Cambridge - Fitzwilliam College Gatehouse, Auditorium - Architects postcard 2005

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• Picture / Image:  Fitzwilliam College Gatehouse and Auditorium, University of Cambidge
• Publisher: Alies and Morrison  Architects / RIBA Awards 2005
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Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.

The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students from less financially privileged backgrounds a chance to study at the university. The institution was originally based at Fitzwilliam Hall (later renamed Fitzwilliam House), opposite the Fitzwilliam Museum in central Cambridge. Having moved to its present site in the north of the city, Fitzwilliam attained collegiate status in 1966. Female undergraduates were first admitted in 1978, around the time most colleges were first admitting women.

Fitzwilliam is now home to around 475 undergraduates, 400 graduate students and 90 fellows.[3] By overall student numbers, it is the seventh-largest college in Cambridge as of 2018/19.

Notable alumni of Fitzwilliam College include six Nobel Laureates, prominent academics, three heads of state or government, one current UK Supreme Court Justice, and a significant number of political figures including the former Liberal Democrats leader, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the current and former Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police.

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Gatehouse Court (2003)

The completion of Gatehouse Court in 2003 saw the realisation of Sir Denys Lasdun's original vision. The design, courtesy of Allies & Morrison, reorientated the college by giving it a new entrance, complete with Porter's Lodge, administrative offices, meeting rooms, parking facilities, a large-scale engraving of the college crest and a flagpole. It also provided an extra 42 en suite bedrooms for student accommodation.[30] The college now faces south and opens onto Storey's Way, a smaller, primarily residential street branching off Madingley Road.

This development expanded the college's main site dramatically and the quality of the design was recognised with the award of the 2005 RIBA Award[31] and the 2005 BDA Award for Building of the Year.[32]

Auditorium (2004)

The Auditorium building was completed in 2004. Having overseen the construction of Gatehouse Court, Allies & Morrison were employed to design the college's new performance facilities. Built using a similar brick to that used for the Grove almost 200 years earlier, the building is largely below ground-level, resulting in a direct view of the surrounding landscape for audience members towards the back of the gallery.[33] It won the 2005 Concrete Society Award and the 2005 BDA Award for Best Public Building.[32]

Located near the front of the college, the building faces New Court and backs onto the college gardens. Consisting of a large central performance area, three smaller practice rooms and an entrance hall, the auditorium is the official home of the Fitzwilliam Quartet.[34]

The main hall, which has been praised for its acoustics,[citation needed] houses a Steinway grand piano, and a tympani, a full-size drum kit, amplifiers and a Bösendorfer piano for student use.[25] Although used primarily for music, the building has also hosted drama performances and important lectures.

In recent years, guest speakers have included the American politician Jesse Jackson, former poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion, and the former head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove, who visited the college as part of the Arrol Adam Lecture Series in 2008.[31]