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Witherford Watson Mann unveils plans for £90m transformation of RCA’s Kensington campus

By 2025-10-09T11:11:00

2. Architectural render of the Royal Collect of Art. Ground Floor Street. Image_ Witherford Watson Mann Architects

New teaching and event spaces to be added to grade II-listed Darwin Building as university prepares to leave White City campus

Witherford Watson Mann Architects has unveiled plans for a £90m renewal of the Royal College of Art’s grade II-listed campus in Kensington.

The 2013 Stirling Prize winner has been working on proposals to modernise the Darwin building in what the university says will be a “careful balance of conservation and transformation”.

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