UCL Student Centre wins global architectural prize

The Student Centre at UCL has won a prestigious Prix Versailles world architecture award for its design. A global panel of judges awarded the centre the 'Special prize Interior' of the Campuses awards category. The Student Centre was designed by UCL alumnus and lead architect James Eades, of Nicholas Hare Architects. The Prix recognizes remarkable structures around the world, in terms of both interior and exterior architecture. Other shortlisted entries included the University of Melbourne's Life Sciences Building, Nankai University's Haibing Centre, the National University of Singapore's School of Design & Environment and Yale University's new Science Building. At the heart of UCL's Bloomsbury campus, the Student Centre includes 1,000 study spaces over eight levels as well as a rooftop terrace, a café and a landscaped courtyard. It was designed to offer space for UCL's students to think, explore, collaborate, discover and challenge.