No. 1 Deansgate is the name (and address) of a high-rise apartment building in Manchester, England. It is the tallest all-steel residential building in the United Kingdom and one of the most expensive addresses in Manchester. Completed in 2002, it is situated at the top of Deansgate not far from Manchester Cathedral. It’s glass front and sloping roof make it a highly distinctive building. It was built as part of a major redevelopment project that took place after the damage caused by the 1996 IRA bombing. It was designed by the architectural practice Ian Simpson Architects. However, the structure is more a feat of architectural engineering than design. The engineers responsible were Martin Stockley Associates. An apartment (or flat) is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. ... Manchester is a city in the north-west of England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... // Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Manchester Cathedral Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | Buildings and structures stubs | British cathedrals | Greater Manchester ... The Manchester City Centre bombing was a terrorist attack in Manchester, England by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. ...

The 60m high building is of 14 floors which provide 84 apartments, including eight penthouses. These are all above a pedestrian area 16 m high which is supported by inclined tubular columns. The comparatively lightweight structure is principally constructed of of steel, this skeleton is balanced by precise weight ratios which ensure its complete stability.

The external appearance is that of a great evolution from the concrete Brutalist architecture of the late 20th century. However, on the upper floors the cubalism of it design is apparent. The potential of a 1970s appearance is offset by louvred glass sloping walls. Critics of the design have suggested the building has the air of a municipal, public, civil building. This same charge, though, could be levelled at any 18th century Palladian building. Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the Modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... A villa with a superimposed portico, from Book IV of Palladios I Quattro Libri dellArchitettura, in a modestly priced English translation published in London, 1736. ...

The penthouse suite on the 16th and 17th floors was reportedly sold for £2million, the most expensive residence sold in Manchester at the time. In architecture, a penthouse is a building on the roof of another building, or alternatively, an apartment on the top floor of a building. ...

External links

• Official site
• Virtual Tour from the BBC Manchester website
• Entry at Emporis