Eton Sports & Aquatics Centre

by Hopkins Architects 

Client  Eton College 

Award RIBA South Award 2023 

Eton Sports and Aquatics Centre is an excellent example of robust modern architecture that combines firmness, commodity, and delight – those three fundamental qualities famously specified by the Ancient Roman architect Vitruvius as necessary to any well-designed building. Built on the site of a former outdoor pool, the facility boasts a 25-metre pool and a four-court multi-use sports hall complete with changing, support, and spectator facilities. 

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor Graham 

Project Management Gardiner & Theobald LLP 

Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant Gardiner & Theobald LLP 

Structural Engineer Cundall 

Services Engineer Cundall 

Landscape Architect Townshend Landscape Architects 

Planning Consultant Porta Planning 

Building Control Regional Building Control 

Access Consultant People Friendly Ltd 

Arboriculturalist Aecom 

Ecologist Davidson Watts Ecology 

Heritage Consultant Turley Associates 

Acoustic Engineer Cundall 

Fire Engineering Cundall 

Pool Consultant Devin Consulting 

Principal Designer Gardiner & Theobald LLP 

Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Miller Hare Limited 

Archaeology Oxford Archaeology 

PCSA Contractor Graham Construction 

Gross internal area in m2 3669