London studio Gort Scott has been selected to design a new £10 million riverside extension to St Hilda's College at the prestigious University of Oxford, England (+ slideshow).

The London studio saw off competition from shortlisted studios Hall McKnight, 6a Architects, DRDH Architects and Tim Ronalds Architects to win the extension and renovation project, following an invited competition run by Malcolm Reading Consultants.
Gort Scott's design features a slender tower that will mark a new entrance to the college from Cowley Place, as well as rooftop gardens and a riverside pavilion with a decorative latticed facade.
"Our proposal focused on responding to the riverside setting ? making a lyrical pavilion set within the college's picturesque gardens, framed by a robust building that defines the boundary," said Gort Scott director Fiona Scott.
"The pavilion balances a sense of decorum and gravity from the rhythm of strong brick piers, with a lightness and delicacy that is in dialogue with the changing qualities of the river."
The proposal also features a suite of teaching and common areas, as well as accommodation for student fellows ? much of which will be placed along the boundary of the site.
A paved courtyard will link with the pavilion to open up views to the River Cherwell as well as Christ Church Meadows.

"Gort Scott won the college over because their concept design displayed the most intuitive and natural fit to our organic site,...