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Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM)

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM)

London, GB | Bristol, GB | Oklahoma City, OK

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Burntwood School

The transformation of Burntwood School pieces together a 1950’s modernist education campus for 2000 pupils and 200 staff in south-west London. Within an existing mature landscape, six new buildings-as-pavilions develop the heritage of the existing, orchestrating a system of bespoke constructional components to bring both efficiency and delight. The new buildings – four 4-storey teaching pavilions, a new sports hall and a new performing arts building – are placed amongst a number of retained buildings (including two by Sir Leslie Martin) to form a complete and coherent campus, with lawns, squares and a central pedestrian spine. Within each pavilion, classrooms and ancillary accommodation are arranged along a central corridor with voids and double-height spaces at each end to increase natural daylight and make connections to the exterior. The regularity of each plan is followed through to the elevation with faceted precast concrete panels that correspond to a 7.5 metre structural and classroom module; a development of the prefabricated façade work seen at Dagenham Park Church of England School. 

 
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Status: Built
Location: London, GB
Additional Credits: Completion: 2014
Cost: £40.9 Million
Clients: Wandsworth Council LEA / Lend Lease

Awards
Chicago Athenaeum International Award 2016
AIA International Award - Merit Award for Architecture 2015
Civic Trust Award 2015
New London Architecture Award: Education 2015
RIBA London Region Award 2015
RIBA National Award 2015
RIBA Stirling Prize 2015
RIBA Stirling Prize: Shortlist 2015
Concrete Society Award 2014
Wandsworth Design Award 2014