Milton Keynes College
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Peter Haddon and Partners
Milton Keynes College
Milton Keynes
Completion August 2008
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A new reception building with a centralised entrance foyer links the teaching blocks with student welfare facilities and a library space. The circular form provides a clear identity for the building but presents technical challenges. These were resolved by combining a long span steel frame with composite floors with a facetted lightweight timber-stud external wall. The curved façade is achieved by spacing the timber boarding off the facetted structural panels. The building has a BREEAM excellent rating.