The Urbis exhibition centre in Manchester.

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The centre features interactive exhibits and changing exhibitions on the subject of city life. Urbis challenges ideas and concepts relating to the development of cities and highlights both environmental and social issues that must be considered in the future development of the urban environment. Like many modern museums Urbis is highly interactive and is developed with education and learning as a key focus.

Urbis' programme of changing exhibitions focuses on the culture of the modern city, with explorations of design, architecture, graffiti, photography, music and fashion.

The building opened in June 2002 as part of the redevelopment of the area around Exchange Square known as the Millennium Quarter. After initial controversy over funding, including criticism from the local Liberal Democrats, Urbis had its most successful year ever in 2006^[1]. Exchange Square, Manchester. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...

The building and exhibitions

Urbis from the side, showing garden and fountains

Urbis is located in a unique building in Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, designed by Ian Simpson. The design and shape of the building can be compared with the Flatiron Building in New York. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 624 KB) Summary Taken by myself in the Summer at about 16. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 624 KB) Summary Taken by myself in the Summer at about 16. ... Cathedral Gardens, Manchester Cathedral Gardens is an open space in Manchester, UK. It is bounded by Victoria Station to the north, Chethams School of Music to the west, the perimeter of Manchester Cathedral and The Triangle on Fennel Street to the south and Urbis to the east. ... Ian Simpson is an English architect and one of the partners of Ian Simpson Architects, established in 1987 with Rachel Haugh. ... For other uses, see Flatiron Building (disambiguation). ... NY redirects here. ...

The exhibition centre is set across five floors. Floor four focus on life in Manchester; floors two and three contain interactive exhibits on various aspects of city life. The first and ground floors hold temporary exhibitions which change regularly.

Urbis also contains The Social (a bar and cafe), a shop, rooms for corporate hire and a restaurant and bar on the fifth and sixth floors. Manchester's television station Channel M has recently moved its offices and studios into the building. Channel M is a television station which is based in Manchester. ...

Exhibitions

The launch night for the D&AD exhibition at Urbis

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2007

• Arrivals & Departures: New Art Perspectives of Hong Kong
• PLAY: Experience the Adventure of Our Cities
• The Hacienda 25th anniversary
• Best of Manchester

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2006

The British Art Show 6 at Urbis

• Under Surveillance
• British Art Show 6
• Little Black Dress
• D&AD: The Best Advertising Design in the World
• Manchester 0161: This is what we're made of
• The China Show
• Make Me Shine

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2005

The SuperCity exhibition at Urbis

• Rock 'n' Roll Icons: the photography of Mick Rock
• Punk: Sex, Seditionaries and the Sex Pistols
• SuperCity

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2004

• Manchester 24
• ILL COMMUNICATION II
• DTroit
• The Sounds of Two Cities
• Futuresonic04
• The Peter Saville Show

2003

• Compost Cities
• Ill Communication
• Taxi!
• Heliodays in the rainy city

2002

• Architecture by Stealth

See also

• Manchester Cathedral Gardens Subculture

• Cathedral Gardens

Manchesters Cathedral Gardens, the area surrounding the citys Urbis museum, is often used as a hang out place for subcultural teenagers such as emo kids, goths, and moshers. ... Cathedral Gardens, Manchester Cathedral Gardens is an open space in Manchester, UK. It is bounded by Victoria Station to the north, Chethams School of Music to the west, the perimeter of Manchester Cathedral and The Triangle on Fennel Street to the south and Urbis to the east. ...

External links

• Urbis website
• Urbis in Exchange Square Virtual Tour

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