Biochemistry Building (University of Oxford)

This was taken with my compact and ‘cos I was pointing the camera upwards the verticals and horizontals were all over the place :-)) I have tried to correct this in Photoshop but not entirely sure if I have fully succeeded :-))

This shot shows the main entrance. You do get different colours here but the colours tend to be more spectacular when taking shots of the other sides of the building. As with the rest of the building the colours change depending upon the light and the time of day.

There is a café within the building and it has always surprised me that even though this is a University building anyone can just walk in and visit the café :-)

From the Department of Biochemistry website -
“The Biochemistry Department is part of the University of Oxford's Medical Sciences Division, the largest of the University's four academic divisions and ranked third in the world for Biomedicine. According to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, 75% of research activity within the Department is rated world-class quality in terms of significance, rigour and originality, making it the highest rated Life Sciences Department within a UK university. The Department moved into a brand new purpose-built building during the Autumn of 2008 which was designed to promote interaction and collaboration as well as provide state-of-the-art facilities for all staff. There are about thirty-five academic staff, one hundred postdoctoral research workers and one hundred and fifty postgraduate students. Members of other departments also contribute to teaching, including lecturers in physiology, pathology, pharmacology, clinical biochemistry and zoology. Although large, the Department is not impersonal and has a friendly atmosphere.”