New Broadcasting House, Manchester

New Broadcasting House
BBC Manchester Studios NBH
General information
Type	Television and radio studios
Architectural style	Precast concrete panels, with bronze-tinted solar-heat-rejecting glass
Address	Oxford Road, Manchester, M60 1SJ
Coordinates	53°28′23″N 2°14′21″W / 53.47312°N 2.23925°W / 53.47312; -2.23925
Completed	July 1975
Inaugurated	18 June 1976
Demolished	2012
Landlord	BBC
Dimensions
Other dimensions	5.4 acres (1.66 ha)
Technical details
Structural system	Reinforced concrete structure
Floor count	6
Floor area	30,400 m (99,738 ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	R. A. Sparks[1]
Architecture firm	BBC Architectural and Civil Engineering Department
Structural engineer	Ove Arup
Services engineer	Haden Young
Civil engineer	D. G. Nimmy
Other designers	Acousticians – Sandy Brown Associates[2] Mechanical Services – Building Design Partnership
Quantity surveyor	Bare, Leaning, and Bare
Main contractor	Higgs and Hill

New Broadcasting House (NBH) was the BBC's North West England headquarters on Oxford Road in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester. The studios housed BBC Manchester, BBC North West, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Religion and Ethics department. It was known as a Network Production Centre, the others being in Birmingham (the now also demolished Pebble Mill Studios) and Broadcasting House, Bristol.

New Broadcasting House was vacated during autumn 2011 when the departments were relocated to MediaCityUK outside of central Manchester in Salford Quays. The building was demolished in 2012.^[3]