Education Links

Darius Umrigar
Devereux Architects Nominated for five Best of British School Awards
German School, Richmond, Starts on Site

Our approach to the design of educational facilities is to first gain knowledge ourselves of the very specific requirements of the end users - be they primary school children or thought leaders at the cutting edge of scientific research.

With an extensive record across all levels of education, our practice has a reputation for designing high quality buildings that meet or exceed current industry assessment criteria. We have overseen the completion of more than 40 projects for 11 different University clients over the last decade, including organisations such as King’s College London, Jagiellonian University (Poland), University College Cork, Newcastle University, Durham University and University College London. We continue to develop innovative proposals for the provision of contemporary schooling - two of our recent secondary school projects, Monkseaton High School and Bexhill High School have been designed in close collaboration with teachers and educationalists to provide progressive learning environments within the context of a transformational curiculum.

We have been designing environmentally sustainable buildings for many years - the facility for the Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability at Newcastle University was the first building of it’s type to receive and BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating. We have achieved 60% carbon reductions at Bexhill High School and Monkseaton High School through low cost, passive strategies and use of new technologies.

An increasing proportion of Devereux Architects current workload in Education is refurbishing existing education facilities and developing Estates Strategies. Our work in this respect aims to maximise asset utilisation and support clients in delivering efficient and sustainable estates.

Project Focus

Wellcome Wolfson Centre for Medical Research Completion Date: 2013 Value: £19.4 million	Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Centre, King's College London Completion Date: 2013 Value: £45 million	Campus of Ageing & Vitality, Newcastle University Completion Date: 2011 Value: £24 million	Cockle Park Tower Completion Date: 2011 Value: £2m
TSSG Research Centre Completion Date: 2011 Value: £4.3 million	Peninsula Dental School, Truro Completion Date: 2010 Value: £7.5 million	Centre of Innovation, Jagiellonian University Completion Date: 2010 Value: confidential	London School Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Completion Date: 2009 Value: £18 million
Peninsula Dental School, Devonport Completion Date: 2008 Value: £4.6 million	Edwardson Building Completion Date: 2007 Value: £4.5million	Duchesne Building, Roehampton University Completion Date: 2007 Value: £4 million	Culture Lab, Newcastle University Completion Date: 2006 Value: £4 million
Students Union Building, Brunel University Completion Date: 2005 Value: £6.5 million	Davies Building, Roehampton University Completion Date: 2004 Value: £1.75 million	Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences Completion Date: 2004 Value: £3.25 million	Devonshire Building, Newcastle University Completion Date: 2004 Value: £11.5 million
Sports Centre, University of Kent Completion Date: 2003 Value: £1 million	Olympia Building, Teesside University Completion Date: 2003 Value: £5 million	Ridley Building II Completion Date: 2003 Value: £2.5 million	SGDP Building, King's College London Completion Date: 2002 Value: £11 million
Royal Holloway, Sports Centre Completion Date: 2002 Value: £1.2 million	Centre for Enterprise, University of Teesside Completion Date: 2001 Value: £2.5 million	Health Services Research Building Completion Date: 2001 Value: £6.5 million	University of Oxford, Sports Masterplan Completion Date: 2000 Value: £9 million
Durham University - Chemistry Department Completion Date: 1995 Value: £3 million

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