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Durham University Centre for Teaching and Learning
English Education Building in Lower Mountjoy, UK – design by FaulknerBrowns Architects
2 Oct 2017
Centre for Teaching and Learning at Durham University
Location: Lower Mountjoy, County Durham, northeast England
Design: FaulknerBrowns Architects
Approval for Durham University Centre for Teaching and Learning by FaulknerBrowns

The building, at Lower Mountjoy, will host a wide range of learning environments and technologies, including new classrooms that will allow students to share courses in real time with students from peer institutions around the world.
There will be lecture theatres, teaching rooms, education laboratories where new teaching and training methods will be developed, student learning zones and catering facilities. Outside of the academic term, the building?s facilities will allow the University to host major events and academic conferences.

The site lies adjacent to the Durham City Centre conservation area and is in close proximity to views of the Durham Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site. The design for the building has been carefully considered to respond to the existing context – including the local scale and character of the architecturally or historically important buildings close to the site.

In consultation with the Local Planning Authority the design team has developed a mod...