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The College is now located in St. Andrews Place, which is at the north end of the road running up the east side of Regent's Park, Park Square East.

The College building itself is notable.

It was designed by architect Sir Denys Lasdun in 1964 and has since been recognised as a building of national importance: it is a Grade I listed building, one of a very select band of post-war buildings sharing this distinction.

Lasdun's use of mosaic clad concrete was extremely influential on many later public buildings.

An interesting feature of the building was a ' Moving Wall ', weighing five tons ( 5080 kg ) and capable of being hydraulically lifted ten feet ( 3050 mm ) to unite or sub-divide a hall of sixty-two feet ( 18. 9 m ) width, which was the interior width of the building.

The hydraulic equipment and the steel framework for the Moving Wall were produced by Merryweather & Sons Ltd of Greenwich, hydraulic engineers.

Although better known for fire fighting equipment it was not the company's first installation of this kind.

Technical details of the Moving Wall can be found in Engineering journal, 1 Jan 1965.