Faculty of English

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The Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, has been the home to some of the most eminent critics, scholars, teachers and writers of English Literature. The new English Faculty is part of our wider masterplan for the university's Sidgwick arts and humanities campus. The building forms three sides of a west-facing courtyard containing a garden and terrace. A library, cafe and circulation to the main lecture rooms all face onto the garden at ground floor level, with three floors of academic and administrative offices on the upper levels. The building sets back at its entrance to accommodate an existing, protected, holm oak tree.

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Modular system of terracotta panels and natural anodised aluminum glazing

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Context

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Courtyard garden

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The building faces south to James Stirling's History Library

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Library

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Entrance

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Spaces overlooking the garden are naturally lit with full height windows

City
Cambridge, UK
Use
Education
Client
Estate Management & Building Service, University of Cambridge
Status
Completed
Size
4,460sqm
Awards

David Urwin Heritage Award Most Sustainable and Efficient Building 2006, The Royal Fine Art Commission Trust Building of the Year Award 2005

Collaborators
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Structure: Whitbybird

Services: BuroHappold

Landscape: J & L Gibbons

Acoustics: Arup Acoustics

Cost: Faithful & Gould

Fire: BuroHappold

Contractor: Wates Construction Ltd

Theatre consultants: Carr & Angier

Photography: Dennis Gilbert/VIEW, Nick Guttridge