Did you work at Manchester City Architect’s Department?

This summer, Manchester Central Library will host an exhibition of images of the work of the City Architect’s Department, 1902-2003.

If you, or anyone you know, worked for Manchester City Council in the capacity of an architect please get in touch...

The Department designed houses, schools, health centres, police stations, fire stations, courts, colleges, airports, libraries, bus stations, an abattoir, a crematorium, swimming baths, tram depots and more – they built the civic infrastructure of the city and made spaces for people.

In the 101 years of the department’s existence there were only seven postholders who carried the title City Architect. 

However, hundreds more people worked in the department and the exhibition’s curators are looking for anyone who might have spent their careers behind drawing boards in the Town Hall Extension.

If you, or anyone you know, worked for the City Council in the capacity of an architect please contact Martin Dodge m.dodge@manchester.ac.uk or Richard Brook r.brook@lancaster.ac.uk, who would be really pleased to hear from you.