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led the design team, which
included Integral Engineers,
Atelier Ten, Adrian James and
Kier Group.
B&K Structures (BKS)
was appointed to design,
manufacture and erect the
cross laminated timber (CLT)
and glulam elements for the
structural frame of the new
teaching block, research
block and a light 昀椀lled cloister
designed to establish a focus
for the square.
Elegant design
The new development
integrates the old and new
buildings and draws on the
experience of this expert project
team, including BKS’ supply
chain partners Derix and Stora
Enso, who supplied the glulam
and CLT elements respectively.
The three-storey teaching
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block adopts a hipped roof
form with a series of pitched
glulam beams, clear spanning
at regular centres with stainless
steel ties.
Linked via the cloister, the
two-storey research block has
a central spine wall, supporting
the 昀椀rst 昀氀oor and roof, and a
feature CLT stair that extends
from ground to 昀椀rst 昀氀oor,
trimmed with glulam beams.
The roof forms a truncated
pyramid featuring a central
butter昀氀y roof, while glulam
beams cantilever from the spine
wall, propped at each end by
hip beams, extending down to
the perimeter ring beam.
The elegant design of the
connections between the hip
members and the tension
and compression rings was
key to the success of the 昀椀nal
design, requiring strong timber
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Image: Haileybury
School's latest
expansion uses
cross-laminated
timber and glulam
elements.
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昀昀site manufactured
timber technology
has contributed to
the fast and 昀氀awless
delivery of this complex and
beautiful education facility,
which meets the highest
environmental standards.
Haileybury School has always
been at the cutting edge of
science teaching and research.
With the launch of its new
SciTech Centre, the aim was
to create a space for practical
and theoretical study to help
inspire the next generation
of scientists, mechanics and
engineers. The school also
wanted to unify the existing
campus and bring STEM
disciplines together, physically
and symbolically.
The solution was an
architecturally striking timber
extension. Hopkins Architects
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