KQ Liverpool Advent Calendoor Countdown

KQ Liverpool Advent Calendoor

As we (quite literally) count down the days to Christmas, we’ll be showcasing a different door located in Knowledge Quarter Liverpool, to reveal what goes on inside the amazing buildings and institutions we have situated in our innovation district.

We’ll post a new door on LinkedIn at 9am everyday but how many can you guess correctly? Leave a comment under each post before 4pm to be in with a chance of winning a £25 Liverpool ONE Voucher.

Each correct answer will be added to a prize draw and winners will be picked at random each Friday afternoon.

So, follow us at www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-quarter-liverpool to win yourself some extra Christmas spending money.

Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
The largest Catholic cathedral in England, locally nicknamed 'Paddy's Wigwam', was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Completed in 1967, the building is a dramatic icon of faith, architecture, and human endeavour.

The Philharmonic Dining Rooms
The Phil is the first purpose-built Victorian pub in England to be given Grade I listed status for its outstanding architectural quality and magnificent interior, including its famous gents toilets! Spread over five floors, each of its rooms are beautifully decorated with a musical theme, which have subsequently hosted performances from global music icons including Buddy Holly and Paul McCartney.

Unity Theatre
Unity helps develop diverse theatre-makers at every stage of people's careers, providing creative opportunities to develop artists’ interests, skills, confidence and careers. Historically, the building on Hope Place was built as a synagogue by the New Hebrew Congregation in 1856.

Liverpool Medical Institute
LMI is one of the oldest medical societies in the world, tracing its origins back to 1779. For nearly two centuries this beautiful Grade II Listed building has been a focus of medical life and a meeting place for the medical community, with its primary role being that of a medical library.

Everyman Theatre
The Everyman Theatre stands at the north end of Hope Street in KQ Liverpool. It was founded in 1964, in Hope Hall (once a chapel, then a cinema), in an area of Liverpool noted for its bohemian environment and political edge, and has built a reputation for using the power of theatre to inspire, entertain and nurture positive social change.

Hope Street Hotel
This chic, independent hotel has recently been named 'Best Spa in the Northwest' by The Times and Sunday Times. Housed within the reclaimed cells of a 1970s police station, the boutique spa offers a unique blend of modern luxury in an unexpected, historic setting.

Reid of Liverpool
This traditional antiquarian and used bookshop is the only surviving Georgian, purpose built retail premises incorporating living accommodation in Liverpool. Erected circa 1785, the bookshop contains over 40,000 titles of a most varied stock, from academic, science, fiction, unusual and arcane.

4 Rodney Street - Epstein Plaque
Brian Samuel Epstein was born at 4 Rodney Street, Liverpool, on September 19, 1934. This plaque was installed in 2015 to commemorate the pop impresario's vision for four lads from Liverpool as well as many other musicians at the time including Cilla and Gerry and the Pacemakers.

Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
LIPA is world renowned as a leading provider of university level creative and performing arts training with a portfolio of ambitious and popular courses. Located on the site of Paul McCartney and fellow Beatle George Harrison’s old school, The Liverpool Institute for Boys, LIPA's Patrons include Dame Judi Dench, Wayne Sleep, Sir Richard Branson and Carly Simon.

The Spine
Located within Liverpool City Council's £1bn flagship development site, this unique building takes its name from the striking staircase on its north elevation, that resembles human vertebrae. It's exterior facade is comprised of 23 million unique voronoi polygons that mimic human skin, while internally it is the northern home of the RCP and innovative Sciontec AI workspaces.

Novotel Paddington Village
Liverpool's tallest hotel is perfectly located within our innovation district, close to University Campuses and opposite the new Royal Hospital. It is sophisticatedly design by the Sundukovy Sisters’ studio, and its 221 rooms include 32 spacious, apartment-style studios for longer stays.

Liverpool Science Park
Owned by Sciontec Developments Limited, LSP offers stunning Grade A office space and laboratories across its three innovation centres, which are home to some of Liverpool’s finest science, technology and knowledge-based businesses.

The Art School
This award-winning restaurant is located within the lantern room of the Victorian 1888 ‘Home for Destitute Children’ building. Owned by Chef Patron, Paul Askew, the restaurant creates innovative fine-dining experiences and develop the next generation of culinary talent.

The Materials Innovation Factory
Co-founded by the University of Liverpool and Unilever, the MIF accelerates product development by drawing together world-leading research and technologies, and the seamless integration of computational and experimental models.

Digital Innovation Facility
DIF is the UK's leading centre for the development and industrial application of next-generation digital technologies for industry. Owned by the University of Liverpool, the facility features cutting edge equipment and highly skilled support to facilitate enhanced access for businesses that wish to collaborate with University experts across multiple technology areas.

Liverpool John Moores University - Student Life Building and Sport Building
Opened in 2021, LJMU's Student Life Building and Sport Building is located on Copperas Hill. It is home to the University's student support services and Students' Union, along with state-of-the-art gym and sports facilities.

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Royal Liverpool University Hospital
The new Royal was officially opened in January 2023 by Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales,and is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Yoko Ono Lennon Centre
This purpose-built facility was opened by Sean Ono Lennon in 2022. The Centre houses the Tung Auditorium for teaching, learning and research, the 600-seat Paul Brett Lecture Theatre, a smaller lecture theatre for 450, the Fröhlich Café Bar, seminar rooms and backstage facilities.

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
LSTM, founded in 1898, was the first institution in the world dedicated to research and teaching in the field of tropical medicine. Celebrating their 125th anniversary in 2023 firmly established LSTM’s role at the forefront of UK science and as a global force for good, impacting the health of the most disadvantaged communities.

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading cancer centres. CCC-Liverpool is flagship hospital in central Liverpool. The 11-storey building has state-of-the-art facilities and delivers a wide range of highly-specialist care including pioneering chemotherapy, immunotherapy, stem cell (bone marrow) transplant and radiotherapy.

St Luke's Church
Known locally as the ‘Bombed Out Church’, this building suffered catastrophic damage during the May Blitz of 1941, leaving only its external masonry standing. Fast forward 60 years and the site had been transformed into an established venue for theatre, dance, music, visual art, cinema, and spoken word, which is a testament to Liverpool's community spirit and the power of the arts to affect change.

Liverpool Cathedral
Celebrating its Consecration 100 years ago, the largest cathedral in Britain is a daily place of worship,which also hosts large-scale art installations and family activities for KQ Liverpool residents and visitors alike to enjoy.

Sensor City
Sciontec has been working closely with Liverpool John Moores University, the University of Liverpool, and key grant funders, to finalise a deal to transfer the ownership of the Sensor City company to Sciontec. The innovation centre itself comprises a striking 'Fields of Gold' facade made up of 700 square metres of glass across 299 panels, where no two adjacent panels are the same.