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Queens College Cambridge, Photos, Architecture, Building, Date, Image,
Architect
Queens' College, Cambridge, southeast England
Traditional Cambridge College, southest England
Old Court
& Cloister Court
off Queen's Lane
1448-49; approx. 1450-1540
various architects

photo © Adrian Welch
President's Gallery (app.1540) of Cloister Court shown above, rambling
half-timbered building that oozes charm and old Cambridge memories.
Cripps Court
The Backs, off Silver St
1972-80
Powell & Moya Architects

photo © Adrian Welch
This is a masterful piece of Cambridge architecture, using the same
crisp white articulation of facades as their St John's College buildings.
Like Casson & Conder's Sidgwick building Powell & Moya have
set accommodation above the pedestrian a la Le Corbusier. The winning
formula here is to use a raised grass court with focal mature tree
and good quality materials and detailing. Some of the lead detailing
looks hard to maintain and friendly to pigeons but the court is so
memorable this is to be overlooked.
An attempt to continue the Powell & Moya architecture to the west
was undertaken by current Cambridge architects, Bland, Brown &
Cole in 1989 - Queens' College Lyon Court - but despite a striking
roof and a clear attempt to be contextual the quality does not quite
match.
Mathematical BridgeRiver Cam, off Silver St
1749; rebuilt 1867 & 1902
W. Etheridge

photo © Adrian Welch
This view of the Cambridge Mathematical Bridge was taken from the
Silver Street bridge by Edwin Lutyens; we have two Edwin
Lutyens houses on our site - in Scotland. But Lutyens also completed
Benson Court at Magdalene College (1930-32) at the other end of the
town from Queens' College.
Architect Basil Spence completed his only Cambridge building - the
Erasmus building - 1959-60 at Queens' College.
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Another Cambridge building by Powell & Moya:
St John's College - Cripps Building
The Backs, off Northampton St
1963-67
Powell & Moya Architects

Queens' College - Erasmus building
Basil Spence completed his only Cambridge building - the stark, rectilinear
Erasmus building - 1959-60 on the Backs at this historic Cambridge college.
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