Denys Wilkinson Building

The Denys Wilkinson Building is a prominent 1960s building in Oxford, England, designed by Philip Dowson at Arup in 1967. The building houses the astrophysics and particle physics sub-departments of the Department of Physics at Oxford University. It was originally built for the then Department of Nuclear Physics and named the Nuclear Physics Laboratory. In 2001, the building was renamed as the Denys Wilkinson Building, in honour of the British nuclear physicist Sir Denys Wilkinson (born 1922), who was involved in its original creation.

Denys Wilkinson Building

The Denys Wilkinson Building is a prominent 1960s building in Oxford, England, designed by Philip Dowson at Arup in 1967. The building houses the astrophysics and particle physics sub-departments of the Department of Physics at Oxford University. It was originally built for the then Department of Nuclear Physics and named the Nuclear Physics Laboratory. In 2001, the building was renamed as the Denys Wilkinson Building, in honour of the British nuclear physicist Sir Denys Wilkinson (born 1922), who was involved in its original creation.