Take a look at the finalists in the Education category for the Architecture Today Awards for 2022.
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 Education category, six 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 Education category were judged by RIBA President and AHMM director Simon Allford, Nana Biamah-Ofosu of Studio NYALI, AKTII co-founder Hanif Kara, Argent Related chair David Partridge and Peter Bishop, former director of Design for London. The panel was chaired by Architecture Today Awards editor Isabel Allen. Read about each finalist, below.
The Orchard Building by Walters & Cohen Architects, (2005) Hampshire
The Orchard Building at Bedales School in Hampshire by Walters & Cohen Architects is rooted in the school’s Arts and Crafts beginnings with the principle of truth to materials. External materials –Siberian Larch walls and welded stainless steel roofs – were selected for the way they would weather to a silvery-grey over time, referencing other buildings on the estate where roof and walls share a similar tone.
Brentwood School by Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture, (2019) Essex
Cottrell & Vermeulen’s phased transformation of the Brentwood School campus in Essex comprises two new buildings (the Sixth Form Centre and Bean Academic Centre) and the upgrading of existing facilities (reception, Ashton Building and Cunliffe teaching block). This series of projects has created a family of contextually sensitive yet forward-looking masonry structures.
Cockcroft Building by FBM Architects, (2017) Brighton
In repurposing the 15,000-square metre modernist Cockcroft Building at the University of Brighton, FBM Architects carried out one of the largest retrofits of an occupied academic facility in the UK. The prefabricated structure is supported by the external frame, which allowed the design team to move the circulation from a dark, narrow, central spine corridor to a south-facing ‘solar’ corridor, freeing up floorplate for agile workspaces for formal and social learning.
New Court by 5th Studio, (2016) Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge, commissioned 5th Studio to undertake a deep retrofit of New Court, a Grade I-listed building containing student accommodation and teaching space. Designed by William Wilkins and completed in1822, the building had been subject to ad hoc alterations over the years, none of which addressed changing requirements relating to fire safety, environmental health, thermal performance and energy consumption or modern-day expectations of amenity and comfort.
The Enterprise Centre by Architype, (2015) Norwich
The Enterprise Centre (TEC), University of East Anglia, provides space for low-carbon businesses and university students, with open-plan offices, research labs, conference and seminar spaces. The design team inputted future climate data into a building model to simulate the effect of climate change on the building and assessed the carbon emissions of design options over a 100-year life cycle.
Education: Bath Schools of Art and Design by Farrell Grimshaw, (1976) Grimshaw, (2019) Bath
Completed in 1976, the Grade II-listed Herman Miller Factory was designed by the Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership and conceived as a loose-fit building characterised by continuous evolution and change. Forty years later Grimshaw was appointed to convert the building into the Bath Schools of Art and Design.
