RIBA names greatest reuse structure tasks of 2023

The RIBA has named the 4 UK tasks shortlisted for its inaugural Reinvention Award, together with a faculty in Warwickshire and a museum in east London.

Tasks by Van Heyningen and Haward Architects (vHH), Wright & Wright Architects, 6a Architects and Related Architects with Rodney Melville and Companions are within the operating for the inaugural Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Reinvention Award.

VHH’s Houlton College in Warwickshire was created from the conversion of a Grade II-listed radio transmitter constructing, with three new college buildings organized round a central courtyard.

A Warwickshire college in a former radio transmitter constructing by Van Heyningen and Haward Architects is among the many shortlisted tasks. Picture by James Brittain

In Hackney, Wright & Wright Architects renovated and prolonged the Museum of the Residence, which occupies Grade I-listed historic almshouse buildings and public backyard.

A group health club in central London named Nice Issues Lie Forward was shaped out of the refurbishment and extension of an present facility in Holborn Home by 6a Architects in collaboration with artist Caragh Thuring.

Related Architects and Rodney Melville and Companions tailored a dilapidated brewery into a brand new constructing for the College of Wolverhampton College of Structure and the Constructed Setting.

Museum of the Home by Wright & Wright — Wright & Wright Architects renovated the historic Museum of the Residence in east London. Picture by Hufton + Crow

RIBA president Simon Allford stated the 4 tasks “all display that the structure of reinvention requires immense expertise, imaginative and prescient and creativity”.

A part of a rising development in structure in direction of celebrating the renovation of present buildings over new builds pushed by concern about embodied carbon, the RIBA Reinvention Award goals to recognise inventive reuse tasks.

It seeks to spotlight that reuse tasks can’t solely improve the longevity and power effectivity of present buildings decreasing the necessity for brand spanking new development, but in addition ship social and financial advantages.

Holborn House by 6a Architects — Nice Issues Lie Forward, Holborn Home (additionally prime) was designed by 6a Architects and artist Caragh Thuring. Picture by Johan Dehlin

“The cautious husbandry of present sources – together with buildings – has a protracted and noble, if not too long ago forgotten, architectural historical past that we’re relearning, and quick,” stated Allford.

“This award demonstrates that respiration new life into beloved previous buildings can reap large rewards for his or her customers and our planet.”

“I hope that this inaugural award will act as a catalyst, inspiring others to take up the retrofit problem and that we’ll see many extra thrilling and bold examples sooner or later,” Allford added.

The shortlist was chosen from winners of the 2023 RIBA Regional Awards by a judging panel comprising Allford, Studio PDP associate Marion Baeli and former BBC power and surroundings analyst Roger Harrabin.

University of Wolverhampton School of Architecture and the Built Environment — Related Architects and Rodney Melville and Companions transformed an previous brewery into a brand new college constructing. Picture by Ben McPhee

To be eligible, studios needed to display how their reuse mission had improved the prevailing constructing or construction by reaching outcomes from the RIBA Sustainable Outcomes Information.

The winner will probably be introduced on the ceremony for the RIBA Stirling Prize, given to the UK’s greatest new constructing, on 19 October at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester.

Final week the RIBA additionally unveiled the shortlist for its 2023 Neave Brown Award for Housing.