The extension of the Bartlett School of Architecture in London by Hawkins\Brown

Bartlett is alongside AA and RCA one of the trio of London architecture schools where students from all over the world come for the best education. While the Architectural Association has been located at Bedford Square in central London since 1917 and is only considering its expansion, in the case of the Royal College of Art, architecture students moved from the historic building Somerset House to South Kensington in the early 1960s, where Henry Thomas Cadbury-Brown designed a brutalist building for them, and now RCA also has another building in Battersea from Haworth Tompkins.
The architectural school Bartlett perfectly embodies the saying about the shoemaker's children going barefoot. This prestigious school with an excellent reputation is located in an unattractive building from the 1970s. Wates House in Camden Town was originally designed for 380 students, but over the last 40 years, the school has grown fivefold and has split into nine buildings. This should soon change, and by 2016, the architecture school is expected to undergo an expensive renovation costing £30 million. The complete redesign is being carried out by the London firm Hawkins\Brown, which, in addition to a new stone facade with a strict grid, is primarily reorganizing the interior layout, expanding the school into the back yard, and also adding a rooftop extension. Once completed, the individual floors should connect continuously and communicate better with each other. Renovation work is set to start this autumn. During this time, the school must temporarily relocate to Hampstead Road and for this purpose has rented an old warehouse located just a quarter of a kilometer from the Architectural Association.

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