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Green light for Wright & Wright – a decade after firm was beaten into second place

By 2020-11-20T07:00:00

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Source: Wright & Wright Architects

Runner-up appointed by Oxford college after winning scheme foundered

Wright & Wright has won planning for the expansion and remodelling of a building at one of Oxford University’s oldest colleges – almost a decade after losing the design competition to Berman Guedes Stretton.

The practice was appointed by Corpus Christi College last year to increase capacity at its Special Collections Centre and Library, which has one of the finest collections of any Oxford college.

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