Maris Education

Our first project was to fully repurpose the Learning Resources Centre on Borough Road and create their new Business School. 

• About LSBU Business School
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We then created Elephant Studios, which was a highly complex new media centre project.

Our scope of works required asbestos removal in a live building and us also minimising disruption and keeping the building fully operational. It was made more challenging due to being a heritage building and also occupied and in use.

• LSBU - Elephant Studios   
• Cutting edge facilities
• Please download the Elephant Studios Case Study

We then created a medical centre project at Tabard Street.

Our next project was creating the new LSBU Croydon campus. This is known as Electric House  and is a Grade II listed building of 78,000 sq ft that had been derelict for many years and required major external and internal refurbishment in ultra-fast timescales, so as to meet LSBU’s go-operational date. 

• LSBU Croydon Campus
• LSBU Electric House  
• Please download the Croydon Campus Case Study

Maris Events with AUDE

·       Design and Build route for fast tack refurbishment projects and how it is ideal for optimising legacy buildings - Webinar (December 2025)

·       AUDE and Maris partnership launch (November 2023)

News, Articles and Case Studies

• University of Bristol - Arts and Social Sciences Library Refurbishment (February 2026)

Projects with Universities:

·       Arden University – Creation of the New London Campus at The Turing Building

·       Arden University – Creation of the Newcastle Campus

·       Arden University – New Stratford Campus Video

·       ARU London - Republic London Campus

·       BIMM University – Refurbishment of the London Road Campus, Brighton

·       Birkbeck University – Transformed Campus opened by HRH The Princess Royal

·       Birkbeck, University of London – Phase 1 of various refurbishment projects

·       Buckinghamshire New University - Click to download the Case Study 

·       BPP University – 1 Portsoken Street, London Campus

·       University of Bristol – Arts and Social Sciences Library Refurbishment

·       University for the Creative Arts – Creation of the new Epsom Campus

·       University of Exeter – Refurbishment of St Luke's Library

·       University of Exeter – Refurbishment of the Innovation Centre

·       Fordham University – Creation of the London Campus

·       GCU - London Campus

·       University of Greenwich – Creation of the New Estates Office

·       King’s College London – James Clerk Maxwell Building

·       LCA Education / ARU London – Republic East India Dock

·       London South Bank University – Business School

·       London South Bank University – Elephant Studios

·       London South Bank University – Croydon Campus

·       Middlesex University – Refurbishment of Hatchcroft Laboratories

·       University of Northampton London - Republic

·       University of Reading – Food Science Laboratories - Harry Nursten Building

·       University of Sunderland – Creation of the New London Campus

·       Teesside University – Creation of the New London Campus

·       UCL – 169 Euston Road, London - New Campus

·       University of Wales Trinity Saint David – Creation of the New London Campus

·       University of Warwick – Riley Court - New Psychology Centre

·       University of the West of Scotland – Creation of the New London Campus

·       York St John University London – Republic

Projects with Schools, Colleges and Academies:

·       BBO Dance – Creation of the London HQ and Dance Studios at Battersea Reach

·       Chichester College Group – Creation of the new T-Levels Centre

·       Cognita – Creation of the new Downsend School Sixth Form College

·       David Game College – Creation of the London Campus

·       Girls’ Day School Trust – Verde Building, London

·       Hurstpierpoint College – Kitchen Refurbishment and Optimisation

·       Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing – Creation of the London HQ and Dance Studios

·       Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts – One Hope Place, Liverpool

·       Ruth Miskin Literacy – Creation of the London HQ and Training Centre

Interesting Workplace Projects:

·       Arbuthnot Latham Private Bank – Global HQ at Finsbury Circus, London

·       Official Opening Arbuthnot Latham’s Global HQ by HRH The Princess Royal

·       Bally’s Interactive – European HQ

·       Blackline – London HQ

·       Invest Industrial – London HQ

·       Lowell Financial Services HQ – Leeds

·       Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Trust – European HQ

·       Smart Pension HQ, London

These projects have ranged in contract value from £1m to £20m.

All have been undertaken using a JCT Design & Build form of contract, with some being single-stage and some two-stage.

Some have been direct awards, some via closed tender, some by public tender and some by frameworks.

Constellia 

Constellia Works provides a single, compliant route to market for construction, regeneration, minor works and estate-related activity.
Look out for a Maris / Constellia Webinar for AUDE Members in 2026 where we will explain more.

Why Maris:

We believe the learning experience and quality of the spaces where learning occurs are inextricably linked. Therefore, we use our design and technical expertise to create spaces to inspire, that improve performance and well-being, that stimulate minds and ultimately, help students and academics to achieve their full potential. 

Our Higher Education expertise focused approach gives us a wide ranging and unique understanding of the needs of Estates Directors and enables us to provide expert advice and add value based on what works and what doesn’t.

University Estate Directors are now often required to minimise new builds and maximise campus efficiencies and performance from their existing stock.

We specialise in transforming existing space and are ideally positioned to assist by providing Design & Build solutions, providing:

·       Unsurpassed Speed

·       Transfer of Risk

·       Single Point Accountability

·       Cost Certainty (GMP)

·       Programme Certainty

Legacy Buildings:

Optimising and re-purposing inefficient, tired, legacy buildings is a core strength. We use our experience, commercial astuteness, inquisitive nature and focused energy to create amazing, sustainable, future-proof spaces that become sticky destinations that students, academics and staff, love and thrive in.

View the webinar: Design and Build route for fast-track refurbishment projects and how it is ideal for optimising legacy buildings.

Collaboration:

We are friendly and highly collaborative, with genuine passion and desire to share knowledge and develop optimal solutions with AUDE members.

Our joined-up approach ensures our solutions are sustainable, buildable and maintainable.

Property advice across the entire development cycle, from formulating estate strategies, implementing projects and commencing operations, to optimising the efficiencies of a university’s operational estate and renewal/redevelopment, including maximising value on surplus and legacy assets. 

With our large in-house design and technical resources, we can mobilise exceptionally quickly to undertake peer reviews, feasibility studies or deliver an entire project, often achieving seemingly impossible timescales.

We provide a range of services, including:

·       Estate Analysis

·       Estate Planning

·       Formulation of Optimised Estate Strategies

·       Lifecycle Planning

·       Optimisation Strategies

·       Sustainability Strategies

·       Building Surveys & Property Advice

·       Feasibility Studies

·       Peer Reviews

Fast-track, D&B solutions including:

·       Fit-out

·       In-Occupation Refurbishment

·       Legacy Building Refurbishment

 With our experience, commercial astuteness and culture of collaboration, we are ideally placed to advise on all estate matters and to challenge where appropriate, in order to provide well-rounded guidance and identify future-proof solutions.

Please click this link for our full  Maris - Education Credentials information.