Skempton Building

Skempton Building is a contemporary conference and meeting venue at Imperial College London’s South Kensington campus, offering a practical setting for organisers planning conferences, seminars, training programmes, lectures and professional meetings. The building combines three lecture theatres with a flexible collection of seminar rooms and classrooms, allowing organisers to create a complete event programme within one location.

The lecture theatres accommodate between approximately 52 and 185 delegates, depending on the selected room, and are equipped with audio-visual technology and strong acoustics for presentations, talks and panel sessions. The seminar rooms and classrooms provide useful breakout capacity, with layouts suitable for classroom learning, workshops, smaller meetings and parallel sessions. Several rooms can also be combined to create larger spaces for group work or training activities.

For conferences and larger programmes, the building can work alongside nearby Imperial College facilities, creating additional options for plenary sessions, breakout rooms, catering and reception arrangements. Foyer and concourse areas can support registration, refreshments, networking and informal gathering before or between sessions. The venue is wheelchair accessible and benefits from a central South Kensington location, close to major museums, cultural attractions and public transport connections.

Skempton Building is particularly well suited to academic and professional conferences, corporate training, educational events, seminars and knowledge-sharing programmes. Event organisers can work with Imperial Venues to discuss room combinations, technical requirements, catering arrangements and the most suitable format for their audience.