Architectural Tour of Burley Road, Leeds

The journey from town back to my house reveals all sorts of different architecture, here's a photographic journey for you...

Leeds Combined Court Centre


Leeds Magistrates Court
The Leeds Magistrates Court was opened in 1993.

I think the railings may have been inspired by the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.


University of Leeds, Worsley Building
The only building that manages to disguise itself as a radiator.


Leeds International Pool
Built in 1967, designed by architect John Poulson. The pool was inches too narrow to qualify as an Olympic pool. The facilities were closed in 2007 and have become subject to a lot of vandalism and the overhanging wall a shelter for homeless people. There are no plans to either reopen of demolish the buildings. This is a classic example of Brutalist and 20th Century architecture.

The term "Brutalism" comes from Le Corbusier's choice of material "béton brut" or raw concrete.

Some Office Block(!)


Leeds University, Roger Stevens Building...on a poster
70s futuristic architecture, brutalism.


Marlborough Street Flats and Liberty Park (distance)


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Park Lane College
South-facing solar panel wall


Fox & Newt
The last little bit of Victorian architecture


Opal One and Two
Looking like a futuristic kitchen appliance.


Not all of Burley Road is cladded...