Courtauld to embark on £82m campus project at Somerset House in London

Once-in-a-generation transformation' of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery

The Courtauld has unveiled an 82m campus redevelopment it is calling a once-in-a-generation transformation" of its Grade-I listed building, Somerset House, in London.

The Stirling prize-winning architects Witherford Watson Mann will take charge of the four-year project at the teaching and research centre and public gallery, which follows their 2021 revamp of the Courtauld Gallery space. The Courtauld Institute of Art is an independent college of the University of London, focusing on the teaching and research of art history.