Arts Building

The Arts Building is the base for the University of Suffolk Art and Design courses.

It houses state-of-the-art facilities, including:

  • Purpose-built, industry-standard studios for Architecture, Art, Graphic Design, Film and Photography
  • Film and post-production studios, editing laboratory and colour grading suite
  • Digital darkrooms, Mac suites and Adobe Creative Cloud access
  • Photographic equipment including lighting, digital and analogue cameras
  • Audio/visual equipment, iMacs, lightboxes and pack-shot photography area
  • Specialist 3D workshop, print rooms and sculpture space
  • Video installation and exhibition spaces
  • Teaching rooms, workshops and staff offices
  • The print room houses two printing presses. One is an over 100-year-old Columbian press that is one of 415 surviving presses (recorded in a census between 2013–2017) of this type. The other is a smaller relief press called an Albion press made in 1840. Making these the oldest pieces of working equipment in the University.