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Gradel Quadrangles
Location
Oxford (OX1)
Contractor
Sir Robert McAlpine
Achitect
David Kohn Architects
Systems
Schuco FWS 50, Schuco AWS 75 SI, Schuco ASE 60, Schuco ADS 75 HD, Schuco ADS 80 FR 30, Schuco ADS 80 FR 60, Jansen Janisol Doors, Aluminium Cladding
Description
The Gradel Quadrangles is a major landmark project within the city centre of Oxford for New College, consisting of the Main Quadrangles building, New Warham House and Tower, and Porters Lodge. New College was the site of the first planned quad in 1403, a model that has influenced educational institutions globally for over six hundred years. Gradel Quadrangles represents an extension of the traditions of the Oxford quad into the 21st Century. Primarily providing halls of residence, the project also contains a student study space, music hall and new facilities for the adjacent New College School, a boys’ preparatory school. A tower and gatehouse complete the composition that Historic England has described as ‘one of the very few instances where contemporary design can be considered genuinely outstanding’.
