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Quay House is the BBC's 135,000-square-foot (12,500 m 2) main building from where BBC Breakfast, Match of the Day, BBC Radio 5 Live, North West Tonight and BBC Radio Manchester are broadcast. [32] Bridge House is the production base for Blue Peter, Mastermind, Dragons' Den, CBBC, and BBC Bitesize. [32]
Interior. The Devonshire Dome building (previously known as the Devonshire Royal Hospital) is a Grade II* listed [1] 18th-century former stable block in Buxton, Derbyshire.It was built by John Carr of York and extended by architect Robert Rippon Duke, [1] who added what was then the world's largest unsupported dome, with a diameter of 44.2 metres (145 ft).
White was appointed president of the hospital in 1906. Recognising the need to modernise the hospital building to keep up with innovations in science and medicine, he established a £50,000 fund for a new hospital building. [6] This led to the construction of the Edward VII Memorial Wing which was designed by Charles Holden and completed in ...
In 2010, the building was offered for sale as the BBC's move to MediaCityUK rendered it surplus to requirements [6] and it was sold for £10 million in April 2011. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The BBC sign from the front of the building was removed in November 2011 shortly after the last department, regional TV, moved to MediaCityUK ending 35 years of ...
GCSE Bitesize was launched in January 1998, covering seven subjects. For each subject, a one- or two-hour long TV programme would be broadcast overnight in the BBC Learning Zone block, and supporting material was available in books and on the BBC website. At the time, only around 9% of UK households had access to the internet at home.
The current hospital building has 1248 beds and 34 wards. [2] It opened in February 2012. The hospital was founded in September 1740 and was originally named the London Infirmary. The name changed to the London Hospital in 1748, and in 1990 to the Royal London Hospital. The first patients were treated at a house in Featherstone Street, Moorfields.
In 2024 the building won two awards at the European Healthcare Design Awards, winning the 'Healthcare Design' category and the 'Interior Design and Arts' award. [16] In June 2023 it was announced that demolition of the 195-year-old Barry Building, thought to be the oldest acute hospital building still in use in England, would take place in 2024 ...
Construction started in 1963, and the official opening took place in 1971. It was Europe's first fully integrated hospital and medical school, at a cost of £22 million. [1] It is the third largest university hospital in the UK, and the largest hospital in Wales. [2] [3] The hospital was previously managed by Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust.