Editing University College London (section)

===Student housing===
{{main|Halls of residence at University College London}}
[[File:Unbridled facadism, Caledonian Road, N7 (geograph 5265516).jpg|thumb|The [[Facadism|retained historic facade]] of New Hall with the student residences one metre behind, many of their windows looking at the brick wall]]
UCL owns 26 halls of residence with around 7,000 student beds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/accommodation/|title=Accommodation|date=31 October 2018 | access-date=20 October 2022 |publisher=UCL}}</ref> The university guarantees accommodation to single full-time first-year undergraduate students who have not previously lived in London while studying at a university, and who make a firm acceptance of a place and apply for accommodation by 10 June each year, and to single overseas first-year postgraduates at UCL who have not previously lived in London while studying at a university, and who make a firm acceptance of a place and apply for accommodation by 30 June each year. Accommodation is also guaranteed for students who are under 18 at the start of the academic year and for students who are care-leavers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/accommodation/prospective-residents/applying-ucl-accommodation |title=Applying for UCL Accommodation |date=21 November 2018 |access-date=20 October 2022 |publisher=UCL}}</ref> There is only limited accommodation available in university halls for returning students and others who do not meet the criteria for a guaranteed place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/accommodation/alternative-accommodation/alternative-accommodation-providers|title=Alternative accommodation providers|date=5 February 2019 |access-date=20 October 2022 |publisher=UCL}}</ref> UCL students are also eligible, as students of a member institution of the University of London, to apply for places in the [[University of London#Student housing|University of London intercollegiate halls of residence]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.london.ac.uk/ways-study/study-campus-london/student-services-and-support/halls-residence-and-student-accommodation |title=s |work=University of London |access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref>

In 2013, UCL's newly built New Hall student accommodation building on [[Caledonian Road, London|Caledonian Road]], designed by Stephen George and Partners, was awarded the [[Carbuncle Cup]] and named the country's worst new building by ''[[Building Design]]'' magazine, with the comment "this is a building that the jury struggled to see as remotely fit for human occupation". Islington Council had originally turned down planning permission for the building, but this had been overturned on appeal. As it is classified as a hotel or guest house, it was exempt from many of the standards that cover residential buildings, such as having daylight in the rooms.<ref>{{cite news |work=BBC News |date=29 August 2013 |title=Carbuncle Cup: UCL student block crowned worst building |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-23884446 |access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/aug/29/carbuncle-cup-student-housing-ucl|title='Prison-like' student housing wins Carbuncle Cup for worst building|date=29 August 2013|work=The Guardian|author=Oliver Wainwright}}</ref>

The UCL East development includes 532 student rooms in One Pool Street, which opened in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://studentsunionucl.org/articles/welcome-to-one-pool-street|title=Welcome to One Pool Street|website=Students' Union UCL|access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref> Further accommodation will be available in the Marshgate building, expected to open in 2023, and at the second Pool Street site.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/campus-facilities-and-build|title=Campus facilities and build|website=UCL|date=18 November 2018 |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>