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The building also contains seminar rooms and exhibition spaces. It overlooks a green space in the centre of what was the UMIST Campus which was originally a bowling green. For this reason a bar in the Renold
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has a cafe named Enigma. Although the building has attracted some criticism, in
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578:Centre for New Writing
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697:Stephen Joseph Studio
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368:Faculties and Schools
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