Named ’the world’s best higher education and research building’

The University's Investcorp Building has scooped another prestigious architectural award. It has been named the best higher education and research building in the world by the jury at the 2016 World Architecture Festival in Berlin. The building was created by Zaha Hadid and commissioned by St Antony's College to provide space for its Middle East Centre. Opening in May 2015, it spans two Victorian buildings on Woodstock Road in the grounds of the college and is named after the alternative investment firm that donated £11 million for the project. This latest honour for the building follows its Oxford Preservation Trust and RIBA awards. Dr Eugene Rogan, Director of the Middle East Centre, said: 'We are so thrilled to see our exquisite new building win the recognition of the World Architecture Festival. And how appropriate for the late Dame Zaha Hadid to have given Oxford the best higher education and research building in the world in 2016.
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