Merton College has just completed the new TS Elliot lecture theatre, designed by Ridge and Partners. The building has been carefully blended into the south side of the original 1930s Rose Lane accommodation block and is the most recent building to be opened in the College’s 750-year history. The theatre offers both the college and conference organisers state of the art facilities for up to 140 conference delegates. There are three seminar rooms and a large foyer area for circulation and break-out.
Luke Hughes and Company designed all the loose furniture specially for the lecture theatre and seminar rooms, working in close collaboration with the architects under Graham Blackburn and the college bursars, John Gloag and Douglas Bamber. A recent delegate wrote ‘the TS Eliot Lecture Theatre is an outstanding venue with all the latest technology, style and comfort and it was a pleasure to hold our conference in such wonderful surroundings’.
Luke Hughes and Company has now been working with the college on special projects for more than 20 years.