Plans have been submitted for a new £13 million Leeds College of Building Campus.
The development will see a new facility built alongside the College's existing campus on the city's South Bank.
Designed by architecture practice Fuse Studios, proposals include building a four-storey building spread over 5,200 sq m featuring a range of classrooms, workshops and an central atrium.
If the application is approved, work could start this summer with the building ready for the start of the 2018/19 academic year.
Mike Harris from Fuse Studios added: "The new building is specifically designed to sit comfortably alongside Leeds College of Building's flagship South Bank campus. It features red-brick and metal cladding, to echo the area's industrial heritage, and will be another highly sustainable building, set to achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating. Phase Two will be a teaching tool in its own right for the College's students and has the potential to become another landmark building in this fast moving part of the city."
Ian Billyard, Principal at the College, said: "This is another exciting development for Leeds College of Building as we look to further grow our presence in the South Bank area of Leeds. It's just over 18 months since we opened our last campus and it has immediately become a major success story as well as a catalyst for what is now widely recognised as Leeds's 'education hub'.
"This new building will give us another modern learning environment where both students and staff can thrive, and it will enable us to continue building on the high standard of education and training that we are renowned for. It will also be highly sustainable and will prioritise all the modern building values of the 21st century, which is an integral part of the curriculum across all our trades and courses."
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