The Art and Design Academy is a £27million building on the campus of Liverpool's John Moores University.  It contains a public exhibition space, lecture theatres, seminar rooms, a large auditorium, workspaces and a café.  The building has significant neighbours including the university's Innovation Centre and Liverpool's Cathedral of Christ the King.

The architect's website says that, "The building is conceived as a serpentine form that bends and curves to reflect the shape of the site, aligning primarily with the cathedral and with curved ends to Mount Pleasant and Brownlow Hill, creating strong visual and physical cohesion to an under-developed site. ... The lower ground and ground floor facilities, including the cafe/bookshop and public exhibition space, open and spill out on to external spaces, encouraging maximum activity outside as well as inside the building. The upper storeys are set back to create tiered roof terraces which afford views across the city."