A contractor has been selected to develop the University of Wolverhampton's new £26 million School of Architecture and Built Environment.

ISG has been appointed to build the development at the University's 12-acre Springfield Campus site.

Procured via the influential Pagabo Framework, through which ISG was also recently awarded a £34 million project at Richmond upon Thames College, this project forms part of a wider masterplan to transform a former Grade II listed brewery into the Springfield Campus.

The project represents the final and largest element of the first phase of works at this key regeneration site, and is also one of the highest value capital works schemes the University has ever undertaken.

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The new School of Architecture and Built Environment, designed by Associated Architects, will be constructed around the former Springfield Brewery's clock tower, which will be sensitively restored as part of the project.

A new build three-storey steel frame structure will wrap around the existing tower, and ISG will retain the outer brick façade of the former brewery building.

Designed to reflect the historical context of the site, a key element of the new building is the striking saw-tooth profile of the roof – echoing the industrial buildings that once stood on the site.

Featuring a full-height atrium, the 85,000 sq ft building will provide purpose-built space for around 1,200 students and 65 staff, with specialist laboratories, multi-disciplinary workshops, ICT suites, a lecture theatre and an upper level ‘super’ studio with double-height ceilings.

The scheme will also provide social learning and workspaces, a café, offices and meeting rooms.

Externally, ISG will create a landscaped piazza and courtyard area linking the new school together with the rest of the facilities on site.