Stockport Plaza wins regional RICS award
THE redevelopment of Stockport’s art deco plaza theature was named as building project of the year at the Royal Institution of Surveyors’ North West Awards last night.
The project was also one of nine category winners at the awards event, which took place at The Point exhibition centre at Lancashire County Cricket Club in Old Trafford last night.
Other category winners include English Cities Fund’s St Paul’s Square scheme (Commercial) and the Pier Head Ferry Terminal building (Tourism & Leisure) in Liverpool.
RICS said The Plaza was one of a generation of super cinemas built in the 1930s – few of which survive today. The building has been owned by the Stockport Plaza Trust since 2000 and has undergone a decade-long programme of restoration, which completed in 2010.
Overall, eight projects (below) received awards. Four of these (Building Conservation, Regeneration, Sustainabilty and Community Benefit) have also been put forward for the national RICS awards later this year.
Chairman of the regional judging panel, Andrew Kellaway, said: “Despite uncertainty within the sector, the standard of entries this year has been exceptionally high, with nominations ranging from innovative small-scale schemes, through to multi-million pound sustainable developments.”
The eight category winners were:-
• Building Conservation – The Plaza, Stockport
• Regeneration – The Inspire Centre, Levenshulme, Greater Manchester
• Sustainability – Accrington Station, Accrington, Lancashire
• Community Benefit – Speke Neighbourhood Health Centre, Liverpool
• Commercial – St Paul’s Square, Liverpool
• Design and Innovation – Fielden Campus, The Manchester College
• Residential Development – Heath View, Congleton, Cheshire
• Tourism and Leisure – Pier Head Ferry Terminal, Liverpool
Five other projects were highly commended by the judging panel. They were:-
• Clitheroe Castle, Lancashire
• Sir John Barrow Monument, Ulverston, Cumbria
• Bury Divisional Headquarters, Greater Manchester Police
• South Cheshire College Campus, Crewe
• Ripon Crescent, Lostock, Urmston
