The newest Cambridge college but with an old soul, celebrated in this painting of nature and modernism.
 
Robinson College is one of Cambridge University’s newest colleges, founded in 1977 and formally opened in 1981. It was established with a donation from Sir David Robinson and is known for its modern red-brick architecture, landscaped gardens. Red and green always rocks!
 
Planned as a purpose-built Cambridge college, not an accumulation of older buildings. Its architecture was shaped by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia from a design competition in 1974.  What is special is the actual bricks 1.4 million handmade bricks where used, creating a textured, almost tapestry-like surface. This gives it a humanity some purely concrete structures lack.
The vertical stripes of brick are abstract and reflect the trees around it. Its form is reminiscent of Glasgow tenantment blocks..
 
Interesting facts...
 
A nice detail for a story post is that the college grounds were shaped by the earlier private houses on the site, so the gardens retain traces of those pre-college plots.