St. George's Gate, Oxford
'Marcus Beale’s design, which draws on the eighteenth-century gabled houses that occupied the site, has all the components of traditional Oxbridge college buildings - a forbidding street facade, an entrance courtyard and a more open facade facing the water.
'The Mill Stream elevation incorporates subtle detailing to reduce the impact of its three storeys. This includes recessed windows which diminish in width as the storeys rise. The bridge elevation is “softened” by small windows with fixed side panels in blue glass.
Photo by Michael Murray