Florey Building

[1] The main structure consists of 11 reinforced concrete frames of irregular A shape placed at 7 m spacings linked by spine beams at each floor.

[3] Stirling's design was heavily influenced by the Bauhaus movement and uses bold and sculptural forms which make clear each part of the building's function.

Stirling initially recommended double glazing which would have significantly lowered energy consumption due to the vast amount of glass.

The building was originally designed to be approached from the open side of the horse shoe, via a riverside walk and public path connecting to the Magdalen Bridge.

[1] Access to the building is instead provided by what was intended to be the back entrance through a small car park, which links to St Clements.

In the book Modern Movements in Architecture, Charles Jencks writes of Stirling's university buildings and praises him as "the best architect of his generation".

In both Oxford and Cambridge, where the architectural vernacular involves the use of stone and other traditional materials, people rejected them even before they were occupied, with angry letters of complaint in the press.

[4] The Royal Institute of British Architects named their annual RIBA Stirling Prize in his honour in 1996, considered to be the most prestigious architecture award in the United Kingdom.

An application for it to be upgraded, made by the C20 Society, was resisted by The Queen's College, who employed consultants to argue that the lower Grade II was appropriate.