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BBC News
10-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Gallery and minster win top Yorkshire architecture prizes
A converted hospice, a city's revamped 700-year-old landmark church and an interactive gallery are among several projects in Yorkshire to have been awarded prestigious architectural awards for Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) has recognised Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery at York's National Railway Museum as its Building of the Year in its Yorkshire Awards, while its creator De Matos Ryan was named Project Architect of the the regeneration of Hull Minster and the refurbishment of two Victorian buildings in South and North Yorkshire were also the projects were praised by Riba for their "quiet ambition" and how they "inspired and uplifted". A Riba spokesperson said this year's winners, chosen from a shortlist of seven, "exemplify architecture's power to transform - turning spaces into places of connection, creativity, and care". Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery was described by Riba as "light and spacious", offering a STEM-focused learning experience for young jury praised the architects' "design interventions" as "controlled and considered", celebrating "the creative process and language of railway engineering principles". Meanwhile, the Young People's Space - a timber pavilion at St Gemma's Hospice in Leeds, providing "home from home" accommodation and support spaces for children and young people affected by serious illness or a family member's death - was named by Riba as its Small Project of the Year in its Yorkshire Awards. The "careful regeneration" of the Grade I listed Hull Minster by Bauman Lyons Architects Ltd was also it a Yorkshire Award 2025, Riba said its jury had been "impressed with the new-found possibilities of the building, as a place of worship, cultural and civic centre, gallery, marketplace as well as a warm space and place of refuge".Other winners were the refurbishment of Petronella House, a Victorian villa in a Sheffield conservation area, by Chiles Evans + Care Architect, and the transformation of the Duncan Place Library & Community Hub by EDable Architecture in Loftus, North Yorkshire, into a youth and community facility, a family base and a library. Presenting the awards at a ceremony on Thursday, Gayle Appleyard, Riba Yorkshire jury chair, said: "Amid these varied contexts, this year's Yorkshire award-winning projects stood out for their quiet ambition - many having been realised during the challenges of the Covid pandemic, yet they managed to do a lot with a little. "These buildings don't shout. Instead, they quietly improve, enhance, and bring joy to the lives of the people who use them."Individually these projects inspire and uplift, but collectively, they remind us that architects do far more than design buildings, they shape the way we live, work and connect." Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
BBC News
21-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Seven projects make RIBA Yorkshire Awards shortlist
Seven projects, including a futuristic factory and the remodelling of what is purported to be England's largest parish church, have been shortlisted for a major regional architectural Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) said the shortlisted projects were "inspiring, sustainable places in which to live, work, learn and play".Other contenders for the RIBA Yorkshire Awards 2025 include an interactive gallery in North Yorkshire and a purpose-built facility for young people in winning projects will be announced in spring. RIBA Yorkshire jury chair, Gayle Appleyard, director of Gagarin Studio, said: "The Yorkshire region is home to a wonderful mix of people across cities, towns and rural communities, so it's encouraging to see such diversity reflected in this year's shortlist."All the projects shortlisted for RIBA Awards will be visited by a regional jury, ahead of the announcement of the regional selected will then be considered for several special awards, including the RIBA Sustainability Award and RIBA Building of the Year, and subsequently put forward for the highly coveted RIBA National Award, which will be announced in the shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize – the UK's best new building – will be drawn from the RIBA National award-winning projects and announced in September, with the winner announced in October. Young People's Space, by ArkleBoyce, Leeds AESSEAL Factory for the Future, by Race Cottam Associates Ltd, Rotherham Hull Minster, by Bauman Lyons Architects Ltd, Hull Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery, by De Matos Ryan, York The Wave, by HLM Architects, Sheffield Petronella House, by Chiles Evans + Care Architects, Sheffield Duncan Place Library & Community Hub, by EDable Architecture, North Yorkshire Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
