St Peter's masterplan and Linton Quad

St Peter's College occupies a loose grouping of buildings in central Oxford, acquired since its founding in 1928, and lacked the formal collegiate spaces around which College life generally occurs. Simple interventions to existing buildings alongside a consistent landscaping strategy have worked to draw the social and teaching spaces together more cohesively, improve access and create a more appropriate setting for the College - a light touch approach to upgrading the overall College environment.

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New access to the Chapel via new stone arched doorways, allows the building to engage with the central space helping to create a new heart to the college

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New landscaping for the forecourt has opened up the space and made the entrance more inviting

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Hard wearing, high-quality York Stone and bronze detailing is used

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New landscaping uses the sites topography to make it fully accessible

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The overhaul of the Latner Building's ground floor allows the building to engage with the central space

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The overall transformation has been radical but made possible through several small inventions

City: Oxford, UK
Use: Education
Client: St Peter's College
Status: Completed
Size: 1.4 ha
Collaborators: Structure: AKS Ward
Services: Hoare Lea
Landscape: BHSL
Cost: Ridge & Partners
Contractor: Edgar Taylor
Photography: Nick Guttridge