Completed projects

Retail development 

• Opened in early 2018 
• The new development brings a medical centre and shops to Campus East

Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories (WACL) extension

• Extension to the WACL building, immediately east of the YPI building
• Accommodating new laboratories and open-plan office space

Piazza Building

• Opened in January 2018
• Teaching rooms, catering and kitchen areas and domestic and social spaces for Campus East

Spring Lane Building

• Completed in September 2016
• A new cross-departmental teaching and learning centre, featuring a 350-seat lecture theatre, seminar rooms, study and informal meeting areas.

Biology Phase 2

• Opened in September 2016
• Three-storey teaching and lab facility
• £5m HEFCE STEM award

Athletics track pavilion and stand

• Completed in April 2016
• A pavilion and spectator stand for the new athletics track

• Extension to the Genesis 1 and 2 building
• Home of the EPSRC Fusion Centre for Doctoral Training

Environment Building

• Completed December 2015
• The building houses the Department of Environment and Geography, the Stockholm Environmental Institute York, the York Environmental Sustainability Institute, and the BioArCh research group

Vanbrugh and Wentworth substations

• Completed in summer 2015
• New substations to increase capacity and maintainability

• Completed June 2015
• A new county-standard athletics facility

• Opened December 2014 by Government Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Mark Walport
• The first part of a phased redevelopment of Biology

Constantine College

• Our youngest College welcomed its first students in October 2014

• Opened October 2014
• Between Langwith and Constantine colleges

Teaching cabins

• Two temporary teaching cabins for use until the new teaching building is completed
• James blocks P and Q

Olympic-size Velodrome

• £1.1m outdoor tarmac velodrome
• Opened Summer 2014 to coincide with Le Grand Départ

Awards:

• Smeaton Award Certificate of Excellence 2015
• Shortlisted RICS Tourism and Leisure 2015

Chemistry: new undergraduate teaching laboratories and Green Chemistry

• Completed Spring 2014
• Part of the £20 million phased redevelopment of the Department of Chemistry

King's Manor: Coat of arms restored

• Completed Winter 2013
• The coat of arms of Charles I

Awards:

• York Design Award 2014

College accommodation refurbishment

• Autumn 2013
• James College Blocks A, B and C

Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories

• Completed Summer 2013
• The first dedicated laboratory building in the UK for atmospheric chemistry research

All-weather cycle tracks

• Completed May 2013

• Highly Commended RICS Tourism and Leisure 2014

Centre for Hyperpolarisation in MRI (CHyM)

• October 2012
• The CHyM is a joint research centre created by the Departments of Chemistry and Psychology.

Langwith College

• September 2012
• The new Langwith College development provides self-catered accommodation for 645 students.

York Sport Village

• August 2012
• York Sport Village is a new £9 million sports facility on Heslington East.

Awards:

• LABC Best public service building: Highly Commended

Dorothy Hogkin building in Chemistry

• July 2012
• The second phase has doubled the size of the Dorothy Hodgkin Research building, completing our original vision.

Library expansion and refurbishment

• March 2012
• The £20m refurbishment of the library provides study facilities befitting a 21st century campus.

The new Library Cafe

• February 2012
• The Library Cafe combines catering, social and learning spaces.

YUSU development

• Summer 2011
• Extensive alteration has taken place to the old Students' Union buildings.

The Catalyst

• February 2011
• The Catalyst is designed to promote growth in the creative, IT, digital and media sectors

Ron Cooke Hub

• November 2010
• The Ron Cooke Hub is located on the lakeside and forms a landmark on Heslington East.

Department of Theatre, Film and Television

• September 2010
• A unique multi-disciplinary environment in which stage and screen are explored from various perspectives.

The York Law School
The York Management School

• September 2010
• The Law and Management Schools Building places two disciplines in a new, state-of-the-art building.

Church Lane

• August 2010
• A new road links Field Lane to Innovation Way in the Science Park.

Student accommodation refurbishment

• Programme started summer 2010
• A phased refurbishment of student accommodation across Heslington West.

Department of Computer Science

• July 2010
• In September 2010 the department moved to a brand new building on Heslington East.

Goodricke College

• September 2009
• Goodricke College opened its doors to its first intake of students in October 2009.

Berrick Saul Building

• August 2009
• The £11m building houses the Humanities Research Centre and the Institute for Effective Education.