Creating a high-profile new building for LSE’s Aldwych campus, the extensive remodelling of this Edwardian building creates academic, social and departmental spaces befitting the world-class institution.
The New Academic Building bridges the urban environment of Kingsway to the west and the open space of Lincoln's Inn Fields to the east. It plays a dual role: as a leading, modern educational environment, and to express LSE’s presence in the immediate urban context.
Linked by an internal street between the two building entrances this 12,700 sq m project exemplifies the value of careful building reuse. Its BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’ reflects the integral strategies of sustainability used throughout.
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More than half of the original building fabric was retained and now frames the three principal new insertions of the project – a light-filled, triple-height atrium that unifies teaching spaces and lecture theatres; a roof pavilion accommodating executive meeting rooms and a function suite; and a reinterpreted forecourt that creates public space and relates directly to Lincoln’s Inn Fields beyond.
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"The New Academic Building, at long last, provides us with an academic environment consistent with our academic reputation."
Howard Davies, LSE Director
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The New Academic Building will provide LSE with an exemplary academic environment, which promotes learning and social interaction.
Neven Sidor, Partner, Grimshaw
Location
London, UK
Project Type
Education and Science →
Client
London School of Economics & Political Science
Area
12,700 sq m
Status
Complete
Year
2008
Photography
Dee Dee Lim, Jens Willebrand
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