St John's College, Cambridge, southeast England

New Court The Backs, off St John's St 1825-31 Rickman & Hutchison photo © Adrian Welch Old buildings west of Cam: Gothic screen of South range photos © Adrian Welch Bridge of Sighs Third Court, The Backs, off St John's St 1831 Henry Hutchison photo © Adrian Welch Iconic piece of architecture over River Cam, evoking Venice Edward Cullinan building Chapel Court, off St John's St 1990-94 Edward Cullinan Architects photos © Adrian Welch St John's College Library: typical Edward Cullinan building with its soft use of postmodernism and contextual style, here in its similar brick colour and use of stone mouldings and architraves. Yet this architecture is clearly modern and the spiral lantern at the top pretty striking. Another Ted Cullinan building in Cambridge is the Faculty of Divinity (two projects below this one). Cripps Building The Backs, off Northampton St 1963-67 Powell & Moya Architects photos © Adrian Welch St John's College - Cripps Building architects : Powell & Moya Other Buildings photos © Adrian Welch