Leckhampton is a graduate colony of Corpus Christi College consisting of a number of very different buildings in an eight acre wooded garden. The original house was designed by William Marshall in 1880 and the George Thompson Building and various extensions were added by Philip Dowson of Arup Associates in 1964. Several large Victorian villas have been acquired and loosely incorporated to the north. A large sports ground marks the south western part of the Leckhampton site. We were appointed to design a new building to fit into this established context. Our approach reflects both the traditional materials of the original Leckhampton House and the rhythm & verticality of the modernist George Thomson Building. The Kho Building has been developed to provide modern accommodation that responds fully to current thinking on energy conservation, as well as taking full advantage of the views across the sports field. The siting of the building reinforces the links to the social and architectural heart of the site whilst standing to the west of it, in such a way as to minimise the visual intrusion of the new building into the existing architectural groupings. The accommodation is a mixture of naturally ventilated individual study bedrooms with shared social spaces, and self-contained flats. The scheme was submitted for planning approval in October 2010, construction started in July 2011 and the new building was handed over to College at the end of June 2012. The building was officially opened by Lord Sainsbury on Friday 14th September 2012 as reported on this University webpage.