MAURICE Shapero’s extraordinarily wonderful building in Ancoats for the 42nd Street charity has been named Building of the Year by the Manchester Society of Architects.
Quite right too.
I would say that as I was on the judging panel but I hope it gets the public vote too.
The Space was the stand out entry amongst contenders in seven categories and a striking addition to the city. if you have not seen it in the flesh take a stroll up to Great Ancoats Street and be transported to Wonderland.
The fact that it was built for a charity gives it extra cachet.
Shapero was also lead designer for CUBE -Centre for the Understanding of the Built Environment – on Portland Street where the MSA 2012 Award entries are currently on show and where the awards were handed out last night.
You can see them all, including some thought provoking wok by Manchester based architecture students until May 22nd.
And you can get yourself a good cup of coffee in the RIBA Hub next door. CUBE itself is available to hire should you want to stage your own exhibition, conference, meeting, lecture or whatever.
Click here for info.
And click here for the Manchester Society of Architects.
The full list of winners:
C= Commendation W= Winner
Overall Winner/ Building of the Year: Bradshaw Gass and Hope with Maurice Shapero
Peeping out in the rain: the magnificent winner
1. Residential
W Architecture M: 18 Regent Road
C AEW: Forge Lane Water Tower
C MBLA: Bowes Street Regeneration
2. Leisure
W Arca Design Ltd: Park Keepers Hut
C BDP: Music Box Installation
PKH Arca
3. Commercial
W Bradshaw Gass and Hope with Maurice Shapero
C Aedas: North Manchester Police Divisional Headquarters
C Roger Stephenson Architects: Riverside Manchester
4. Community
W Taylor Young: Kendal College Technical Studio
C PRP Architects: Project Core
C MBLA: Mere Lane Neighbourhood Health Centre, Everton
Kendal College Technical Studio
5. Un-built
W Roger Stephenson Architects: Dale Street Hotel
C Roger Stephenson Architects: Hanover Building
Dale Street Hotel
6. Conservation, Re-use and Conversion
W PRP Architects: The Sharp Project:
C ShedKM: Boiler House
C Buttress Fuller Alsop Williams: The Harris Museum
C Roger Stephenson Architects: The Greenhouse
The Sharp Project
7. Student Projects
W Mark Ferguson and Ben Danks: Cocoon: An Emergent Learning Network
C Charlie Kentish: East Croydon Pedestrian and Rail Bridge
C Edward Robertson:: Print Foundry
Cocoon: An Emergent Learning Network
Andy Robson Prize: Jack O'Reilly: The Phoenix Effect
Small Projects: Ollier Smurthwaite: Fisher Residence
Fisher Residence
