The transformation of the Mansfield College estate has received unanimous planning approval by Oxford City Council. This is the most significant campus investment in the history of the College, featuring a new South Range that provides 174 study bedrooms, a new Porters’ Lodge gatehouse and entrance garden, teaching and learning facilities, social spaces, workspace and more, to support a broad range of College activities and uses. The project also includes refurbishment and additions to the Grade II* North Range, and a site-wide landscape design that consolidates the estate into an inviting, accessible, and coherent whole.

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We are delighted to see our collaborator, Tom Stuart-Smith, receive a Gold Medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for The Tate Britain Garden. The garden at Chelsea is an iteration of the new Clore Garden that we are designing with Tom at Tate Britain, Millbank. Surrounded by vibrant, resilient, and biodiverse planting, the space is designed to invite conversation and connection. It also demonstrates the importance of creating accessible green spaces in the city and highlighting the role of museums in providing significant public spaces that encourage art, nature, and community. (more…)