Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

The Schwarzman Centre, designed by leading British architects, Hopkins Architects, is a major new cultural campus in the heart of Oxford’s Radcliffe Observatory Quarter.

2 external view of the stephen a schwarzman centre for the humanities university of oxford photograph c hufton crow
Location Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Department(s) Humanities Division
About the building

The state-of-the-art spaces will co-locate Oxford University’s internationally recognised Humanities faculties for the first time: English Language and Literature, History, Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, Medieval and Modern Languages, Music, Philosophy, and Theology and Religion. The Centre will also house the Institute for Ethics in AI, created in 2019 as part of the announcement of the Centre, the Oxford Internet Institute and the new Bodleian Humanities Library.
Completion Summer 2025
Awards
  • Largest Passivhaus-certified university building in Europe
Architect Hopkins Architects
Main contractor  Laing O’Rourke and their supply chain