Stanton Williams has been appointed to design a new academic library for Oxford University’s Merton College after beating 25 other firms in an invited competition for the project.

The practice, which won the Stirling Prize in 2012 for its Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge, said work on the project was currently at the “feasibility/concept” stage.

Stanton Williams said the resulting library would be an exemplary sustainable building that was flexible and adaptable for the long term, and capable of supporting the college’s life and vision for generations to come.

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