Cambridge Buildings Photos, Tour, Architects, English Projects, British design images
Cambridge Architecture : Building
Major Cambridgeshire Architectural Developments in Southeast England, UK – Part 1 of the building resource
post updated 12 March 2026
Guide to the city’s key buildings: Cambridge Architecture
This is the Cambridge guide in full, with all image thumbnails included (ie slower to donwload/navigate but it’s all here):
Cambridge Building Tour
All buildings in alphabetical order, this is Part One:
Allies & Morrison building: Faculty of English University of Cambridge
Sidgwick Site, 2004
Bingo Hall, 1930 – Hobson St
Art Deco architecture – converted cinema opposite Christ’s College
Casson, Conder & Partners – Arts Faculties Campus: University of Cambridge Sidgwick Site, 1959-61
Christ’s College – entry
Christ’s College – new King St building, Architects Design Partnership, 1993: Postmodern shops with student accommodation above, overly fussy.
Churchill College – Richard Sheppard, Robson & Partners, 1959-68
Competition winner, beating Stirling & Gowan, Chamberlin, Powell & Bon and Howell, Killick & Partridge; Judges included Sir Leslie Martin and Sir Basil Spence. Leslie Martin designed Harvey Court with Colin St John Wilson, a seminal Modern building; Basil Spence also designed a Cambridge building, at Queens’ College.
Stirling went on to work on the History Faculty for the University of Cambridge whilst Chamberlin, Powell & Bon worked on New Hall College.
Churchill College – Fellows’ Houses
Churchill College – buildings by Henning Larsen
Clare College – Memorial Court buildings. The central octagonal building (left of picture) 1984-85, is surrounded by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s severe court of 1923-34. Located beyond the River Cam across The Backs from the old Clare College.
Institute of Criminology Building – Allies & Morrison: University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology Building Sidgwick Site 2005
Darwin College, Extension – Dixon Jones Architects
Downing College, photo centre of Quinlan Terry building
Emmanuel College – The Queen’s Building 1996
Another building by Michael Hopkins Architects – Dynamic Earth
Emmanuel College – Chapel by Christopher Wren, 1668-74
Sir Christopher Wren also designed the Chapel at Pembroke College
photo © Martine Hamilton Knight
Faculty of Education Cambridge – Building Design Partnership 2005
Fitzwilliam Museum – interior
Fitzwilliam Museum – exterior
Nearby is Pembroke College complete with Chapel by Christopher Wren and in 1997 the beautiful Foundress Court by Eric Parry
Fitzwilliam College – Sir Denys Lasdun, 1959-60
Key Sir Denys Lasdun buildings are the Royal National Theatre (1967-76) at the South Bank complex in London, the University of East Anglia, Norwich (1963-72) and the Royal College of Physicians, London (1960-64).
Allies & Morrison completed the Fitzwilliam Gatehouse & Auditorium in 2004 and MacCormac Jamieson Architects and Van Heyningen & Haward have also designed buildings at this College.
Jesus College – old buildings
Jesus College – old buildings
Jesus College – David Roberts building
Strongly articulated student rooms, being refurbished in 2005.
Jesus College – Evans & Shalev building.
Judge Institute – John Outram, Trumpington St: 1991-1995
Controversial Cambridgeshire postmodern architecture, clumsy inside, has dated badly.
The Junction Nightclub & Theatre
King Street Housing
Law Library – Foster & Partners, Sidgwick Campus
Foster & Partners
Centre for Mathematical Sciences – Edward Cullinan Architects 2003
Maths Campus off Clarkson Rd in West Cambridge
Michael Stoker Building by Ralph Erskine in the 1980s, adjacent to Clare Hall
Town Centre building, Sidney St opposite Christ’s College
Part of the shopping precinct on Petty Cury adjacent to Lion’s Yard
Modern building, 9 Wilberforce Rd – Dora Cosens, 1937
More Modern Cambridge Architecture: see Trevor Dannatt’s house under ‘T’
Moeller Building, Huntingdon Road
New Hall College – Chamberlin, Powell & Bon Architects, 1962-66
Our Lady and the English Martyrs : Catholic Church, Hills Road
Porters Lodge built over garage, West Cambridge
Cambridge Building Designs – Part 2 of the resource
Location: Cambridge, Southeast England, United Kingdom.
Cambridge Architecture
Cambridge Architecture Design – chronological list
Cambridge Architecture Walking Tours : city walks by e-architect
Cambridge Architecture not yet included:
Foundress Court, Pembroke College – Eric Parry Architects 1997
Jerwood Library, Trinity Hall, Freeland Rees Roberts 1999
Historic Cambridge Buildings – all by Giles Gilbert Scott:
Pembroke College
Clare College
Cambridge University Library
Buildings / photos for the Cambridge Architecture page welcome
