The Brambell Laboratory at Bangor University has been Grade II-listed, while the Grade I listing for the universitys 1911 Main Arts Building has been expanded to include its New Arts wing, which was added in 1963.Completed in 1971, the Brambell Laboratory was dubbed Eyesore of the Year by a local newspaper in 1970, according to The Twentieth Century Society (C20).The still-operational building in Deiniol Road was designed in the 1960s for Bangor Universitys Zoology department by Welsh architecture practice Sir Percy Thomas and Son.AdvertisementIt formed part of a wider masterplan for Bangor University, unveiled by the architects in 1962, during a period of rapid expansion in higher education provision across the UK.Sir Percy Thomas and Sons masterplan for Bangor involved rebuilding the universitys science campus in modern orthogonal blocks between five and 10 storeys tall.C20 describe the Brambell Laboratory building as possessing a Brutalist sensibility [] based on a clear expression of structure and materials to create a memorable, almost temple-like image. Source:Jonathan ViningIt features a redbrick core, hugged by a colonnade of bush-hammered concrete columns, beneath an inverted ziggurat of upper levels.The building was named after Francis WR Brambell, Bangor Universitys head of zoology from 1930 until his death in the 1960s, whose scientific research and discoveries focused on how immunity is passed from mothers to their young as embryos.AdvertisementAlthough Brambell was heavily involved in the design of the building, he died during its construction and a decision was subsequently made to name the building after him.It continues to be used by the university for zoology and biology teaching and research and has been the home of Northwest Cancer Researchs Bangor Institute since 2004.Meanwhile, Bangor Universitys New Arts building, also by Sir Percy Thomas and Son, is described by C20 as a flat-roofed, concrete-framed Modernist cuboid. It was a 1960s addition to the universitys previously listed, early 1900s Main Arts Building, designed by Henry Hare in the Collegiate Tudor style with Arts and Crafts influences.The two freshly listed Bangor buildings become the first two post-war buildings to be listed in 2025 acrossEngland and Wales.