The facade is fully glazed, exposing the fair faced structural columns supporting a flat pre-cast concrete soffit. This high thermal mass absorbs the heat of the computer activity.
Cool air is fed under a raised floor and is extracted at high level.
A series of external aluminium vertical fins filter sunlight and glare. More enclosed teaching space is provided at the rear, where the building forms the fourth side of a small courtyard. The judges said, 'This is a carefully crafted and skilful building which, in a deft stroke, integrates a disparate group of buildings, whilst presenting an optimistic expression of organic growth of the College by means of a new highly visible public face.