This view of a Hall of Residence on the west side of Magdalene Street is seen from an alleyway behind a cluster of shops on the northern side of Magdalene Bridge.
The 'student accommodation' pic is actually the library of Darwin College - I don't think any of it is student rooms. One of the nicer examples of 1970s (?) architecture in Cambridge, I think. Incidentally the old part of Darwin (just visible on the left) was owned by Charles Darwin's family.