51 Hills Road Cambridge
51 Hills Road Cambridge
High-quality commercial office accommodation for Jesus College in the centre of Cambridge.
Client: Jesus College, University of Cambridge
Project Status: Completed
Budget: £2million approx
Awards
RIBA National Awards 2016, Winner
BCO National Award 2016, Commendation
BCO Regional Awards 2016, Winner
Cambridge Design and Construction Awards 2016, Commendation
RICS East of England Awards 2016, Winner
RICS National Awards 2016, Commendation
RIBA East Awards 2016, Winner
Brick Award 2016, Winner
Civic Trust Award 2016, Winner
UKCSA Best Cast Stone on Contemporary Design Project 2019, Winner
This project for Jesus College of Cambridge University is for high-quality commercial office accommodation on a site in the centre of Cambridge. The building is designed to serve as a lasting asset to the College and to make a positive contribution to the surrounding area.
Gort Scott won this commission through an invited competition, with a scheme that responds thoughtfully to the context of the important high street setting, making generous threshold spaces and using high quality stone and brick finishes.
The scheme fulfils an ambitious floor space requirement, while making careful use of a tight site that is constrained by rights to light and surrounded by important listed buildings on two of its three sides. The building is the ‘greenest’ office building in Cambridge, achieving BREEAM Excellent and follows British Council for Offices (BCO) standards.
