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Clare College Cambridge, Architecture, Building, Photos

Clare College : Cambridge, England, UK

Traditional Cambridge College: Buildings



Clare College - Memorial Court buildings
Memorial Court, off Queens' Road
1923-24; 1984-85
Giles Gilbert Scott; -
Clare College
photo © Adrian Welch

The central octagonal building (left of picture) 1984-85, is surrounded by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's severe court of 1923-34. Located beyond the River Cam across The Backs from the old Clare College.
The brown colour and massive detailing makes this building feel wooden and unfriendly, grand from the front but requiring softness in its court, eg a colonnade or two. The later building ingeniously slotted into the court by a different architect is contextual from the east (front) but becomes a warm postmodern homage to Italian palazzos on the west, facing Giles Gilbert Scott's Cambridge University Library.

Clare College - New Court
2009
van Heyningen and Haward Architects
Clare College New Court
photo © Will Pryce
Clare College New Court






Sidgwick Site:
Sidgwick Site
photo © Adrian Welch
View - James Stirling History Faculty, Allies & Morrison building beyond, Giles Gilbert Scott's Cambridge University Library tower in distance.

Cambridge University Library
West Road, Cambridge, 1931-34, by Giles Gilbert Scott

Forbes Mellon Library
1986
Arup Associates

Clare College Cambridge: Photos © adrian welch 2005

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