The award scheme looks at the impact of new and converted buildings on both rural and urban settings and aims to highlight the contributions made by talented architects who are working within the Wessex and South West Regions or the Channel Islands. The Jury judges each building in its setting, considering fitness for purpose, consistency of design, use of materials and whether a building is likely to remain a fine work of architecture throughout and even beyond its full working life. Particular note is taken of the way in which schemes relate to their surroundings.
The winners of this year’s awards are:-
Special Award - Royal Wiliam Yard, Group of Historic Buildings, Devon
Gilmore Hankey Kirke Limited, Residence 2, Royal William Yard, Plymouth, PL1 3RP Tel: 01752 262244
Royal William Yard (RWY) is a former naval victualling yard design by Sir John Rennie in the 1830's. It covers an area of 19 acres providing 47,000m2 of space in ten buildings most of which area designated Grade I Listed.
Award - 2 Belcombe Place, Wiltshire
Gledhill Walker Architects Ltd, Attika Workspace, Bath Brewery, Tollbridge Road, Bath BA1 7DE Tel: 01225 851870
Belcombe Lodge is a large Victorian house in an elevated position above Bradford on Avon with wonderful views across the valley. The essence of the proposal is to take advantage of these views and to increase the sense of light entering the main body and rear of the house together with substantially reorganising the interior.
Award - Lyscombe Chapel & Priest's House, Dorset
Architecton, The Wool Hall, 12 St. Thomas Street, Bristol BS1 6JJ Tel: 0117 910 5200
Lyscombe Chapel and Priest's House form a small complex on a west facing slope adjacent to Lyscombe Farm. The chapel consists of a chancel with mid 12th century arch and window openings and substantially rebuilt nave that was converted to a domestic arrangement in the 17th century. The Priest's House dates from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Award - Church House, Devon
Architecton, The Wool Hall, 12 St. Thomas Street, Bristol BS1 6JJ Tel: 0117 910 5200
Lyscombe Chapel and Priest's House form a small complex on a west facing slope adjacent to Lyscombe Farm. The chapel consists of a chancel with mid 12th century arch and window openings and substantially rebuilt nave that was converted to a domestic arrangement in the 17th century. The Priest's House dates from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Award - Church House, Devon
Van Der Steen Hall Architects Ltd, The Old Exchange, Chastord, Devon TQ13 8BZ Tel: 01647 433455
Church House was built in c.1490 for Church Ales for brewing, baking and feasting and to be used for weddings and funeral gatherings and fundraising. Church House has since been used to store weapons in the 17C, as a schoolhouse in the 18C, as a Poor House in the 19C and a village meeting hall and art gallery in the 20C .
Award - Guernsey Airport Terminal, Guernsey
Kensington Taylor, Kensington Court, Pynes Hill, Exeter EX2 5TY
Tel: 01392 360338
The old terminal has served the public well over many years. However, as the number of passengers steadily increases and security measures inevitably become more stringent, the need for up-to-date technology allied to more space and better facilities becomes vital. Thus, the States of Guernsey commissioned a new Terminal to replace the old. The chosen architects' brief was to design a "statement" building that catered for a forecast increase of air traffic over a 25 year period, resulting in a new floor area of 6880 sq. metres. Also required were associated increases in car parking, bus services, improvements in taxi facilities, plus, of course, a fundamental requirement for the optimal number of aircraft stands.
Award - Applewood, Kemerton
David Pearson Architecture, Applewood, Kemerton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 7SE Tel: 01386 725362
To reflect and contribute to the very special site, maximising the views and relationship with the open countryside.
The unifying design concept was the use of 'views' both internally in the house (i.e. corridors ending in display areas and the view from the kitchen across the external patio to the sitting area and open fire) and externally, both to ensure the fantastic rolling countryside could be a 'part' of the daily living experience and to ensure that the building would sit well within the rural context, using materials designed to mellow and meld with the rural palette.
Commendation - The Guernsey Press, Vale, Guernsey
Naish Waddington Architect, 3 St. Andrews Studios, Charing Cross, St. Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RP Tel: 01534 766788
Commendation - Arsenal Studios, St. Peter Port, Guernsey
MOOARC Limited, Arsenal Road, ST. Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1UW Tel: 01481 728886 |
