The International Building for the Royal Holloway University in Egham provides a forward-looking educational facility in a building that both complements the existing campus and introduces environmental design to the university’s community.

Externally, the communal courtyard addresses and completes the natural gathering space created by the existing student union and the physics building. The courtyard rises by one floor to the main entrance of the building, allowing a glimpse of the original Founders Building as one enters.

The south-facing courtyard facade is clad in Western cedar panels, while the opposite side facing the noisy highway is built in insulating red brick. Natural cooling is provided by nighttime air that passes through the hollow core floor slabs.

CLIENT

Royal Holloway University

SECTOR

Education

LOCATION

United Kingdom, London

YEAR

1998