Simon Sainsbury Centre, Cambridge

Client

University of Cambridge

Value

£22,000,000

Division

Main Projects

Caxton Brickwork

Awards

Considerate Constructors National Site Bronze Award in the £10m to <£50m category.

Schueco Awards Supreme Winner 2018.

Schueco Education Building Award 2018.

RIBA East Region Award 2019.

RIBA National Award 2019.

Civic Trust Award 2019.

The Michael Middleton Special Award at the Civic Trust Awards 2019.

CFCI Award for the Best Conservation, Alteration and Extension over £2m.

Key Features

Four-storey extension to the old Addenbrooke’s Hospital Building in the heart of Cambridge.

Delivered modernised teaching, office and breakout spaces for the Business School.

Combination of brickwork and stone columns to mimic original Nineteenth century building, completed by Caxton Brickwork.

Envelope incorporates sixty heat-recovery (‘Trox’) units to create a ‘breathing façade’, the first of its kind in the UK.

BREEAM ‘Excellent.’

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