O’Donnell and Tuomey Architects Win Student Center Competition in London

<div><p>Irish architecture firm <b><a href="http://www.odonnell-tuomey.ie/" title="O’Donnell & Tuomey">O’Donnell & Tuomey</a></b> has won the RIBA-organized design contest for a new $35.6 million <b>student center</b> at the<b> London School of Economics</b>.</p> <br /><p><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_01x.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Winning design for the new student center at the London School of Economics by O’Donnell & Tuomey`"><img alt="image" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_01.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 485px; height: 558px;" /></a></p><br /><div class="cap"><i>Click above image to enlarge</i><br />Winning design for the new student center at the London School of Economics by O’Donnell & Tuomey<br /></div> <br /><span class='fullpost'> <br /><br /><p>The shortlist included well-known practices like <b>David Chipperfield</b>, <b>3XN</b>, <b>de Rijke Marsh Morgan</b>, <b>Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios</b>, and <b>Allford Hall Monaghan Morris</b>.</p> <br /><p>Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey said: “We are delighted to win this<br />opportunity to build a significant building in London, the city of our<br />second schooling in architecture, at the center of the street-based<br />campus of the London School of Economics. We hope to make a special<br />building for the students’ union, one that derives from and contributes<br />to the characteristics qualities of the LSE.”</p> <br /><p><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_02x.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Winning design for the new student center at the London School of Economics by O’Donnell & Tuomey`"><img alt="image" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_02.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 485px; height: 594px;" /></a></p><br /><div class="cap"><i>Click above image to enlarge</i><br /></div> <br /><p><br />These finalists designs made it to the shortlist:</p> <br /><p><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_03x.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Shortlisted: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris`"><img alt="image" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_03.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 483px; height: 550px;" /></a></p><br /><div class="cap"><i>Click above image to enlarge</i><br />Shortlisted: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris<br /></div> <br /><p><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_07x.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Shortlisted: 3XN`"><img alt="image" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_07.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 485px; height: 485px;" /></a></p><br /><div class="cap"><i>Click above image to enlarge</i><br />Shortlisted: 3XN<br /></div> <br /><p><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_06x.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Shortlisted: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios`"><img alt="image" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_06.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 485px; height: 454px;" /></a></p><br /><div class="cap"><i>Click above image to enlarge</i><br />Shortlisted: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios<br /></div> <br /><p><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_04x.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Shortlisted: David Chipperfield Architects`"><img alt="image" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_04.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 485px; height: 623px;" /></a></p><br /><div class="cap"><i>Click above image to enlarge</i><br />Shortlisted: David Chipperfield Architects<br /></div> <br /><p><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_05x.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Shortlisted: de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM Architects)`"><img alt="image" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/odonnell_tuomey_lse_05.jpg" style="border: 0pt none ; width: 485px; height: 410px;" /></a></p><br /><div class="cap"><i>Click above image to enlarge</i><br />Shortlisted: de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM Architects)<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Related links:</b><br /><br />http://www.bustler.net<br />http://www.odonnell-tuomey.ie/<br /><br /> <br /></span></div>