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Designed by Yiangou Architects and funded by generous benefactors, this stunning building gives the college 5 additional en-suite student rooms and the city a new ornamental clock tower with attendant clocks and mechanism. It also features a new ornamental entrance gate on axis with the Arlosh Hall.
LOCATION: HARRIS MANCHESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD
ARCHITECT: YIANGOU ARCHITECTS
PROJECT VALUE: CONFIDENTIAL
CLIENT: OG STONEMASONRY
DATE: 2014
The Challenge
The overarching sentiment of the client’s brief was that the new building take on a significant architectural presence on the streetscape and to have, in their own words, “a jewel-like quality”.
The SOLID Approach
The Siew-Sngiem Clock Tower & Sukum Navapan Gate are constructed with Clipsham limestone expressed in coursed rubble walling and rusticated ashlar with traditional detailing.