Keble College, Oxford
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Butterfield Building reflected in the glazed inner face
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Block of 89 study bedrooms, 13 larger bedrooms, two flats, a common room and related facilities, a workshop and electricity transformer station
The block descends in height from five storeys to one, where the common room connects to the existing Butterfield building. The study bedrooms are situated at the higher end of the building, and arranged in pairs off the staircases. Each floor of glazing projects slightly from the face, with chamfers above and below, and there is a continuous pattern of brown mullions.
The exterior to Blackhall Road is formed with honey-coloured brick, with paviours leading to a covered walkway. The inner walls are blockwork, with a brown acrylic-painted aluminium patent glazing. Bronze tinted glass faces the internal quad, in contrast with the exterior brick. The same brick and glass arrangement is used to the corresponding faces of the middle common room, which has an entrance down the steps made from matching paviours.
Data
- Begun: 1971
- Completed: 1977
- Floor area: 1,466m2
- Sectors: Education, Residential
- Funding: Keble College
- Address: Keble College, Blackhall Road, Oxford, OX1 3QF, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: ABK Architects
- Project architects: Graham Anthony, Peter Ahrends
- Client: The Warden, Fellows, and Scholars of Keble College
- Structural engineer: Ove Arup & Partners
- Services engineer: Zisman Bowyer & Partners
- Quantity surveyor: Northcroft Neighbour & Nicholson