[2] It was designed by the city architect, Leonard Cecil Howitt and is known as the Toast Rack due to its distinctive form, which reflects its use as a catering college.

[5] The building's structure consists of a concrete frame with a brick infill on the bottom half of each storey.

The building is seven storeys high and its hyperbolic paraboloid frame continues on the exterior, hence the toast rack comparison.

Although the building's unorthodox form is playful, its tapering shape also helps to divide space into varying sizes for larger and smaller classes.

[10] In 2023, the Toast Rack and its adjacent buildings were put on the market with planning consent for a mixed-use development.