The building
is named after the scientist, engineer and
inventor, Barnes Wallis, best know perhaps for
the invention of the bouncing bomb that was
used to destroy the dams in the Ruhr Valley
during WWII. He worked for much of his
career as a designer of aircraft.
Today the Barnes Wallis Building is home to
the Students' Union, a restaurant, shop, bar
and print shop. As you can see the
Barnes Wallis Building is part of the same
structure as the Wright Robinson Hall also
designed by W. A. Gibbon of Cruickshank &
Seward.
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