\n Mace was originally appointed by the science park in 2024 to build the Daubeny Project scheme and has been making good progress.\n<\/p>\n
\n Work has now been paused and revised plans are being drawn up by architects Foster + Partners.\n<\/p>\n
\n The latest proposals, submitted to Oxford City Council earlier this month, will create 62,000 sq m of laboratory space for the Generative Biology Institute (GBI) and the Plant Biology Institute (PBI).\n<\/p>\n
\n What The Ellison Institute of Technology could look like (Image: Oxford City Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n It is understood the revised scheme involves extending the scheme\u2019s three under-construction laboratory buildings and linking them with two new atriums to create a single research and development facility.\n<\/p>\n
\n Planning documents say changes are being made because the existing scheme is made up of three separate blocks that do not connect well.\n<\/p>\n
\n Under the revised plans, car parking provision will be reduced from 861 spaces to 332, reflecting lower staff numbers, with 264 cycle spaces provided.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Ellison Institute of Technology focuses on research in health, food security, climate change and artificial intelligence.\n<\/p>\n
\n Laing O\u2019Rourke is developing two other schemes \u2013 Littlemore House and Littlemore Brook \u2013 elsewhere on the science park for the institute.\n<\/p>\n
\n The science park is in walking distance from the proposed Littlemore Station for the upcoming Cowley Branch Line, which will provide rail links to the city centre and London Marylebone.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Ellison Institute of Technology has bought the Eagle and Child pub in St Giles from St John’s College for about \u00a38m.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Eagle and Child in Oxford (Image: Oxford Mail)\n<\/p>\n
\n Refurbishment is under way and the historic pub, beloved by fans of the author JRR Tolkien, who was a regular visitor, is also being re-designed by Norman Foster’s firm.\n<\/p>\n
\n The institute has also submitted plans to turn the Chapel and Lodge on Armstrong Road, which was historically part of Littlemore Hospital, into a restaurant.\n<\/p>\n
\n The billionaire has gradually been buying land and homes in Kingston Bagpuize.\n<\/p>\n
\n According to the Daily Mail, the aim is to create a huge estate with guest lodges, housing for around 20 live-in staff, several gyms, an indoor basketball court and large stables.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for The Ellison Institute of Technology said \u201cMace has been appointed by the institute to help deliver their vision for the Daubeny Project at the Oxford Science Park.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt will represent an exciting new project, in addition to Littlemore House and Littlemore Brook, which are currently under construction.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction expert Mace has been tasked with partially demolishing and extending a \u00a3184m laboratory centre at Oxford Science…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-447985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}