Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford, United Kingdom Architecture + Interior: Herzog & de Meuron Photos: Voijslav Nikolic
The Blavatnik School of Government is a new architectural landmark in the historic university town of Oxford in the UK. Founded as recently as 2010, the school’s mission is to inspire and encourage better government and public policy around the world. It has built up an excellent reputation within a short space of time and produces about 120 masters of public policy annually. The school is named for American entrepreneur Leonard Blavatnik, who contributed a generous donation to make the new build possible.
The building by architects Herzog & de Meuron consists of a series of four discs stacked on top of one another and shifted slightly on each floor and a rectangular section, all of which are connected with one another by a spiral staircase in the middle.
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