Affectionately known as "The Typewriter" this student residence complex in Christ's College, Cambridge is the work of Denys Lasdun, the architect of the National Theatre and the amazing College of Physicians building in London.  In his Flickr photostream Iqbal Aalam says of the building, "... Looking back at Lasdun's work one can see his love of repetition, terraces, strata and use of concrete (both insitu and precast) which has given his buildings such a memorable distinct flavour. However, I think that it will not be unfair to say that when it came to knit his buildings with the surrounding urban fabric these were not always happily accommodated. " 

Simon Heffer writing in the Spectator reviewing the new Pevsner Guide to Cambridgeshire comments on the entries in the guide that refer to the Modernist buildings in Cambridge.  Regarding this building he says that, "... New Court at Christ’s, built by Denys Lasdun in 1966–70, is termed (in the book) an ‘arrogant intrusion’ on King Street, onto which it backs. It also points out how defective the materials were, and how they have had to be patched up. "

The building below was added nearby in the 1990s.  The college's website explains that, "... Behind New Court, facing onto King Street, lies the newest of the College buildings, Staircase 4, completed in 1994. The gatehouse echoes that in First Court, with carved stone panels on the street side depicting the heraldic badges of Lady Margaret Beaufort and Henry VII. The inscription above the gate on the College side is the Foundress’s signature, taken from the College Statutes of 1506. A further allusion to Lady Margaret is the large, wrought iron daisy to the right of the gate on the College side"