Property professionals gear up for Leeds Architecture Awards
THE shortlist for the 2016 Leeds Architecture Awards, which celebrate and showcase the best building designs across the city, have been revealed.
The event look set to be the biggest and best yet, with nearly 80 nominations over seven categories.
A judging panel chaired by guest assessor Kit Martin and featuring Paul Ellison from Leeds Chamber Property Forum and Kevin Grady, director of Leeds Civic Trust will have their work cut out to pick winners from the raft of entries.
The winners will be announced in March at a ceremony in Leeds Town Hall.
Categories include best new building, best conserved building and best temporary works as well as a people’s choice award. Also this year sees a special young people’s award, selected by a panel of young people who will choose their favourite building from this year’s award winners.
Organised by Leeds City Council and Leeds Chamber Property Forum the awards were set up to promote and show case best practice in architecture and design in the city. This year the John Lewis development and the Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility (RERF) are among the schemes shortlisted for an award.
These two Leeds heavyweights are joined on the shortlist by 31 other developments.
Paul Ellison, managing Director of Yorkshire Design Group, representing Leeds Chamber Property Forum, said: “Leeds continues to grow in stature and further develop its profile as an enviable city in which to live, work and spend leisure time, and these awards celebrate the quality and ingenuity of diverse schemes and projects which all contribute to an improved experience of our urban fabric.
“The 2016 shortlist presents the opportunity not only to acknowledge excellence in major, headline-grabbing developments, but also to shine the light on the more modest, quirky yet equally valuable contributions to the character of our city”
These awards are a great opportunity to highlight the good work going which is shaping our city and to show the world what Leeds has to offer.”
The shortlisted schemes are:
• 22 Street Lane Nursery, Roundhay, LS8 (altered building)
• ‘A Spire’, University of Leeds, LS2 (public art & landscape design)
• Algernon Firth building, St George’s Road, Leeds LS1 (altered building)
• Arcade Building, Victoria Gate, Eastgate, LS2 (new building)
• Blackburn Wing, Bowcliffe Hall, Bramham, LS23 (new building)
• Bramley War Memorial, Bramley Park, Bramley, LS13 (public art & landscape design)
• Carlton Gate, Little London, LS7 (regeneration)
• Carlton Green, Carlton Lane, Rothwell, LS26 (altered building)
• Crispin Lofts, New York Road, LS2 (altered building)
• ‘Drink and be Grateful Garden’, Abbey Road, Kirkstall, LS5 (public art & landscape design)
• Edward Boyle Library, University of Leeds, LS2 (altered building)
• Headrow House, Bramleys Yard, 19 The Headrow, LS1 (conserved building)
• Iberica, 17a East Parade, LS1 (conserved building)
• John Lewis Building, Victoria Gate, Eastgate, LS2 (new building)
• Leeds City College – Printworks Campus, Hunslet Road, LS10 (altered building)
• Light Night Leeds 2016 (temporary works)
• Little London Community Centre & Primary School, Meanwood Road, Oatlands, LS7 (regeneration)
• Little Neville Street, LS1 (public art & landscape design)
• ‘Mary’s Tree’, Roundhay Park, Roundhay, LS8 (public art & landscape design)
• Middleton Meadows, Ring Road Roundabout, Middleton, LS11 (temporary works)
• Oakwood Clock Community Garden, 484 Roundhay Road, Oakwood, LS8 (public art & landscape design)
• Oakwood Clock, 484 Roundhay Road, Oakwood, LS8 (conserved building)
• PAD, 71 Commercial Road, Kirkstall, LS5 (conserved building)
• Recycling & Energy Recovery Facility, Newmarket Approach, LS9 (innovation)
• Seacroft Grange Care Village, The Green, Seacroft, LS14 (altered building)
• Sovereign Square, LS1 (public art & landscape design)
• St Paul’s House, Park Square, LS1 (conserved building)
• The Laidlaw Library, University of Leeds, LS2 (new building)
• The Lamb and Flag, 1 Church Row, LS2 (conserved building)
• University of Leeds MSCP, Vernon Road, LS2 (innovation)
• University of Leeds MSCP, Vernon Road, LS2 (new building)
• ‘Untitled Bas-Relief’, Stage@Leeds, Cromer Road, LS2 (public art & landscape design)
• Wapentake, 92 Kirkgate, LS2 (conserved building)
