=Synergy Architects Ltd|url=https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/planning/?fa=downloadDocument&id=546726&public_record_id=258838|access-date=2025-12-14|work=FUL/2012/2089 Planning Application|via=planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk}}</ref>
The Graduate Studies Building was located in the eastern-most portion of the [[Westwood Campus]], north of the [[New Education Building]],<ref name="osm">{{Citation|title=OpenStreetMap: 52.389614, -1.558280|publisher=OpenStreetMap|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/52.389614/-1.558280|access-date=2025-12-12|via=openstreetmap.org|archive-url=https://archive.ph/YrrCn|archive-date=2025-12-12}}</ref><ref name="loc-plan">{{Citation|title=Location plan Dwg 01|date=2012-11-06|author=Synergy Architects Ltd|url=https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/planning/?fa=downloadDocument&id=630878&public_record_id=258838|access-date=2025-12-14|work=FUL/2012/2089 planning application|via=planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk}}</ref><ref name="site-plan">{{Citation|title=Site plan Dwg 02 Rev A|date=2012-11-06|author=Synergy Architects Ltd|url=https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/planning/?fa=downloadDocument&id=559212&public_record_id=258838|access-date=2025-12-14|work=FUL/2012/2089 planning application|via=planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk}}</ref> which it connected to via a bridge.<ref name="bridge-street-view">{{Citation|title=Street View: 20 Kirby Corner Rd|date=March 2010|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@52.3892555,-1.5577383,3a,24.2y,285.7h,91.28t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sYGDmzh35YvEftWdovNTMjw!2e0!5s20100301T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.2819679119741494%26panoid%3DYGDmzh35YvEftWdovNTMjw%26yaw%3D285.6999030453663!7i13312!8i6656|access-date=2025-12-12|via=Google Maps}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Existing elevations Dwg 102|date=2012-11-06|author=Synergy Architects Ltd|url=https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/planning/?fa=downloadDocument&id=559212&public_record_id=258838|access-date=2025-12-14|work=FUL/2012/2089 planning application|via=planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Proposed Elevations Dwg 104 Rev C|date=2012-11-06|author=Synergy Architects Ltd|url=https://planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk/planning/?fa=downloadDocument&id=546726&public_record_id=258838|access-date=2025-12-14|work=FUL/2012/2089 planning application|via=planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk}}</ref>


== Previous uses ==
== Previous uses ==

Revision as of 22:33, 15 December 2025

Built in the mid 1960s,[1][2] the Graduate Studies Building was a building on the Westwood Campus that was demolished in 2024. Adjacent to the New Education Building,[3][4][5] it housed a number of different things throughout its life, including, for a while, the Institute of Education.[6] The building featured a one-story section and a two-story section, and connected to the New Education Building via a bridge between the first floor of each building.[7][8][1][2]

Location

The Graduate Studies Building was located in the eastern-most portion of the Westwood Campus, north of the New Education Building,[3][4][5] which it connected to via a bridge.[8][9][10]

Previous uses

Like the New Education Building, the Graduate Studies Building contained "WE"-coded centrally timetabled rooms.[11][12][13][14][15] In November 2007, WE0.01 and WE1.17 were the only centrally timetabled rooms.[14] In May 2015, the rooms WE0.29, WE1.16 and WE1.17, which were centrally timetabled, were closed without notice due to potential structural issues discovered when refurbishing the building.[11] In August 2017, WE0.01, WE0.29, WE1.16 and WE1.17 were the only centrally timetabled rooms.[15] The centrally timetabled rooms may have still existed until as late as July 2023, as indicated by signs outside the building,[12] although whether they were in use this late is unclear.

The building also contained a "Telepresence suite" in WE0.20 for an unknown period of time including May 2015.[11]

The building also contained "Multimedia Labs" for an unkown period of time including July 2023, as indicated on signs outside the building.[12][13]

Moreover, WMG used the building for an unkown period of time also including July 2023 as their logo was present on the main entrance.[12][13]

The final version of the building's floorplans before being demolished showed it containing

  • three rooms housing a "History of Art Image Library" (WE0.17, WE0.19, and WE0.20),
  • several store rooms,
  • many rooms (including the entire first floor),
  • a few offices, and
  • a server room,

along with the usual lobbies, corridoors, toilets and plant rooms.[7]

Building history

2012 additions

Demolition

Photos

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Design Statement" by Synergy Architects Ltd (2012-11-06), part of FUL/2012/2089 planning application. Accessed on 2025-12-15.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Design and Access Statement 03B" by Synergy Architects Ltd (2013-07-03), part of FUL/2012/2089 planning application. Accessed on 2025-12-15.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "OpenStreetMap: 52.389614, -1.558280" (undated), published by OpenStreetMap via openstreetmap.org. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Accessed on 2025-12-12.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Location plan Dwg 01" by Synergy Architects Ltd (2012-11-06) via planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk, part of FUL/2012/2089 planning application. Accessed on 2025-12-14.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Site plan Dwg 02 Rev A" by Synergy Architects Ltd (2012-11-06) via planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk, part of FUL/2012/2089 planning application. Accessed on 2025-12-14.
  6. ↑ "Post on X" by Freeley (2025-04-30) via X (formally Twitter). Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Accessed on 2025-12-12.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "03.020 : Graduate Studies Building" (Warwick login required) (undated) via Invida Resolve. Accessed on 2025-12-12.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Street View: 20 Kirby Corner Rd" (March 2010) via Google Maps. Accessed on 2025-12-12.
  9. ↑ "Existing elevations Dwg 102" by Synergy Architects Ltd (2012-11-06) via planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk, part of FUL/2012/2089 planning application. Accessed on 2025-12-14.
  10. ↑ "Proposed Elevations Dwg 104 Rev C" by Synergy Architects Ltd (2012-11-06) via planandregulatory.coventry.gov.uk, part of FUL/2012/2089 planning application. Accessed on 2025-12-14.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Notes from the meeting of the Group on Friday 22 May 2015 (2015-05-22), published by Standing Group Responsible for the Maintenance and Refurbishment of Centrally Timetabled Rooms. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Accessed on 2025-12-12.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Street View: Coventry, England" (July 2023) via Google Maps. Accessed on 2025-12-12.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "#WarwickOpen 360° Virtual Tour" (undated) via warwick.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2025-12-12. Accessed on 2025-12-12.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Centrally Timetabled Room Information" by AV Services (2007-11-09) via warwick.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Accessed on 2025-12-12.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Centrally Timetabled Room Information" by AV Services (2017-11-09) via warwick.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Accessed on 2025-12-12.
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