Take a look at the finalists in the Infrastructure and Landscape category for the Architecture Today Awards for 2022, including WilkinsonEyre, Patel Taylor and Birds Portchmouth Russum.
Thirty-one projects have been named as finalists in the inaugural Architecture Today Awards, launched to celebrate buildings that have stood the test of time. In the Infrastructure and Landscape category, three projects were shortlisted as finalists and were presented at the live finals on Monday 7 November 2022 at 15Hatfields, the home of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) in London.
Finalists in the Infrastructure and Landscape category were judged by Nana Biamah-Ofosu, co-founder, Studio NYALI; Peter Bishop, former director, Design for London; Hanif Kara, Co-founder and design director, ATKII; David Partridge, chairman, delated Argent; Simon Allford, RIBA president and executive director, AHMM; and Isabel Allen, editor, Architecture Today, who also served as the panel Chair.
Avenue de Chartres Car Park by Birds Portchmouth Russum Architects (1991), Chichester
Commissioned by Chichester District Council, this 900-space car park was designed to sit harmoniously in an extremely sensitive historic context despite requiring a bulk larger than Chichester Cathedral nearby. Inspired by the medieval wall, Birds Portchmouth Russum proposed a new city wall, screening the multi-deck car park, re-establishing the city boundary and creating a tree-lined walk into Chichester.
Thames Barrier Park by Patel Taylor and Allain Provost (2000), London
The 14-hectare Thames Barrier Park, designed by Patel Taylor with Allain Provost, Alain Cousseran and Arup, transformed a derelict brownfield site into an inviting public space and has been a catalyst for the regeneration of the surrounding area.
Gateshead Millennium Bridge by WilkinsonEyre (2001), Tyneside
Patel Taylor was commissioned by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham to develop a new social housing typology for the over 55s. The brief was to deliver 38 affordable houses of 1-to-3 bedrooms on two vacant brownfield sites. Adopting an almshouse layout, a communal landscaped garden forms the heart of the site and is surrounded by single-storey accommodation.
