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Oxford Architecture : Buildings
Key modern Architectural + Property Developments in Oxfordshire, England, UK.
post updated 26 January 2026
The e-architect team select what we feel are the key examples of Oxford Architecture. This resource includes the most interesting Oxfordshire buildings.
We cover completed English buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Oxford. The focus is on contemporary Oxford buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.
We have 2 pages of Oxford Architecture selections with links to many individual project pages.
Architecture in Oxford
Oxford Architecture : news + key projects (this page)
Oxford Buildings : A-O
Oxford Building Designs : P-Z
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Oxford Building Designs
New Architecture in Oxford – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:
Oxford Architecture Walking Tours by e-architect
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9 September 2025
Heyford Park Homes, near Bicester, Oxfordshire
22 August 2025
Warneford Park Oxford mental health and medical research campus
Architecture: Eric Parry Architects
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28 Jan 2016
St Hilda’s College Oxford Design Ideas Competition
Images unveiled of the shortlisted designs.
St Hilda’s College Oxford Design Competition
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5 Sep 2013
Florey Design Competition Oxford, Queen’s College
photograph © James Brittain
The Queen’s College, Oxford announce the launch of the Florey Design Competition. The College seeks a dedicated team to restore and add new facilities to James Stirling’s modernist masterpiece, The Florey building, which is Grade II listed.
20 Jun 2013
Pembroke College Oxford Building
Design: Berman Guedes Stretton
photo © Quintin Lake
Five buildings and two quads have been added to Pembroke College, Oxford. The 5,500 sqm development comprises five buildings, which surround a large and a small quad.
14 May 2013
St Antony’s College Building Oxford
Design: Bennetts Associates
photo © Hufton+Crow
Construction starts on the new Gateway Building for St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, a graduate college specialising in international relations, economics, politics and specialist areas of history.
26 Mar 2013
Radcliffe Humanities Building, University of Oxford, England
Design: Purcell
photo : Andy Spain
Building shortlisted for prestigious architecture awards: The Radcliffe Humanities building at the University of Oxford has been shortlisted for a prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) award and a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Building Conservation award. Once the home of Oxford’s first ever hospital, the Radcliffe Infirmary underwent a £10m renovation last year.
24 Jan 2013
Saint Antony’s College – Middle East Centre Oxford
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
image from architect
Saint Antony’s College Oxford
The Middle East Centre of St. Antony’s College is the University of Oxford’s centre for interdisciplinary study of the Modern Middle East. The centre was founded in 1957 and it is focused on research on humanities and social sciences with a wide reference to the Arab World and its geographic adjacencies.
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12 Oct 2012
University of Oxford, Mathematical Institute
Design: Rafael Viñoly Architects
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University of Oxford Mathematical Institute
Rafael Viñoly Architects is proud to announce that the University of Oxford is currently celebrating the “Topping Out” of the Mathematical Institute, a landmark for the site and sets the stage for future development. Construction began in the summer of 2011 and completion will be achieved in 2013.
30 Jun 2012
The Shulman Auditorium, Queen’s College Oxford
Design: Berman Guedes Stretton
photo : Adrian Arbib
The Shulman Auditorium Oxford
The context could not be more challenging: with Hawksmoor spires behind it sits in the heart of the college facing the dons’ Senior Common Room. Yet the Shulman Auditorium is remarkable for its skilful combination of traditional materials with an uncompromisingly modern design.
26 Jun 2012
Brasenose College Buildings, Oxford University
Design: Berman Guedes Stretton
photo : Andy Spain
Brasenose College Oxford University
Brasenose College’s bursar has highly commended Berman Guedes Stretton’s recently completed work at the college, reinforcing the practice’s reputation for bringing exceptional design skill and imaginative space use to the most challenging historic buildings.
22 Jun 2012
Student Accommodation, Somerville College, University of Oxford
Design: Niall McLaughlin Architects
photo : Nick Kane
Student Accommodation Oxford – RIBA Awards 2012 winner
The demolition of the Radcliffe Infirmary exposed a long blank façade as the college had long turned its back on the hospital. An exchange of land allowed a development on this edge site containing new student rooms thus meaning the college can re-orientate its grounds towards a new Humanities faculty.
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Oxford Architecture – Major Buildings
Major modern Oxfordshire Buildings, alphabetical:
Ashmolean Museum
Design: Rick Mather Architects
photo © Richard Bryant/ Arcaid
Ashmolean Museum
Chemistry Oxford
Design: Francis- Jones Morehen Thorp
image from architects
Chemistry Oxford
Middle East Centre
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
picture from architect
Middle East Centre Oxford
Oxford Molecular Pathology Institute
Make with Nightingale Associates
picture from architect
Oxford Molecular Pathology Institute
St Clare’s College
Hodder + Partners
picture from architect
St Clare’s College Oxford
St. John’s College Oxford
MJP Architects
picture © Peter Durant
University College Boathouse
Belsize Architects
picture © Nick Kane
University of Oxford Biochemistry Dept.
HawkinsBrown
image : Keith Collie
University of Oxford Biochemistry Building
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Contemporary Oxford Architecture
New Oxford Buildings – no images, alphabetical:
Oxford Academy School, Peers School, Littlemore
HKR Architects
Oxford Academy School
St Cross College Oxford
St Cross College Oxford, Design Competition – Shortlisted Architects
More contemporary Oxford Architecture projects online soon.
Oxford Architect : Practice Listings on e-architect
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, southern England, UK.
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Oxfordshire Architecture
North Wall Performing Arts Centre, St. Edward’s School, Summertown, Oxon
Haworth Tompkins
Philip Vile
North Wall Building
Lower Mill Estate: Architecture Competition, Oxfordshire
Building by Sutherland Hussey Architects
picture from architect
Lower Mill Estate Oxford
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Architecture Design
Contemporary Building Designs – recent architectural selection from e-architect below:
St Catherine’s College Oxford architect : Stephen Hodder
Oxford Science Park Offices
photo from architect
Oxford Square architects : Graeme Massie
Buildings / photos for the Modern Oxford Architecture Designs page welcome.