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MCW Architects completes new buttery at St John’s College, Cambridge

By 2023-07-31T07:38:00

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A series of new social spaces reinvigorates the communal traditions of a Cambridge college

MCW Architects, a Cambridge-based firm, has completed a cluster of social spaces at St John’s College, Cambridge, reimagining the college’s 500-year-old tradition of community dining.

The project involved the creation of a new bar and a completely reconstructed buttery dining room alongside a novel addition - the college’s first-ever café since its establishment in 1511.

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