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John Moores University to Develop New £23.5 Million Art and Design AcademyLJMU was granted planning permission to develop a new £23.5 million Academy for its 180 year old School of Art and Design.
The sculptural building, designed by the award-winning architect Rick Mather, is scheduled to open in 2008 when Liverpool is European Capital of Culture.
The development will ensure that LJMU, future generations of students and the city continue to play an influential role in the creative arts in the decades to come.
On hearing the decision, LJMU's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Brown, said: "I am absolutely delighted.
This development is more than just another academic building.
It will be a catalyst for new creative adventures, for innovative thinking 365 days a year."
Professor Brown continued: "This investment will enable LJMU to develop an invigorated portfolio of art and design programmes, provide new public facilities and exhibition spaces and improve access to our specialist expertise and technical facilities.
We're just waiting for the final piece of the funding jigsaw from the Merseyside Objective 1 programme, which will enable work to begin."
The plans developed by Rick Mather Architects reflect the University's ambition to develop state-of-the-art facilities unrivalled anywhere in the UK that will advance teaching, business support and research on art and
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