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WINNERS!
Following the success of the awards ceremony the Sheffield Design Awards are pleased to present the winning and highly-commended projects.
A list of all projects submitted can be found at:
www.sheffieldsocietyofarchitects.org.uk/sda2018publicchoice
Keith Hayman Award for Public Art. Winner.
Leavygreave Plantables by Artist David Appleyard.
The SCT judging panel felt that the integration of an artist into the design process from the outset has had a significant impact on the scheme, with nods to local heritage in the bronze bottles sat atop monumental sculptural slabs. These form table tops containing circular planting pockets, which use plants connected with food to create a multi‐sensory triumph.
The SCT judging panel felt that the integration of an artist into the design process from the outset has had a significant impact on the scheme, with nods to local heritage in the bronze bottles sat atop monumental sculptural slabs. These form table tops containing circular planting pockets, which use plants connected with food to create a multi‐sensory triumph.
Small Project Award (up to £150k) Sponsored by MSA. Winner.
Public by Melling Ridgeway + Partners for The Rockingham Group.
The winning scheme is not only a jewel in the city but recently won best bar in the country at the OFM awards. Hidden from view in a disused public toilet below Sheffield town hall the space has been reimaged as an oasis of decadence that celebrates and hints at its previous use. The only suggestion of this new life is a simple sign at the top of the stairs. Its tiny interiors invite a limited number to linger, chat and enjoy the irony of spending time in what was a public convenience.
The winning scheme is not only a jewel in the city but recently won best bar in the country at the OFM awards. Hidden from view in a disused public toilet below Sheffield town hall the space has been reimaged as an oasis of decadence that celebrates and hints at its previous use. The only suggestion of this new life is a simple sign at the top of the stairs. Its tiny interiors invite a limited number to linger, chat and enjoy the irony of spending time in what was a public convenience.
Small Project Award (up to £150k) Sponsored by MSA. Highly Commended
Chatsworth Bird Hide by Peak Architects for Chatsworth House Trust
The sculptural form of Chatsworth’s Bird Hide is visually striking and yet sits comfortably in the landscape with its timber shingles already beginning to weather and silver, further establishing itself in its wooded surroundings. The use of traditional materials to create a modern form in a natural landscape make it very special and worthy of being highly commended.
The sculptural form of Chatsworth’s Bird Hide is visually striking and yet sits comfortably in the landscape with its timber shingles already beginning to weather and silver, further establishing itself in its wooded surroundings. The use of traditional materials to create a modern form in a natural landscape make it very special and worthy of being highly commended.
Medium Project Award (£150k - £1M) Sponsored by Deltalight. Winner.
Site Gallery Expansion by DRDH Architects For The Site Gallery
The expansion of Site Gallery has produced a major new creative presence in Sheffield. Working around the challenging constraints of the site, being located directly above Sheffield City Archives, the space created in the singular volume of the main gallery feels vast and reminiscent of mainland European galleries. Indeed, the beautifully crafted 37 metre long façade is constructed in Danish red brick. An accessible and inviting building, in scale with the surrounding urban blocks, Site Gallery now offers a destination venue for Yorkshire and beyond, and is fantastic addition to the Cultural Industries conservation area and Sheffield creative heritage.
The expansion of Site Gallery has produced a major new creative presence in Sheffield. Working around the challenging constraints of the site, being located directly above Sheffield City Archives, the space created in the singular volume of the main gallery feels vast and reminiscent of mainland European galleries. Indeed, the beautifully crafted 37 metre long façade is constructed in Danish red brick. An accessible and inviting building, in scale with the surrounding urban blocks, Site Gallery now offers a destination venue for Yorkshire and beyond, and is fantastic addition to the Cultural Industries conservation area and Sheffield creative heritage.
Medium Project Award (£150k - £1M) Sponsored by Deltalight. Highly Commended.
Lone Acre (The Hen House) by Paul Testa Architecture for Jo Mallows and Gail Cooke
The ambition of design seen here at The Hen House is worthy of recognition alone, sitting as it does on a steeply sloping hillside in the garden of Lone Acre ‐ the occupants’ previous home. The beautifully crafted, highly sustainable building balances carefully in the landscape, nestling between mature trees while minimising its impact on the surrounding buildings.
The ambition of design seen here at The Hen House is worthy of recognition alone, sitting as it does on a steeply sloping hillside in the garden of Lone Acre ‐ the occupants’ previous home. The beautifully crafted, highly sustainable building balances carefully in the landscape, nestling between mature trees while minimising its impact on the surrounding buildings.
Large Project Award (over £1M) Sponsored by Taylor Maxwell. Highly Commended.
National College for High Speed Rail by Bond Bryan for HS2 College Doncaster
Sculptural roofs seem to be a running theme of tonight’s highly commended projects, and the National College for High Speed Rail’s Doncaster campus is no exception. The building evokes the train shed of a great continental railway station through the rhythm of its peaks and troughs. It is an inspiring building internally and externally that will encourage generations to come.
Sculptural roofs seem to be a running theme of tonight’s highly commended projects, and the National College for High Speed Rail’s Doncaster campus is no exception. The building evokes the train shed of a great continental railway station through the rhythm of its peaks and troughs. It is an inspiring building internally and externally that will encourage generations to come.
Large Project Award (over £1M) Sponsored by Taylor Maxwell. Winner.
Albert Works by Cartwright Pickard For City Estates
When Jaywing set about creating their new Sheffield home, they were keen to work closely with both architects and designers, and have given us a masterpiece of integration with the existing building, respecting and responding to the heritage of the site. Albert Works is a skilful integration of contemporary interior design and rescued industrial heritage, with details taking their inspiration straight from the previously derelict building, using colours of rust, moss and concrete to integrate themselves seamlessly with the original fabric. The scheme embraces modern methods of working and the result is an inspiring, creative workspace loved by all.
When Jaywing set about creating their new Sheffield home, they were keen to work closely with both architects and designers, and have given us a masterpiece of integration with the existing building, respecting and responding to the heritage of the site. Albert Works is a skilful integration of contemporary interior design and rescued industrial heritage, with details taking their inspiration straight from the previously derelict building, using colours of rust, moss and concrete to integrate themselves seamlessly with the original fabric. The scheme embraces modern methods of working and the result is an inspiring, creative workspace loved by all.
Conservation Award Sponsored by Counter Context. Winner.
The Long Barn by Chiles, Evans and Care for Leo & Kate Care
Far from your average barn conversion, The Long Barn forms part of a wider cohousing vision committed to the restoration and reuse of a model estate farm from the early nineteenth century. The architect, in designing a home for his own family, has created a sensitive, yet self-assured, intervention into an existing listed structure, and in doing so forges opportunities for family life that can be both inclusive and private through the playful use of different volumes within the historic shell. The attention given to division and connection of space, clever detailing and imaginative materials makes for an altogether masterful composition.
Far from your average barn conversion, The Long Barn forms part of a wider cohousing vision committed to the restoration and reuse of a model estate farm from the early nineteenth century. The architect, in designing a home for his own family, has created a sensitive, yet self-assured, intervention into an existing listed structure, and in doing so forges opportunities for family life that can be both inclusive and private through the playful use of different volumes within the historic shell. The attention given to division and connection of space, clever detailing and imaginative materials makes for an altogether masterful composition.
Conservation Award Sponsored by Counter Context. Highly Commended.
Public by Melling Ridgeway + Partners for The Rockingham Group
What more can you say about this beautifully crafted piece of conservation work. It embraces and re-envisions it history through subtle interventions. The committee are looking forward to sipping a cocktail in its velvet booths, surrounded by the tiled walls of the public toilet!
What more can you say about this beautifully crafted piece of conservation work. It embraces and re-envisions it history through subtle interventions. The committee are looking forward to sipping a cocktail in its velvet booths, surrounded by the tiled walls of the public toilet!
Open Space Award Sponsored by Tarmac. Winner.
Leavygreave Plantables by Grant Associates & David Appleyard for The University of Sheffield & Sheffield City Council
Leavygreave Plantables, or ‘plant tables’, is an innovative intervention in the streetscape at the heart of the University of Sheffield campus, creating high quality public realm for staff, students and the people of Sheffield. It is a key element of the university’s master plan that links the Sheffield university to the heart of the city through the extension of the gold route. This elegant scheme creates an oasis of calm in a busy campus that draws on the principles of sustainably and wellbeing. Great consideration has been given to the requirements of all users, with seating of different heights and configurations integrated along the full length of the scheme.
Leavygreave Plantables, or ‘plant tables’, is an innovative intervention in the streetscape at the heart of the University of Sheffield campus, creating high quality public realm for staff, students and the people of Sheffield. It is a key element of the university’s master plan that links the Sheffield university to the heart of the city through the extension of the gold route. This elegant scheme creates an oasis of calm in a busy campus that draws on the principles of sustainably and wellbeing. Great consideration has been given to the requirements of all users, with seating of different heights and configurations integrated along the full length of the scheme.
Open Space Award Sponsored by Tarmac. Highly Commended.
Olympic Legacy Park by Ares Landscape Architects for Legacy Park Ltd
The scale of ambition here has produced a worthy legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games – the scheme creates a green swathe through the lower Don Valley to encourage recreation and form a wildlife corridor. The high quality of the public realm between the various schemes on the site makes it a deserving recipient of this year’s final Highly Commended certificate.
The scale of ambition here has produced a worthy legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games – the scheme creates a green swathe through the lower Don Valley to encourage recreation and form a wildlife corridor. The high quality of the public realm between the various schemes on the site makes it a deserving recipient of this year’s final Highly Commended certificate.
Residential Award Sponsored by Tobermore. Winner.
Dam View by Robin Ashley Architects for Mr. & Mrs. Wells
A strong working relationship between client and architect has, in Dam View, produced a handsome home of perfect proportions, making the most of its unique setting and views over Broomhead and More Hall Reservoirs. Both planning and budgetary restrictions, coupled with the steeply sloping site, made for a tricky design process. However, the resulting building and its layout of spaces, both internal and external, respond skilfully to the topography creating a house of two halves using a restrained palette of wood, glass and stone. The practical heart of the home sits at lower level, with a flawlessly detailed elevated entrance pavilion above. Here one can sit back and take in the dam(n) view!
A strong working relationship between client and architect has, in Dam View, produced a handsome home of perfect proportions, making the most of its unique setting and views over Broomhead and More Hall Reservoirs. Both planning and budgetary restrictions, coupled with the steeply sloping site, made for a tricky design process. However, the resulting building and its layout of spaces, both internal and external, respond skilfully to the topography creating a house of two halves using a restrained palette of wood, glass and stone. The practical heart of the home sits at lower level, with a flawlessly detailed elevated entrance pavilion above. Here one can sit back and take in the dam(n) view!
Residential Award Sponsored by Tobermore. Highly Commended.
The Glassworks by Coda for Abel Hinchliffe
What is remarkable about The Glassworks is the high quality of design achieved for a minimal build cost. Built with sustainability and affordability at its heart this pair of houses embrace their industrial setting and the heritage of Sheffield to create a contemporary housing solution. The interiors use a simple natural palette of materials while the bold black exteriors fit seamlessly into the Kelham Island area.
What is remarkable about The Glassworks is the high quality of design achieved for a minimal build cost. Built with sustainability and affordability at its heart this pair of houses embrace their industrial setting and the heritage of Sheffield to create a contemporary housing solution. The interiors use a simple natural palette of materials while the bold black exteriors fit seamlessly into the Kelham Island area.
People’s Choice Award Sponsored by The Star and The Telegraph, presented by Deputy Lord Mayor Tony Downing
Winner: Chatsworth Bird Hide by Peak Architects for Chatsworth House Trust
People’s Choice Award Sponsored by The Star and The Telegraph, presented by Deputy Lord Mayor Tony Downing
2nd Place: The Glassworks by Coda for Abel Hinchliffe
People’s Choice Award Sponsored by The Star and The Telegraph, presented by Deputy Lord Mayor Tony Downing
3rd Place: Dam View by Robin Ashley Architects for Mr. & Mrs. Wells
Lifetime Achievement Award for Building In-Use presented by SDA Patron, The Master Cutler
The Peace Gardens
This space is very dear to the hearts of all Sheffielders – laid out to commemorate the doomed Munich Agreement of 1938 but relaid and revitalised as part of the Heart of the City redevelopment.
This space is very dear to the hearts of all Sheffielders – laid out to commemorate the doomed Munich Agreement of 1938 but relaid and revitalised as part of the Heart of the City redevelopment.
Outstanding Project Award Sponsored by Glazing Vision.
The judges selected Albert Works as the overall winners as it is an exemplar of conservation, design quality and innovation. The design has breathed new life into a series of derelict buildings, creating a series of vibrant, exquisitely detailed spaces around the central area. Modern elements blend with the industrial heritage with a playfulness that delights and inspires.
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