The Wandsworth Road building, designed by Shingler Rosdon and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1968, was purpose-built to house South Bank Polytechnic's Faculty of the Built Environment and Vauxhall College of Further Education.

In 1972 the purpose-built Wandsworth Road site opened, providing space for the Polytechnic's Faculty of the Built Environment, which at the time was the biggest and most comprehensive faculty in Europe for teaching built environment subjects such as surveying, town planning, architecture, civil engineering and other property related ...

2010年10月20日 · The Wandsworth Road building opened in 1975 to provide a purpose-built home for the Polytechnic of the South Bank's (now LSBU) Faculty of the Built Environment, which at the time was the biggest and most comprehensive faculty in Europe for teaching built environment subjects such as town planing, architecture and property development .

2012年3月7日 · In 1970 the Borough Polytechnic Institute merged with the Brixton School of Building, City of Westminster College and National College for Heating, Ventilating, Refrigeration and Fan Engineering to form the Polytechnic of the South Bank. The Designation Ceremony took place at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank on 22nd November 1971.

Wandsworth Road building was purpose-built to house South Bank Polytechnic's Faculty of the Built Environment and Vauxhall College of Further Education. The foundation stone was laid in 1970 and the buildings were in use by 1973, although was not officially opened until 1975.

The Faculty moved into the new purpose-designed Wandsworth Road building, on the Wandsworth Road, during the summer of 1973, a decade after the first draft schedule of accommodation was made. The building was officially opened on …

Originally the Borough Polytechnic Institute, we laid down roots in south London in 1892 and has been improving the lives of students, businesses and the local community ever since. Our original aim 'to promote the industrial skill, general knowledge, health and well-being of young men and women' remains central to our mission today.

became part of the Polytechnic, leading to the formation of a new Faculty of Administrative, Liberal and Social Studies. By the 1990s, the newly-established South Bank Business School was one of the UK’s largest business schools, with around 7,000 full- and part-time students and strong links with the business community

The photographs show the construction of both Wansworth Road and Perry (originally Centenary) Library as well as interior and exterior photographs of both in use, along with photos of London Road Library.

2025年1月16日 · Brixton School of Building became part of the Polytechnic of the South Bank in 1970, along with the Borough Polytechnic, City of Westminster College and the National College for Heating,...