Caruso St John is a London -based architectural firm established in 1990 by Adam Caruso and Peter St John.
30-511: Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 950 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to Cambridge University between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the oldest of the new colleges and the newest of the old. Downing College was formed "for the encouragement of the study of Law and Medicine and of the cognate subjects of Moral and Natural Science", and has developed
60-611: A Master , even when the Master is female. However, there are some exceptions, listed below. Girton College has always had a Mistress, even though male candidates have been able to run for the office since 1976. Also see List of current heads of University of Cambridge colleges . The above list does not include several former colleges that no longer exist. These include: Caruso St John Caruso St John gained international recognition for its designs of public spaces. The practice came to public attention with The New Art Gallery Walsall ,
90-630: A commission won in an international competition in 1995. From these origins in the visual arts, the firm now works on a broad range of public and private projects. Current and past clients include Tate Britain , the V&;A , English Heritage and the Arts Council of England , as well as European housing developers Trudo, the SBB (Swiss National Railways), and the Gagosian Gallery . Caruso St John aims to have
120-495: A range of facilities and services to their members in addition to accommodation, including: catering, library facilities, extracurricular societies, and sporting teams. Much of sporting life at Cambridge is centred around college teams and inter-collegiate competition in Cuppers . Student activity is typically organised through separate common rooms for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Another important element of collegiate life
150-408: A reputation amongst Cambridge colleges for Law and Medicine. Downing has been named one of the two most eco-friendly Cambridge colleges. Upon the death of Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet in 1749, the wealth left by his grandfather, Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet , who served both Cromwell and Charles II and built 10 Downing Street (a door formerly from Number 10 is in use in the college),
180-526: A royal charter, marking the official foundation of the college. The architect William Wilkins was commissioned by the trustees of the Downing estate, who included the Master of Clare College and St John's College and the Archbishops of Canterbury and York , to design the plan for the college. Wilkins, a disciple of the neo-classical architectural style, designed the first wholly campus-based college plan in
210-405: A top University at an intimate level". Cambridge colleges provide most of the accommodation for undergraduates and postgraduates at the university. At the undergraduate level they have responsibility for admitting students to the university, providing pastoral support, and organising elements of their tuition, though lectures and examinations are organised by the faculties and departments of
240-493: A wide range of work at a variety of scales and wants to resist the trend of increased size and specialisation that dominates contemporary architecture. The firm won the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2016 for Newport Street Gallery , which was built to house the private art collection of artist Damien Hirst , after being shortlisted for the prize in 2000 and 2006 for Walsall Art Gallery and Brick House , respectively. Both
270-410: Is formal hall , which range in frequency from weekly to every night of the week during Full Term. Colleges also provide funding, accommodation, or both, for some of the academic posts in the university, with the majority of Cambridge academics being a fellow of a college in addition to their faculty/departmental role. Fellows may therefore hold college positions in addition to their academic posts at
300-622: Is successful too, with the Women's first boat gaining Lents Headship of the river in 2004 and most recently in 2020 , and the Mays Headship in the 2014 and 2015 May Bumps . The men's first boat has held the headship several times in the 1980s and 1990s (for example in 1994 to 1996) while gaining the Mays headship in 1996 and the Lents Headship in 2014, on each occasion recognising the tradition of "burning
330-622: The New Art Gallery, Walsall (2000) and the Brick House, London (2006) have been short listed for the Stirling Prize , the UK’s most prestigious architecture award, in recognition of this ambition. Both Adam Caruso and Peter St John have taught in architecture schools consistently throughout the lifetime of Caruso St John. Adam Caruso taught at the University of North London from 1990 to 2000 and
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#1733086049151360-426: The "old" colleges and 7 of the 15 "new" ones admit both male and female students as both undergraduates and postgraduates, without any age restrictions. Eight colleges restrict entry by sex, or by age of undergraduates, or admit only postgraduates: No colleges are all-male, although most originally were. Darwin , founded in 1964, was the first mixed college, while in 1972 Churchill , Clare and King's colleges were
390-494: The 13th and 20th centuries. No colleges were founded between 1596 ( Sidney Sussex College ) and 1800 ( Downing College ), which allows the colleges to be distinguished into two groups according to foundation date: The oldest college is Peterhouse , founded in 1284, and the newest is Robinson , founded in 1977. Homerton , which was first founded in the eighteenth century as a dissenting academy (and later teacher training college), attained full college status in 2010. All 16 of
420-701: The University of North London from 1990 to 2000. He was a visiting professor at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, Switzerland from 1999 to 2001, and visiting professor in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of Bath from 2001 to 2004. In 2005 he was a visiting critic at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. From 2007 to 2009, he was a visiting professor at ETH Zürich. He
450-477: The academic departments and administration of the central university. Until the mid-19th century, both Cambridge and Oxford comprised a group of colleges with a small central university administration, rather than universities in the common sense. Cambridge's colleges are communities of students, academics and staff – an environment in which generations and academic disciplines are able to mix, with both students and fellows experiencing "the breadth and excellence of
480-399: The boat" (using an old wooden 8 oared boat), while the rowers of the winning boat jump the flames. They both currently hold positions at or near the top in both University bumps races [Lents and Mays]. The college is renowned for its strong legal tradition, being built up by Clive Parry, his pupil and successor John Hopkins and Graham Virgo . Legal notables who have been honorary fellows of
510-414: The central university. All degrees are awarded by the university itself, not the colleges, and all students study for the same course regardless of which college they attend. For postgraduate students, research is conducted centrally in the faculties, departments and other university-affiliated research centres, though the colleges provide a central social and intellectual hub for students. Colleges provide
540-518: The city of Cambridge (for example Ridley Hall , Wesley House , Westcott House and Westminster College ) that are affiliated with the university through the Cambridge Theological Federation . These colleges, while not officially part of the University of Cambridge, operate programmes that are either validated by or are taught on behalf either of the university or of Anglia Ruskin or Durham Universities. Most colleges are led by
570-666: The college annually with the condition that it will never build the fourth side of the square, so that Trinity may maintain the distinction of having the largest enclosed court of all colleges of Cambridge. The most recent building additions are the Howard Lodge accommodation, the Howard Building, and most recent of all the Howard Theatre which opened in 2010. These were sponsored by the Howard Foundation , and are located behind
600-530: The college include the late Sir John Smith , the pre-eminent criminal lawyer of his generation; Lord Collins of Mapesbury , the first solicitor to be appointed to the Court of Appeal and House of Lords; and Sir Robert Jennings , former President of the International Court of Justice . Colleges of the University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is composed of 31 colleges in addition to
630-519: The college should have come into existence then, but Sir Jacob's widow, Margaret, refused to give up the estates and the various relatives who were Sir George's legal heirs had to take costly and prolonged action in the Court of Chancery to compel her to do so. She died in 1778 but her second husband and the son of her sister continued to resist the heirs-at-law's action until 1800 when the court decided in favour of Sir George's will and George III granted Downing
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#1733086049151660-484: The college. Murray Edwards does not place this restriction on fellows. The Cambridge and Oxford colleges have served as an architectural inspiration for Collegiate Gothic architecture, used by a number of American universities including Princeton University , Cornell University , University of Chicago , and Washington University in St. Louis since the late nineteenth century. There are also several theological colleges in
690-416: The first previously all-male colleges to admit women, whilst King's formerly only accepted students from Eton College . The last all-male college to become mixed was Magdalene , in 1988. In 1973 Hughes Hall became the first all-female college to admit men, and Girton first admitted men in 1979. Newnham also places restrictions on the admission of staff members, allowing only women to become fellows of
720-507: The main court around their own small garden. These facilities are used for conference and businesses gatherings outside the student term. The Heong Gallery, opened in February 2016, is a modern and contemporary art gallery at Downing. It is named for Alwyn Heong, an alumnus of the college, who is a supporter of the visual arts. The conversion of a stables building by Caruso St John won a RIBA regional award. Downing students remain prominent in
750-664: The plans for a library and chapel on the south face of the college shelved. The third side of the square was only completed in 1951 with the building of the college chapel. Where the fourth side would have been is now a large paddock (known simply as "The Paddock"), with many trees. Though not fully enclosed, the court formed before the Downing College is perhaps largest in Cambridge or Oxford (a title contested with Trinity College's Great Court ). An urban legend amongst Cambridge students claims that Trinity pays an undisclosed sum to
780-441: The university world; in the past few years Cambridge Union Presidents, Blues captains, Law and Economic Society Presidents and more have hailed from the college. Downing has a particular reputation for law. The Griffin has been the undergraduate student magazine for over 100 years. The college fields teams in a range of sports including, men's football, men's and women's rugby, tennis and ultimate . Downing College Boat Club
810-519: The university: these include roles such as Tutor (responsible for pastoral support), Director of Studies (responsible for academic oversight of students taking a particular subject), Dean (responsible for discipline among college members), Senior Tutor (responsible for the college's overall academic provision), or Head of college ('Head of House'). Colleges are self-governed charities in their own right, with their own endowments and possessions. The University of Cambridge has 31 colleges, founded between
840-631: The world based on a magnificent entrance on Downing Street reaching back to form the largest court in Cambridge, extending to Lensfield Road . But this was not to be. The estate was much reduced by the suit in Chancery, and the grand plans failed. Much of the north side of what was then the Pembroke Leys was sold to the university and is now home to scientific buildings ("The Downing Site "). In fact, only limited East and West ranges were initially built, with
870-647: Was Professor of Architecture at the University of Bath from 2002 to 2005. He has been visiting professor at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio , at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University , at ETH Zürich , and on the LSE Cities Programme at the London School of Economics . In 2011 Adam Caruso was appointed Professor of Architecture and Construction at ETH Zürich. Peter St John taught at
900-425: Was applied by his will. Under this will, as he had no direct issue (he was legally separated from his wife), the family fortune was left to his cousin, Sir Jacob Downing, 4th Baronet , and if he died without heir, to three cousins in succession. If they all died without issue, the estates were to be used to found a college at Cambridge called Downing. Sir Jacob died in 1764, and as the other named heirs had also died,
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