1850 Appearance of first Windle building
A building first appeared on the site of the new Hub in 1850 when Lord Clarendon, the then-Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, made a donation to the then-Queen’s College Cork to construct a new medical building. ... Read more
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1850 Appearance of first Windle building
A building first appeared on the site of the new Hub in 1850 when Lord Clarendon, the then-Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, made a donation to the then-Queen’s College Cork to construct a new medical building. This building, known as the Clarendon, was designed by Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward, the same architects behind the college’s iconic quadrangle. The medical building was mentioned in James Joyce’s seminal 1916 novel ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’, as Joyce’s father studied in the building.
1950 - 1959 The 1950's
1950 Additions to the building over the years
By the 1950s, the gallery was removed from the museum building and the overall building was renamed to honour former Doctor and President of UCC Bertram Windle. ... Read more
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1950 Additions to the building over the years
Over the next thirty years various additions were made to the structure, including a new dissecting room and a museum, though by the 1950s the gallery was removed from the museum building and the overall building was renamed to honour former Doctor and President of UCC Bertram Windle. Over the next 30 years various renovations were undertaken, and the anatomy department took more focus within the building, most notably a modern mortuary facility & a new dissecting room taking the space vacated by the medical library’s move to the Boole Library in 1982.
2000 - 2009 The 2000's
2000 New chapter for the Windle Building
The 2000s marked the beginning of the end for the Windle as it was in 2005. ... Read more
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2000 New chapter for the Windle Building
The 2000s marked the beginning of the end for the Windle as it was: The School of Medicine moved to the newly constructed Brookfield Health Sciences Building in 2005, and in 2011 the Department of Anatomy moved to the Western Gateway Building. The Windle Building, listed on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, now lay mostly empty.
2020 - 2029 The 2020's
2020 Beginnings of the Hub
Award-winning architects O’Donnell + Tuomey were selected to design the new student hub building in 2014. ... Read more
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2020 Beginnings of the Hub
Award-winning architects O’Donnell + Tuomey were selected to design the new student hub building in 2014, breathing new life into the now former-Windle building. Construction began in 2016 following a year of design & consultation work, with considerations being made to preserve aspects of the old structure. The Hub opened in 2020 and an official opening cermony was held in 2022.
