Home \ Sectors \ Education & Research Education & Research\ Inspiring learning “From Cardiff to Cambridge, local primary schools to international research laboratories, we bring decades of design and delivery experience to your project.” Oliver Milton Partner 60 Awards and accolades Including many RIBA awards and Education Estates Awards for projects of the year (universities, colleges and schools) The projects we take on are wonderfully diverse and multi-faceted across every dimension. We’ve delivered world-leading research laboratories and we’ve partnered with eager eleven year-olds in the design of their school. We’ve helped prestigious institutes with estate strategies, integrated complex residential and education projects and, rather satisfyingly, sunk a swimming pool into a forest floor. Truth be told, it’s quite tricky describing this sector with so few words. But what these projects do share in common is that each challenge is a human-centric one, whether it’s understanding the needs of the buildings’ users, the ambitions of an institute or the behavioural and cultural nuances within a testing facility. [Spoiler: It’s all of those and many more] Even the most technical solutions are the result of thinking deeply about - and empathising with - people. That’s the key to finding a simple, human idea that resolves the complexity. Speaking of people, we’re an optimistic gang of architects, researchers, urban, interior and computational designers. Most of all though, we’re collaborators. Because the more diverse the expertise, the more elegant and surprising the solution. 50% plus of UK universities Designing and delivering projects for 58 higher education institutions Featured Projects Leeds School of Arts\ Inspiring collaboration and cultural dialogue Wynch Cottage, Bishop’s Stortford College\ Giving new life to a 19th century building The Bartlett School of Architecture\ Creating a home for the next generation of leading architects and designers City of London Freemen’s School Swimming Pool\ Swimming amongst the trees Ivydale Primary School\ Creating a new identity Beecroft Building, University of Oxford\ The physics department transformed The UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and UK Dementia Research Headquarters\ Defeating dementia in London’s Knowledge Quarter Keyworth Primary School\ Expanding an existing school Want to see more of our projects? Select from the items below to view more: Education & Research Schools Universities Laboratory Facilities New Academic Environments Student Experience Share this page You may also like... News and Events Hawkins\Brown appointed to design UK National Quantum Computing Centre\ Posted on 11/09/2020 Video: Cardiff University’s ‘Home of Innovation’ tops out\ Posted on 13/07/2020 Research and Opinion Use of colour in the built environment\ What do clients think of architects?\ London\ 159 St John Street EC1V 4QJ T: 020 7336 8030 mail@hawkinsbrown.com Manchester\ 3rd Floor, Hilton House 26-28 Hilton Street M1 2EH T: 0161 641 5522 mail@hawkinsbrown.com Edinburgh\ Spaces, 1 Lochrin Square 92 Fountainbridge EH3 9QA T: 0131 370 8820 mail@hawkinsbrown.com Los Angeles\ 8500 Steller Drive Building 1 CA, 90232 T: +1 213 493 2001 mail@hawkinsbrown.com Dublin\ 3rd Floor 22 Ely Place D02 AH73 mail@hawkinsbrown.com Services\ Urban Design and Masterplanning Working with Artists Sustainability Social Value Digital Design Sectors\ Civic, Community & Culture Education & Research Healthcare Infrastructure & Transport Interior Design Residential Workplace Copyright © Hawkins Brown Architecture Ltd. 2021 / Legals, Privacy & Cookies