The University of Manchester web site says this of the John Garside Building, "The 13,100 m2 (£38M) houses research laboratories, core facilities, offices and meeting rooms over five floors together with a sixth floor plant room, and can accommodate more than 600 research staff in up to 75 research groups.  The architecture of the MIB reflects the needs of interdisciplinary science, featuring open-plan, multifunctional laboratories and a wide range of high-tech facilities, as well as generously-proportioned meeting and atrium areas.  The building has a number of distinctive features, including the “electrophoretic band pattern” window spacing on the north face."  The building was designed by the London architectural practice of Anshen + Allen.