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Oxford Architecture Tours: City Walks

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post updated 8 August 2024

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Architecture photos from Donald Short:

Raines Building St Anne’s Oxford:
Raines Building St Annes Oxford Architecture Tours

The city has been in the news recently with the student campaign to remove the statue of Cecil Rhodes: he attended Oxford in the 1870s and his statue stands prominently on the outside of Oriel College.

New Buildings For Wadham College
Architects: AL_A
Wadham College Buildings University of Oxford
photograph : Hufton+Crow
Wadham College Buildings
Two new buildings, the William Doo Undergraduate Centre and the Dr Lee Shau Kee Building, designed by architects AL_A at the centre of Wadham College’s historic Oxford site.

Oxford Architecture Walking Tours

Our architectural tours in the city significantly outpace our city walks in sister city Cambridge, which is a surprise as the latter has a feast of architecture, though I’m slightly biased having lived in Cambridge and with many family members having attended university there!

Masters Field Development, Balliol College
Architecture: Niall McLaughlin Architects
Masters Field Development Balliol College Oxford
photograph © Nick Kane
Masters Field Development Balliol College Oxford
Masters Field Development is a significant addition to the edge of the urban centre of this English university city, with a total of 228 bedrooms. It also represents the development of a sophisticated visual and constructional language which allows for the degree of repetition and subtle variation that is both necessary and appropriate for a single building project of this size and in this context.

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Architectural photos from Donald Short, a mix of Modern, Gothic and Classical Oxford architecture:

The Hayward and De Breyne building, Keble College by ABK in 1973-77 (ref. http://www.c20society.org.uk/100-buildings/1980-keble-college-extension-oxford/):

The Hayward and De Breyne building, Keble College by ABK

St John’s College, Oxford, by MJP Architects:
St John's College, Oxford Architecture Tours

St John's College Oxford Architecture Tours

St Johns College, Oxford

Saint Antony’s College building design by Zaha Hadid Architects:

Saint Antony's College building design by Zaha Hadid Architects

The Clarendon Building, early 18th-century neoclassical building of the University of Oxford, 1711-15, Grade I listed building:

Clarendon, University of Oxford Architecture Tours

The Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, one of the oldest libraries in Europe, second largest in the UK after the British Library:
Oxford Architecture Walking Tours
photo © Alexander Wilberforce

Sheldonian Theatre, an eight-sided cupola in the centre of the city:
Oxford Architectural Walking Tours
photo © Alexander Wilberforce

All Soul’s College building:
Oxford Architecture Tours
photo © Alexander Wilberforce

The entrance to the Bodleian Library:
Oxford Architecture Tours - Bodleian Library
photo © Alexander Wilberforce

This historic English city is famous for its old and distinguished University. Like its twin city Cambridge it has much brilliant historic and contemporary architecture. Oxford is set at the junction of the River Isis and Thames.

Hertford Bridge, popularly known as the Bridge of Sighs: it connects two sections of Hertford College over New College Lane:
Bridge of Sighs Oxford Architecture Tours
photograph © Alexander Wilberforce

The Queen’s College – the lovely arcade onto the High Street:
Oxford Architecture Tours
photograph © Alexander Wilberforce

Oxford Architecture Tour : major buildings in this city

Oxford Walking Tours – City Walks

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Cohen Quadrangle at Exeter College – 2022 RIBA South Building of the Year
Cohen Quadrangle, Exeter College, Oxford - 2022 RIBA South Award Winners
photo © Nick Hufton
Cohen Quadrangle, Exeter College, Oxford by Alison Brooks Architects has been announced as the 2022 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) South Building of the Year.

Catherine Hughes Building, Somerville College, Woodstock Road
Design: Niall McLaughlin Architects
Catherine Hughes Building England UK
photo courtesy of Brick Awards
Catherine Hughes Building Somerville College Oxford
Named after the late former Principal of Somerville College, the Catherine Hughes building provides 68 study bedrooms for undergraduates, plus a new graduate reading room on the ground floor. It is a multi-storey structure constructed in the college’s old service yard between the Penrose building and the single-storey old school house.

St. John’s College Building
Design: MJP Architects
St. John’s College Oxford

Ashmolean Museum Building
Design: Rick Mather Architects
Ashmolean Museum Building

Student Accommodation
Design: Niall McLaughlin Architects
Student Accommodation Oxford

St Antony’s College Building
Design: Bennetts Associates
St Antony’s College Building Oxford

University of Oxford Biochemistry Building
Design: HawkinsBrown
University of Oxford Biochemistry Building

Oxford Boathouse
Oxford Boathouse

More building photographs from Donald Short:

Students from Berlin on Oxford architecture tour:
Students from Berlin on Oxford architecture tour

Blavatnik School of Government Oxford Building by Herzog & de Meuron, Architects:
Blavatnik School of Government Oxford Building

Queen’s College building Oxford by Hawksmoor:
Queen's College building Oxford Architecture Tours

Queen's College Oxford building

Raines Building at St Anne’s Oxford:
Raines Building St Annes College Oxford

St Catherine’s College Oxford by Arne Jacobsen:
St Catherine's College Oxford by Arne Jacobsen

St John’s College, Oxford by Sir Philip Dowson:
St Johns College, Oxford by Sir Philip Dowson

Blue Boar Quad, Christ Church by Powell and Moya:
Blue Boar Quad, Christ Church by Powell and Moya

Brasenose College Oxford building by Powell and Moya Architects:
Brasenose College Oxford building by Powell and Moya Architects

Catholic Chaplaincy Oxford building by ABK architects:
Catholic Chaplaincy Oxford building by ABK architects

Corpus Christi College Oxford building by Powell and Moya:
Corpus Christi College Oxford building by Powell and Moya

Florey Building Oxford by James Stirling architect:
Florey Building Oxford by James Stirling architect

Florey Building by Stirling - Oxford Architecture Tours

Florey Building by James Stirling - Oxford Architecture Tours

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Saint Antony's College building design by Zaha Hadid Architects

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