School of Arts - Birkbeck University of London

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The History of the School of ArtsGordon Square was developed in the 1820s by Thomas Cubitt, then London’s best known builder. It is famous for its association with the Bloomsbury Group, a collective of intellectuals, writers and artists, including Virginia Woolf and E.M. Forster, who lived and worked around Bloomsbury in the first half of the 20th century.The same house was used by the Bloomsbury Group when the painter Vanessa Bell lived there before Keynes.Extensively refurbished at a cost of £1.7million, is the academic and administrative hub of the School of Arts.The building also houses the architecturally acclaimed, state-of-the-art Centre for Research in Film and Visual Media. Opened in 2007, the Centre has been specially designed to be used for teaching, research and conferences, and is equipped with a 70-seat luxury cinema. It is mainly used by students, but is also hired out by the International Cinema Office for previews and conferences. ...

School of Arts - Birkbeck University of London