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Neuron Pod

A building that looks like a giant hedgehog, in the middle of East London.

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At first glance, you might mistake this unusual rust coloured building for a giant hedgehog, but its design is actually inspired by images of nerve cells. 23-metres long and 10-metre, the Neuron Pod, to give its proper name, is a state-of-the-art learning and event space (yes you could throw a party inside it for you and 54 friends) at Queen Mary University of London's Whitechapel site.

Designed by the late Professor Will Alsop OBE RA, the Neuron Pod, with its atmospheric coloured interior lighting and swaying, hair-like exterior "dendrites", won Gold for Most Stylish Meeting Room at the 2023 London Venue and Catering Awards and in 2019 the Lighting Design Awards.

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Neuron Pod
70 Turner St
London, England, E1 2AD
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51.51765, -0.060872
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