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St Cross College Oxford : Design Competition
Shortlisted Architects for Higher Education Building Contest England, UK – design by Niall McLaughlin Architects
12 Nov 2012
St Cross College Design Competition
Location: 61 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LZ, UK
Phone: +44 1865 278490
Niall McLaughlin Architects win St Cross College Competition
The architects beat Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects and Walters and Cohen in this invited design competition.
14 Jun 2012
St Cross College
Shortlist Announced for St Cross College, Oxford Design Competition
Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) is delighted to announce the shortlist for the private, invited design competition for St Cross College, Oxford. The selected teams will now be asked to develop concept designs which complete the College’s exceptional site on St Giles, adjacent to the Grade II listed Pusey House.
The St Cross College Building Committee, advised by MRC and the Oxford University Estates Directorate, selected four practices to work on the project.
These are:
– Niall McLaughlin Architects
– Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects
– Walters and Cohen
– Wilkinson Eyre Architects
The College has deliberately sought a range of talent and experience. Each firm brings different strengths and expertise to the project.
The shortlisted teams have been given the rare opportunity to finish a tucked-away and much-loved space in central Oxford. They will create a new design to complete two sides of the College’s West Quadrangle. The brief calls for a new building which ‘should seem a natural companion and complement to the existing buildings, enhancing them, the garden and the surrounding townscape.’ It concludes that, ‘In whole and in detail this should be a scheme which provides continuing satisfaction and unexpected moments of delight.’
St Cross provides its international graduate community with the opportunity to live and work in an inter-disciplinary environment, which spans and integrates the arts and sciences. The new design will provide additional accommodation, continuing the ancient college tradition of living and studying around peaceful communal outdoor spaces.
The winning team will be announced in Autumn 2012.
St Cross College Oxford information from Malcolm Reading Consultants
Address: 61 St Giles’, Oxford, UK
Oxford Architecture Designs – chronological list
Recent Oxford College building designs on e-architect:
St Catherine’s College Building, Manor Road
Architects: Purcell
image courtesy of architecture office
St. Catherine’s College in Oxford
6 Pavilions – University College Oxford
Design: Belsize Architects
image courtesy of architecture office
6 Pavilions – University College Oxford
Arts Centre at Lincoln College
Stanton Williams
Lincoln College Arts Centre
St. John’s College Building
MJP Architects
St. John’s College Oxford – The Kendrew Quadrangle
Oxford Building Designs
Student Accommodation, Somerville College, University of Oxford
Niall McLaughlin Architects
Student Accommodation Oxford
Keble College Building
Rick Mather Architects
Keble College Building
Brasenose College Oxford Building
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Website: www.stx.ac.uk
