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Following Newcastle City Council approval, the Stephenson Building, which was opened by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in 1951 and is named after engineering pioneer George Stephenson, will be partially demolished, extended and refurbished to provide facilities for engineering research and teaching.
Acting as a focal point for all elements of the University’s Engineering School, the £68.75m, four-storey building will house innovative teaching and social spaces, workshops, laboratories, offices, computer clusters and maker spaces.
Professor Chris Day, Vice-Chancellor and President, Newcastle University, said: “This approval has been the culmination of work carried out by many academic and professional services colleagues across the whole University.