The Maurice Wilkes Building
Building journal and development archive
The building in context
A place shaped by ideas.
Read current context about the building, its namesake and its setting. The separate development archive preserves reports from the years when the project was being planned and built.
01 / Reading
Building stories
Newer articles explain the place and its history without treating old proposals as present-day announcements.
Who was Maurice Wilkes, and why does Cambridge remember him?
Meet the Cambridge computing pioneer behind EDSAC, explore the work that followed, and understand the connection with the building at St John's Innovation Park.
Building progress: the June 2017 entry in context
A short guide to the June 2017 building-progress entry and the surrounding development history.
02 / Archive
Development reports
These reports retain their original month and historical context. References to plans, occupiers and expected dates describe that period.
Work Starts On Maurice Wilkes Building, Cambridge
May 2017 report on the start of construction, the project team and the office building then expected to complete in 2018.
Strong start to the year for St John’s Innovation Park following flurry of deals, Cambridge
April 2017 report on Innovation Park lettings to GIS and Collabora, with the Maurice Wilkes Building pre-let in context.
St John’s College and Turnstone secure pre-let at Maurice Wilkes building Cambridge
January 2017 report on Darktrace's pre-let of the planned building's upper floors; historic availability claims are dated.
Behind the scenes of the new Cambridge North railway station
August 2016 report on construction of Cambridge North station and the transport links anticipated for north Cambridge.
Maurice Wilkes Planning Application
April 2016 report on the revised planning proposal for the Maurice Wilkes Building at St John’s Innovation Park.