Cavendish Laboratory Phase III — University of Cambridge (Ray Dolby Centre)

The Ray Dolby Centre is the third and largest incarnation of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory, a £300 million, 33,000 sq m physics research facility on the university’s West Cambridge campus, funded in part by an £85 million gift from the estate of Dolby Laboratories founder Ray Dolby.

Designed by Jestico + Whiles and delivered by Bouygues UK, with Ramboll as civil, structural and vibration engineer, the building brings together the Cavendish’s previously scattered research groups under one roof. Its basement incorporates specialist acoustic and vibration isolation to meet the strict environmental tolerances sensitive physics equipment demands.