It is located between two types of housing: traditional terraced houses to the west and a line of higher apartment buildings to the east. The form and materiality of the Centre attempts to reconcile these contrasting conditions within a single development. The height of the main volumes continues the scale of the terraced housing while the use of expanded metal mesh as a cladding material is intended to continue the light-responsive quality of the foliage in the park.
The design of the ground plane is based on a drawing by the artist Chris Ofili. On this land he built his grand terrace home, Thanet House, which was constructed in the Georgian style of the time. Buildings adjacent to the original Thanet House were built sometime between and By the late s these buildings along the fringe of fashionable Bloomsbury were frequented by members of the aristocracy and gentry.
Indeed, both the Peacock Room and the Adams Room were once drawing rooms for the elite of London and both once had beautiful long country views to the north, up towards Highgate and Hampstead. Since December , Florida State University has been the freeholder for the site, running their own study abroad programme here, as well as hosting other U. London Centre students will live in modern, comfortable, self-contained flats which are located within the historic buildings on Great Russell Street.
The apartments feature two or three rooms with either two or three beds each, plus plenty of storage space and a safe for each student where they can safely store their laptops and valuables.
The flats are modern, light, spacious, and fully equipped with free WiFi, a flat screen television, a kitchen with microwave oven, electric range, refrigerator and freezer, bed linen, towels and more. The flats are cleaned by housekeepers once a week, which includes a weekly change of bed linens and towels. Go to our Living at the London Centre page for more information.
Free WiFi throughout the building allows students to study wherever they feel comfortable. The building also provides a student lounge with free laundry facilities.
We encourage students to study at the London Centre for two consecutive terms. Spending two terms at the London Centre allows students greater immersion into and engagement with the range of opportunities in London. The current London Centre location encompasses several buildings in the Bloomsbury neighborhood, with easy access to Covent Garden, the West End, and Soho. The living quarters, equipped with modern amenities and shared spaces, may be a bit more spacious then some early London Centre students recall, but the communal nature of the experience remains the same — friendships and adventures will happen here.
Other days we would go exploring for food together in the Bloomsbury neighborhood or at a street market. Lawrence announced in late the coming launch of London Centre. A news release hailed it as an expansion of the Lawrence experience. Lawrence students were all in from the get-go, and the momentum quickly grew. No matter which location housed London Centre at the time, the alumni spoke of the value that comes with experiencing the surroundings.
The original location was literally in a hotel. Located in the Earls Court neighborhood, Arden Hotel included a private classroom but residential spaces had students mingled amid the hotel guests. Lawrence faculty come to London as visiting professors, providing a chance to teach in a new locale, immerse themselves in the London experience, and forge bonds with students that resonate well beyond the classroom. Alumni decades removed from their London studies still speak glowingly of those relationships.
Of course, he was right. With legendary performance spaces aplenty, name dropping is not out of the question. Alumni recalling special moments referenced performers they saw live in London who either were or would go on to become household names — Anthony Hopkins, Elton John, Geraldine James, Aaron Copland, and Dustin Hoffman, among them.
More often, I stumbled upon sacred sites. In London, deep history is woven into the fabric of the city. I loved wandering through the city and discovering treasures everywhere. We would attend a play each week and then review it. Ginny would give us free tickets or tell us about other performances in the city.
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