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Highbury Grove and Samuel Rhodes School

Facts

Location Client Cost Completion Awards
London, UK Highbury Grove and Samuel Rhodes School £34m 2010 2

Project details

The design wraps the teaching faculties around a new garden and external learning space, with an internal covered street creating a social route through the building.

An important principle in siting the two schools together was to enable mainstream and special education needs school children to socialise and work together where appropriate.

A user-friendly landscaped environment facilitates the setting for track events, ball games and informal garden spaces.

Brief

  • co-locate new comprehensive school specialising in Business Enterprise with SEN school
  • design for a rich range of curriculum subjects including inspirational spaces for art, meeting spaces for international business courses and cultural and theatre activities

Results

  • first secondary schools to be completed as part of Islington’s ‘Building schools For The Future’ programme
  • excellence in BSF Award (Highly Commended) 2008
  • Civic Trust Commendation 2011

Integrated services

architecture, environmental engineering, structural engineering, landscape architecture, sustainability consultant