Cambridge 2000: university: New Museums Site: Mond Building

Description: university: New Museums Site: Mond Building
Date built: 1932
Architect: H.C. Hughes
university: New Museums Site: Mond Building (H.C. Hughes) map for university: New Museums Site: Mond Building
Date photograph taken: 17 Aug 2000 (Alternative map: Google map)

This was the first, and still almost only, example of "big science" being funded in Cambridge, in this case paid for by the Royal Society (more specifically via a bequest from Ludwig Mond) to the tune of 15000 pounds. It was built for the physicist Piotr Kapitza. The crocodile carved on the wall to the right of the door was unveiled when the building was inaugurated.

The glasshouses on top were added after the original build, and were removed as part of a refurbishment of the building in 2006-2007, overseen by Bland, Brown and Cole.

The building just visible at the left was demolished in the summer of 2016.

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