The architecture of the Press's many homes, from the Sheldonian Theatre to the Clarendon Building to Walton Street and from Amen Corner to Ely House, has achieved great praise, but the Press frequently found its accommodation inadequate for a thriving printing and publishing business. As a result, OUP buildings, particularly in the twentieth century, were subject to frequent removal, rebuilding, expansion, and extension. By the 1970s OUP had erected new structures in Oxford, London, and across the world, and adapted historic buildings to modern use. All were intended to express the Press's identity, to symbolize its cultural and economic significance in bricks and mortar. This chapter discusses Walton Street's architecture and collegiate quadrangle, assesses its functionality as a centre of book production, and grounds it in the surrounding area of Jericho. The design and significance of the London and New York offices and of the international branches is also considered.
