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  2. University College Hospital - Wikipedia

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    The hospital site at the Cruciform Building was closed in 1995, despite strikes and an occupation in 1993. [8] The building was purchased by UCL, for use as the home for the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and the teaching facility for UCL bioscience and medical students UCL Medical School. [9]

  3. UCL Wolfson Institute - Wikipedia

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    WIBR was established in 1995 as an Institute within UCL based in the Cruciform building, which underwent a £50 million renovation in order to create a modern infrastructure. Substantial grants to carry out the work were obtained from a number of funding bodies, notably The Wellcome Trust, the Higher Education Funding Council for England and ...

  4. Gower Street, London - Wikipedia

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    Of the many UCL buildings along Gower Street, the Cruciform Building is especially notable, both for its striking red exterior and its obvious form, even when viewed from the road. Old boys of University College School are known as " Old Gowers " after the street where it was founded and co-located with UCL.

  5. Facilities engineering - Wikipedia

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    Facilities engineering is a broad study of engineering that makes it difficult to put facilities engineers into one category of jobs. According to a survey by Buildings.com the most common career fields for facilities engineer are construction , project management , facility management , energy management , design , staff engineering and staff ...

  6. UCL Medical School - Wikipedia

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    The Cruciform Building on Gower Street, which houses the preclinical facilities of the UCL Medical School; it was previously the main building of University College Hospital. UCL Medical School formed over a number of years from the merger of a number of institutions: [1]

  7. Cartesian skyscraper - Wikipedia

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    The Cartesian sky-scraper, designed by Le Corbusier in 1938, is a type of tower known for its modern and rational design. [1] [2] This type of modern administration building has its origin in the first sketches for the Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau in 1919, which proposed a cruciform shape for skyscrapers, radiating light and stability.

  8. Crossing (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Cathedral floor plan (crossing is shaded) A crossing, in ecclesiastical architecture, is the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church. [1]In a typically oriented church (especially of Romanesque and Gothic styles), the crossing gives access to the nave on the west, the transept arms on the north and south, and the choir, as the first part of the chancel, on the east.

  9. Cruciform - Wikipedia

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    Cruciform is a term for physical manifestations resembling a common cross or Christian cross. The label can be extended to architectural shapes, biology, art, and design. The label can be extended to architectural shapes, biology, art, and design.