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Lancaster University Library extension by Scott Brownrigg begins on site
An £11m, four-storey extension of Lancaster University Library designed by Scott Brownrigg has started on site. The scheme will expand the amount of study space in the library by 2,562 m2
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The expansion reflects the university’s growing campus population. Sitting at the centre of the campus, the library looks to provide space and facilities to support the learning, teaching and research of students
EDUCATION & RESIDENTIAL
Over 1,500 homes plus new school planned for former biscuit factory
A former biscuit factory site in Southwark, London, is set to be transformed into more than 1,500 homes and new buildings for a local secondary school under plans approved by London’s deputy mayor of Planning, Regeneration and Skills, Jules Pipe. All of the 1,548 new homes to be built
as part of the redevelopment of the Biscuit Factory and Bermondsey Campus will be for the rental market – of which
35 per cent will be affordable housing, including homes at social rent levels. The plans also include new facilities
for the Compass Secondary School, as well as flexible commercial space, including affordable workspaces and two new pedestrian routes through nearby railway arches. Southwark Council refused
permission for the scheme in February 2019, saying the plans would not
and staff of the university. The extension to the south west
elevation will connect through to the existing library areas through open-plan study spaces, and specialised collaboration rooms. The design will unite both the old and new library with group study and meeting rooms fully enabled with AV. Glazed frontages divide the space, “while simultaneously maintaining visual
connections across the different areas,” said the architects. An independently accessed, lower-ground floor will provide space for teaching as well as student societies, opening up to a new area of “amenity landscaping” on Library Avenue. Work commenced on site towards the end of 2019, and is planned to complete December 2020.
deliver enough affordable housing and that the homes would not be of sufficient quality. London mayor Sadiq Khan saw the
application last May and decided to take it over to subject it to further scrutiny. Since Khan’s intervention, the number of homes has been increased from 1,342 homes to 1,548 and the level of affordable housing has been boosted from 27.5 per cent to 35 per cent. Of the affordable homes within the
development, 342 will be offered at discount market rent (i.e. at a level of rent significantly below the market average) and 140 at social rent levels (i.e. homes for tenants referred via the local authority).
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