The Marshall Building

In April 2016, LSE announced that Dublin based practice Grafton Architects had been selected as the winners of the international architectural competition to design The Marshall Building at 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, the next major building project for the School.

The six shortlisted design submissions were part of a public exhibition held in March 2016.  Grafton's winning detailed design boards can be seen here.

The building is home to the following departments and facilities:

• Department of Management
• Department of Accounting
• Department of Finance
• Financial Markets Group
• Systemic Risk Centre
• The Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship
• Teaching and learning
• Sports Centre with multipurpose sports hall, squash courts and dynamic weights room 
• Arts rehearsal facilities and music practice rooms
• Café
• Support and ancillary services

In line with good practice, the design and operation of MAR has been subject to a formal Post Occupancy Evaluation. 

LSE Estates commissioned an independent Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) of MAR from the perspective of building users. This was conducted in two parts: in November to December 2022, research with a cross-section of the building’s ‘end-users’ – students, academics, and professional services staff; and in February 2023, research with representatives of the key teams who run the building and its services. The POE was undertaken by specialised building use researchers: ZZA Responsive User Environments.Occupants and users were asked for feedback. The results of the POE are detailed here.

A Building User Guide containing useful information about how the building operates is available for all buidling occupants and users.

The development process was captured on live webcams throughout the build and with regular photo/video updates.