Uni lecture theatre block voted best city building

The Roger Stevens Building was chosen in a public vote

A University of Leeds landmark which houses 25 lecture theatres has been voted the city's favourite building of the last 60 years.

Built in the 1970s, the Roger Stevens Building was given the People's Choice Award as part of the Leeds Architecture Awards 2025.

It was chosen by a public vote from a shortlist of 10 nominations, including Bridgewater Place and Victoria Gate, all of which were built in Leeds between 1965 and 2025.

Martin Hamilton, from Leeds Civic Trust, said the building had an "elegance and sculptural quality" to it which set it apart from many built at the same time.

Described on the university's website as "fusing together 1950s architectural design with a contemporary infrastructure throughout many of the theatres", the building is situated in the heart of the campus.

It is named after a British academic, diplomat and civil servant, as well as the vice-chancellor of the university from 1963 to 1970.

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Mr Hamilton said: "The building is somewhere that if you know about it, you can't fail to recognise it.

"It's very distinctive and there will be generations of students who have passed through it."

The People's Choice Award was introduced as a category to mark the civic trust's 60th anniversary and to celebrate "excellence in design and placemaking across the city."

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