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Work has started on an £86m super-lab at Sheffield University - and not everyone likes the design.
The flagship Central Teaching Laboratories on Upper Hanover Street is set to open in 2029.
University chiefs say it is needed to attract the best students.
But the majority of readers on The Star’s Facebook page were unimpressed.
David Fairey came up with a vivid comparison: “Hideous. It looks like a collapsed bookshelf.”
Roger Bateman: “Surely it wouldn’t look like that if it was built. The scale is wrong, the relationship to the surrounding lacks connection, the colours are clashing.”
But David Smith was enamoured.
“It looks fantastic, it will provide world class facilities for scientific research and development.
“It will draw the best researchers and scientists from around the world and will allow students from all over the globe to experience and study in a world beating environment. “They will also enjoy living, studying and working in this great city.”
Click through our gallery to see how the futuristic building will change this part of town.
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9. Central Teaching Laboratories
University of Sheffield tram stop will be right outside. | UoS
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10. Central Teaching Laboratories
Rejected. Designers said: 'Although the ‘red brick’ look would complement its immediate neighbours, it is not considered to be suitable for a modern science laboratory.' | UoS
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11. Central Teaching Laboratories
Rejected. Designers say: 'A black facade would look very imposing and overwhelming on what is a very exposed site'. | UoS
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12. Central Teaching Laboratories
Rejected design. Design report says: 'Ceramic mosaic is not considered suitable, due to its weight and unsuitability to the angled geometry of the facade'. | UoS