Darwin College, Cambridge

Darwin College enjoys an enviable location on the banks of the River Cam. Within this setting, a Victorian conversion of an eighteenth-century grain warehouse is set in lush gardens and contains a sequence of graduate student rooms. The John Bradfield Court project is a refurbishment - the first since the college was founded - that significantly upgrades these facilities whilst retaining the building's special character. Neighbouring it is a new free-standing pavilion, which will provide a focal point for College life as a flexible social and meeting space. Its tall, slate pitched roof echoes the old oast house roof of neighbouring Malting House.