New Court, Clare College
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van Heynigan and Haward's New Court at Clare College, Cambridge
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Building for Clare College, Cambridge University, primarily for student and conference accommodation but also containing a lecture theatre, laundry rooms and support space
The College required a dedicated lecture theatre for 150 people, catering for delegates, fellows offices, 34 new study bedrooms suitable for delegates as well as students, and a student laundry.
The building occupies the last piece of undeveloped land in the central area of the College, next to Memorial Court - a series of landscaped courtyards designed for the college by Giles Gilbert Scott and built in stages between 1929 and 1950. The L-shaped building uses cedar board cladding that meets a Vauxhall Grey brick, and the building has a low-tech environmental strategy.
Data
- Begun: Jul 2007
- Completed: 2008
- Floor area: 2,000m2
- Sector: Education
- Total cost: £6.3M
- Tender date: Oct 2006
- Procurement: JCT 98 WCT (design and build)
- CO2 Emissions: 50kg/m2/year
- Address: Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TL, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: van Heyningen and Haward Architects
- Project architect: James Gallie
- Client: Clare College, Cambridge
- Planning supervisor: Dearle and Henderson
- Main contractor: Haymills
- Quantity surveyor: Gleeds
- M&E consultant: Max Fordham
- Structural engineer: Scott Wilson
- Landscape architect: Robert Myers Associates
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