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=== Graduate building === In 2017, [[Purcell (architects)|Purcell Architects]] gained planning permission for a further extension at the college.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Ella Braidwood |title=Purcell wins planning for extension at Arne Jacobsen's Oxford college |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/purcell-wins-planning-for-extension-at-arne-jacobsens-oxford-college |website=[[Architects' Journal]] |access-date=9 November 2022 |date=16 October 2017}}</ref> The facilities aimed to resemble Jacobsen's original designs and was built on the college's last available development space.<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 October 2017 |access-date=4 June 2020 |last=Dunton |first=Jim |title=Purcell gets go-ahead for St Catherine's College expansion |website=Building Design |language=en |url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/purcell-gets-go-ahead-for-st-catherines-college-expansion/5090141.article}}</ref> Purcell consulted with [[Stephen Hodder]], who constructed the additional buildings on site during the 1994 and 2004 extensions, when designing the centre.<ref name=":0"/> The Ainsworth Graduate Centre is named in honor of [[Roger Ainsworth]], the previous Master of the college. Construction started in July 2018,<ref>{{cite web |title=A New Home for Catz Graduates |url=https://www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/a-new-home-for-catz-graduates/ |website=St Catherine's College, Oxford |date=28 June 2019 |access-date=9 November 2022}}</ref> and was completed in 2019.<ref name=EH /> The centre opened in March 2020 and includes seminar rooms and space for academic works. It also expanded graduate accommodation by creating three new staircases, which contain 78 single rooms with en-suite facilities and a new common room.<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 March 2020 |title=Ainsworth Graduate Centre Open for Students|url=https://www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/ainsworth-graduate-centre-open-for-students/|access-date=4 June 2020 |website=St Catherine's College|language=en-US}}</ref> This is in addition to 42 single rooms, with shared bathroom and cooking facilities, in St Catherine's House, which is off-site on Bath Street.<ref name="StC key facts">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/colleges/st-catherines-college?wssl=1|title=Admissions―Graduate―Colleges―St Catherine's College: About the college: Key facts |website=University of Oxford |access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref>
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