Citylabs project wins architect award
MANCHESTER architect Sheppard Robson has won the Architects for Helath Design Award for Conversion/Infill at the European Health Design Congress.
The gong is for its Manchester Science Partnerships, Citylabs 1.0 design and was announced at a ceremony at the Royal College of Physicians in London.
The aim of Architects for Health is to promote and campaign for better healthcare environments through bringing together organisations and individuals who share an interest in excellence in the planning and design of healthcare facilities.
Citylabs 1.0, located on Oxford Road, is a new concept in high-specification, flexible office and laboratory space, providing 130,000sp ft of bespoke-built biomedical facilities.
The new facility comprises the complex retention and renovation of the Grade II listed former Royal Eye Hospital and the creation of a new innovative building to the rear.
The project sits in the heart of Corridor Manchester within Europe’s largest clinical and academic campus, made up of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University, and responds to the need for high quality accommodation catering for a full spectrum of occupier requirements.
Tony O’Brien, Partner at Sheppard Robson, said: “It’s fantastic that the project continues to be recognised and it’s even more satisfying that the awards are from diverse institutions that acknowledge excellent design as well as the contributions the project makes to Manchester’s science and commercial offer.”
