Crystal clear

Article Abstract:

The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre has a masterpiece of a new building as a result of collaboration between the Centre's director, Olga Kennard, and Danish architect Erik Sorensen. The building had to fit onto an awkward-shaped site in the Newtown area of Cambridge. The structure is steel-framed with masonry cladding. There is exceptional concern for detail, particularly inside, where desks and storage units were designed by Sorensen. Sorensen charged less than the RIBA-recommended scale and, although he visited the site regularly, he liaised with the contractor by fax.

Universities and colleges

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Client satisfaction

Article Abstract:

Olga Kennard, scientific director of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, and Danish architect Erik Christian Sorensen formed a creative partnership to create a new building for the Centre. Sorensen is a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He had visited Britain in 1959 to designe a house for Kennard and she chose him to design the new Crystallographic Centre building. The result is an outstanding building using a proportion of Danish materials and filled with well-designed objects.

Interview, Architects, Sorensen, Erik Christian, Kennard, Olga

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University in strife

Article Abstract:

Peter Carolin, the former head of Cambridge University's school of architecture describes the achievements of the school and looks at the losses that will occur due to its closure. Scroope and Architectural Research Quarterly (ARQ) are two unique contributions made by Cambridge to the wider world of education, research and practice.

United Kingdom, Plant shutdown, Schools of architecture, Architecture schools, Facility closures

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