Goldsmiths College

Goldsmiths College (founded 1891 by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute) has been a part of the federal University of London since 1904, when it took its current name.

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1891 - Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths - University of London - 1904

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The college is situated in New Cross, a highly populated area of south-east London. The college's main building was originally created in 1843 by the architect John Shaw Jr (1803-1870). At Shaw's time the building was the Royal Naval School however this was later sold to the Goldsmiths company. In addition to this the college also occupies many more modern buildings, including an Arts building recently designed by Will Alsop.

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New Cross - London - John Shaw Jr - 1803 - 1870 - Royal Naval School - Goldsmiths - Will Alsop

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Goldsmiths specialises in courses and research relating to creativity and culture, and has a reputation for producing visual artists, particularly those collectively known as YBA. This reputation was largely established by the influence of Michael Craig-Martin, Jon Thompson and Nick De Ville as teaching staff. It is located in New Cross, London. Professor Geoffrey Crossick was appointed Warden of the college in 2005 following the death of Ben Pimlott, who had become Warden in 1998. Alumni are members of the Goldsmiths Society.

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Creativity - Culture - Art - YBA - Michael Craig-Martin - Jon Thompson - Nick De Ville - New Cross - London - Geoffrey Crossick - 2005 - Ben Pimlott - 1998 - Alumni - Goldsmiths Society

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