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The Mond is a Grade II listed building originally designed in 1930 by architect H.C. Hughes for the Russian Nobel Prize winner Leonidovich Kapitza.

The building is one of the best examples of Modernist architecture in Cambridge, and our refurbishment sought to celebrate the spirit of the original building, with its distinctive rotunda entrance, while at the same time introducing the best standards of accommodation and environmental control.

Completed in July 2007, the newly-restored building in Free School Lane provides premier interdisciplinary research spaces for staff and students in the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The building houses the Centre for African Studies and its library, together with the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit.

BB&C were presented with the 2008 David Urwin Design Commendation in the Best Conservation, Alteration or Extension of an existing building category for the Mond Building in recognition of their contribution to the buildings and townscape of the City of Cambridge.

Client: Cambridge University Estate Management and Building Service Quantity Surveyor: Sherriff Tiplady Associates Structural Consultant: Cameron Taylor Services Consultant: KJ Tait Main Contractor: Haymills Completion: July 2007