McLaren Awarded £63m City of Westminster College Project

Date: 15 June 2009

The largest Learning Skills Council funded scheme in the UK.

This stunning landmark building is regarded as the LSC's flagship project and will act as a benchmark for future college developments across the UK. 

The new campus HQ building at Paddington Green will offer brand new, state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities in an inspirational building.

At the heart of the scheme is a dynamic inner atrium filled with natural light.  This central galleried space will act as the new building's 'hub', a circulation and meeting space leading to adjacent areas providing academic and practical teaching facilities, open learning centre, meeting rooms, administrative accommodation and flexible seminar spaces. 

Schmidt Hammer Lassen's design was selected from around 100 entries across Europe on the basis of its "sustainability, sensitivity to the surrounding urban environment and its inherent understanding of modern educational requirements."

The redevelopment will create a building that actively engages with its surroundings - voids cut into the building's mass reinforcing the perception of a transparent, community building, contributing to the regeneration of the wider area.

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