Darwin College, Extension, off Silver St - The Backs
1993-94
Dixon Jones Architects


Darwin College Library: View above from Laundress Green on The Backs
Sweet little building perched on the edge of the Cam. The wood looks a bit weary (note gradation from grey below to original richness above) and seems discordant with context but works well with the rich beige brickwork. The balconies and stairs hanging off the facade are quaint to some and fiddly for others but a welcome antidote to much of the recent macho and monumental college architecture. The immediate relationship with the water is superb, feeling more Italian than 'rules & regulation' English.



Darwin College Extension : Dixon Jones Architects

Darwin College – addition / redevelopment
2006
5th Studio

Darwin College Addition : 5th Studio

Adjacent buildings to Darwin College:

Queens' College - Cripps Court, The Backs, off Silver St
1972-80
Powell & Moya Architects

Queens' College

Queens' College - Mathematical Bridge, River Cam, off Silver St
1749; rebuilt 1867 & 1902
W. Etheridge


The Backs:

Darwin College extension by Dixon.Jones in background

Darwin College Study Centre won a RIBA Award in 1994

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