University of Bristol Arts and Social Sciences Library – Miniature Concrete Model

University of Bristol Arts and Social Sciences Library – Miniature Concrete ModelModel 069_Bristol Arts and Social Sciences Library Miniature Concrete ModelHand cast in fine concrete. Shaped by memory. Some buildings carry the quiet presence of thought. The Arts and Social Sciences Library at the University of Bristol was designed by Twist and Whitley and completed in the mid 1970s. With its layered concrete terraces and broad horizontal massing, it became a defining feature of the campus and a landmark of post war university

Location: Barbican Estate

This model is a keepsake of a tower that set the standard for the Barbican’s bold and enduring vision

8cm deep (approx)• Laser-etched cork base with building name• Comes gift-boxed for the perfect concrete gift• Designed

Architect: Samuel Beverley

Cast concrete Easter Egg inspired by the iconic Space House

I wanted it to feel like a keepsake with meaning

positioned dramatically on a bend in the Vistula

This model holds the tension of the Sirius story—visionary social housing turned architectural icon

Size: 39cm high x 31cm wide framed

The library at the University of East Anglia is like that

it remains one of the most distinctive signal boxes ever built in Britain

It lives easily on a desk