March 2005
Goldsmiths design student, Tom Pande, has taken some stunning images of the new Ben Pimlott Building, which demonstrate the building's unique combination of strength and beauty. Click the button to the right (‘News Images’) to see Tom's work.

January 2005
After many months of anticipation the new Ben Pimlott Building welcomes its first intake of students in January. Staff, students and local people have watched with interest for over a year as a semblance of a building rose from hole in the ground, finally reaching the seventh floor last June. Curiosity grew as, section by section, the scaffolding was removed, revealing the dramatic glass and steel construction.

Over the last month, the building has been a hive of activity as the contractors put the finishing touches in place and art studios were disassembled from the elsewhere in the College and reassembled in the new building. On Monday 10 January, the Ben Pimlott Building becomes working campus accommodation, as students and staff return from the Christmas break and move in.

Goldsmiths' Studio and Exhibitions Manager, Nick Grimmer, has been responsible for installing the studios, and making sure the move went to plan.

As well as providing desperately needed space, the building can claim its place as the new landmark on the New Cross skyline. The huge metal sculpture that sits astride the fifth floor terrace is undeniably eye-catching, and makes an amazing juxtaposition as it rises from the rows of terraced houses on Laurie Grove and St. James.

The building’s namesake, Goldsmiths’ most recent Warden, Professor Ben Pimlott, was a key instigator of the project. Professor Pimlott sadly passed away in April 2004, before the building was completed.

Comments Acting Warden, Professor Kay Stables: "This building means a great deal to the College - although it appears to have come to fruition quite quickly, it's been in planning for several years. Alongside the excellent new learning and teaching facilities, we are really excited about the opportunities this startlingly magnificent building brings for innovative interdisciplinary research projects. It is also a permanent tribute to Ben Pimlott who had such vision for the College and who worked so tirelessly to bring the building into reality."