Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

Oxford, United Kingdom, Europe

Completed · Education · Passivhaus Humanities And Performance Centre · Temperate · 2025

The largest single building project ever undertaken by Oxford, bringing the humanities faculties together for the first time around a glass-domed Great Hall, with exhibition space, a cinema, recording studios, a museum and a 500-seat concert hall. It is on track for Passivhaus certification, making it the largest Passivhaus scheme in England and, per the architect, the world's first Passivhaus concert hall.

Innovation highlights

  • World's first Passivhaus concert hall
  • Largest Passivhaus scheme in England
  • Glazed double-dome Great Hall
  • Acoustic isolation within an airtight envelope

Innovations in the catalogue

  • Passivhaus Concert Hall Acoustic Envelope
  • Large-Scale Passivhaus Public Building
  • Glazed Double-Dome Daylit Great Hall
Client / Developer
University of Oxford
Architect
Hopkins Architects
Engineer
Arup; Max Fordham (acoustics); Charcoalblue (theatre)
Type
Passivhaus Humanities and Performance Centre

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