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11:26 AM 25th May 2022
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2022 RIBA North West Building Of The Year Announced
The Welcome Building at RHS Garden Bridgewater is a sustainable, engaging, and considered ‘public pavilion’ which has been designed and delivered to house all amenities for visitors to RHS Garden Bridgewater. From an invited competition, the local community has been consulted in creating a much-loved local asset where visitor numbers have far surpassed expectations through a combination of tourism and community visits.
RIBA President, Simon Allford said:
“Winning a regional Building of the Year Award is a major achievement. Across the country projects have been selected for this accolade because they are exemplars of the very best of innovative, intelligent and delightful design. The results of positive collaboration between architect and client, and design team and contractor, they demonstrate that high quality, sustainable architecture can positively impact the lives of the people that engage with it. My warmest congratulations to all those involved.”
“Winning a regional Building of the Year Award is a major achievement. Across the country projects have been selected for this accolade because they are exemplars of the very best of innovative, intelligent and delightful design. The results of positive collaboration between architect and client, and design team and contractor, they demonstrate that high quality, sustainable architecture can positively impact the lives of the people that engage with it. My warmest congratulations to all those involved.”
The RIBA Regional Building of the Year Awards were presented at a ceremony at the RIBA’s Headquarters in London on Tuesday evening.
The Welcome Building, RHS Garden Bridgewater is one of 6 projects which received a 2022 RIBA North West Award, announced earlier this month.
The 2022 RIBA North West Award winners were:
Lancaster Castle, Lancaster by BDP
Pooley New Bridge, Penrith by Knight Architects
Special Exhibitions Gallery - Science and Industry Museum, Manchester by Carmody Groarke
The Fratry, Carlisle by Feilden Fowles
The Old Library, Liverpool by OMI Architects
The Welcome Building - RHS Garden Bridgewater, Salford by Hodder and Partners
All RIBA North West Award winners will now be considered for a highly-coveted RIBA National Award in recognition of their architectural excellence, which will be announced in June. The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize for the best building of the year will be drawn from the RIBA National Award-winning projects later in the year.
RIBA Regional Building of the Year is sponsored by Taylor Maxwell.