Education
Steel takes the load
22 NSC
May 20
Offering approximately 18,100m2
of space, the Marshall Building is
the latest project in the London
School of Economics (LSE)
campus-wide redevelopment programme.
Following on from the recently completed
Centre Building (see NSC May 2018), the
Marshall Building occupies a prime spot,
overlooking Lincolns Inn Fields.
The new flagship building will have
ten upper floors and two basement levels,
and will contain The Marshall Institute for
Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship,
founded by Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett
and Sir Paul Marshall to improve the
impact, effectiveness and appeal of private
contributions to the public good.
It will also house the academic
departments of accounting, finance and
management, teaching facilities, as well as
sports and arts rehearsal facilities including
a Sports England standard multi-purpose
sports hall for use by staff and students.
Overall the Marshall Building is a
concrete-framed structure, but within
its frame there are a number of integral
steelwork elements, that have been
introduced to provide the necessary
structural capacity, achieve the desired
architectural vision as well as to maintain
slimmer structural profiles.
All of the steelwork will be hidden from
view within the completed building, as it
will all be encased in concrete to blend in
The London School of Economics’ new Marshall Building includes
a number of steelwork elements that are helping the design to
achieve the overall architectural vision as well as maintaining
slimmer structural profiles. Martin Cooper reports.
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