calfordseaden provided Clerk of Works services for the client, King’s College, to Cranmer Road, an ultra-low energy, all electric, Passivhaus development consisting of two buildings.

The Cranmer Villa building is three storeys high comprising of 19 rooms and the Garden Building, two storeys in height comprising of 40 rooms and sits across from the Cranmer Villa.

Cranmer Road was designed to resemble the heritage of the existing university buildings, while delivering an innovative design. The flat roof provides another sustainable element with a ‘living’ brown roof that will self-vegetate which allows the building to blend into the conservation of the area.