Bishop Road

Background

Bishop Road Primary is a highly successful school, and needed to expand from 720 to 840 places due to its popularity – or to accommodate four extra classrooms.

Design

By building a new library and administration facility at the front of the school, this enabled us to release sufficient space for the 4 extra classrooms to be accommodated within the existing school buildings.

Technical

The modern clean lines of the whole library element hover over a stone and glass base, creating a  light, open and welcoming new entrance.  The overall look gives the school a ‘street presence’, signifying the more accessible and all-embracing role that the school has within the community.

Awards

  • Winner, Bristol Civic Society Design Award 2015

Designed by: George Batterham, Ben Smith

Built by: Willmott Dixon