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Following the successful opening of the New Academic Building, the Estates Division is starting on the next phase of LSE's campus development with the redevelopment of St Philips. Housing the Students' Union, the site will become a student hub at the heart of LSE's campus. LSE's aim is to improve the student experience at the School by creating the best student building in the world.  

The centre will open in 2012 - check here for the latest information on the redevelopment of St Philips.

Exhibition of designs

In March this year a competition was launched to find an architect to design a new Students' Centre the six competition designs are all now being exhibited at The Building Centre in Store Street. The exhibition will run until Wednesday 28 October. For full exhibition details click here |

Winning design for LSE's new Students' Centre announced

LSE dayDublin based practice O'Donnell & Tuomey Architects have been chosen as the winners of the competition to design LSE's new Students' Centre.

The practice was selected from a shortlist which included five other leading practices: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris; David Chipperfield Architects; de Rijke Marsh Morgan; Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Copenhagen based architects 3XN A/S. 

Howard Davies, Director of LSE and chair of the jury panel that selected the winning design said: 'We really do appreciate the huge amount of creative energy each of the teams put into this competition. However there can only be one winner and the selection of O'Donnell & Tuomey was the unanimous decision of the jury panel.'

To read the full press release, click here|

Annual FundThe New Students' Centre design competition and consultation process is kindly supported by the LSE Annual Fund. For more information on how you can make a difference to life at the School through the LSE Annual Fund, please see: http://www.alumni.lse.ac.uk/annualfund/ |

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"To enthuse and inspire - our aim is to create an exceptional piece of architecture that will play a key role in enhancing the student experience at LSE."
Julian Robinson, director of planning and development

"A new building for the Students' Union will allow us to provide the highest quality facilities for LSE students long into the future. We will finally have a building fit for our diverse range of societies, sports clubs, campaigns, welfare services and commercial services. The Students' Union is delighted to have this opportunity
and is looking forward to working with the
Estates Division to develop a new centre for LSE students that matches their needs."
Aled Dilwyn Fisher, general secretary, LSESU

Contact 

Emma Lovegrove
Estates Division
London School of Economics
020 7955 7747
e.j.lovegrove@lse.ac.uk|