The Roper
Building is the state-of the-art new entrance to The City of Bath College,
Designed in response to the need to create a distinctive main entrance and to improve
access to the college’s main campus, its key aim was to bring all of the
College's Student Services, teaching and administration accommodation together under
one roof. The building covers approximately
2200sqm over three floors and links the two existing buildings of the campus
which were part of Sir Frederick Gibberd’s master plan for the College
constructed in the early 1960’s. The Roper Building was designed to provide
unity between the wide variety of architectural and historical styles of the buildings
surrounding the College.The design of the building is an angular shape with the
entrance formed by a projection onto the street. External materials, zinc cladding and Bath stone,
were selected as a modern interpretation of the materials used historically in
Bath and as recognition to the industrial heritage of the area. The Roper Building was officially opened by Business
Secretary Vince Cable in January 2012 and has been very well received
around the city.