New Radcliffe House, Oxford, UK



Architect
Hawkins\Brown
Date Built
2012
Location
Walton Street
Description
New Radcliffe House occupies one corner of the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter redevelopment site.  It is home to the Jericho Health Centre, which consolidates three GP practices under one roof, the Department for Primary Care Health Sciences, and the Oxford University Press.  At the opening of the building, Professor Andrew Hamilton, Vice-Chancellor of the University, was quoted as saying that: “We are proud that Oxford University has been able to make such a meaningful contribution to the local community ..."

The architects explain that, "The building fills the square 'city block' identified by the Masterplan with its major elevation and public entrance facing onto a pedestrian route that will cross the site. The other elevations are carefully screened to offer privacy to examination rooms at ground floor and to avoid overlooking of adjoining neighbours on upper floors. The centre of the building has a huge circular lightwell that provides a calm space for patients waiting to see their doctors. On the upper floors the lightwell offers cross ventilation and daylight into what would otherwise be a deep plan building."



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