London School of Economics (LSE) has invited expressions of interest for its next major building project; the redevelopment of 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields (44LIF), which will be known as the Paul Marshall Building. 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields was purchased by LSE in 2013 from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) who remain in occupation until their move to the new Francis Crick Institute in 2017.

Following its redevelopment, the new building on the site of 44LIF will house a number of academic and research departments including the Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship. Paul Marshall is a major benefactor of the School and the Marshall Institute will make its permanent home in the new building at 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields which will take his name.

LSE has established a reputation in the last decade of commissioning high quality, innovative and sustainable architecture. The construction of a major new university building on the site of 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields will cement this reputation. This international competition, run in conjunction with the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects), follows the School's previous two successful RIBA competitions.

Vision

The School has instigated its third RIBA international design competition to procure a design response which will achieve the following:

• The new building will play a key role in promoting the values, ethos and brand of LSE


• Its contemporary high quality design will inspire future generations of students and academics and will be regarded as a seminal piece of university architecture in its historic setting overlooking Lincoln's Inn Fields in central London


• Environmental sustainability and carbon minimisation will be fundamental aspects of the building's identity

• Innovative and adaptable teaching and research workspaces that combine the best of old and new methods of student centred learning and academic enquiry/scholarship


• The building will be integral to the transformation of the campus and enhancement of the public realm as well as contributing to the quality of its unique neighbourhood