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New classrooms at Hallfield School, London W2

New Classrooms at Hallfield School

New classrooms at Hallfield School, London W2
Caruso St John Architects
Photo: Helene Binet
Client: Westminster City Council
Awards: RIBA Award


The project inserts two new classroom blocks into the original school which was designed by Drake and Lasdun as part of the Hallfield Estate, master-planned by Berthold Lubetkin in the late 1940s.
 
The design and choice of materials have led to the school being subtly re-interpreted, with an empathy that is neither too reverential, nor too assertive.