Award Winners and Commended Finalists booklet.
The aim of the Lord Mayor's Design Awards is to encourage, promote and publicise the best in architecture and environmental design and to help improve the built environment for us all. In 2009, a new category, "The People's Choice" was introduced and opened to the public vote to support your views and help us celebrate excellent design in Newcastle upon Tyne. 2011 is no different and so all shortlisted entries in the Design Awards in categories such as Landscape, Small Scale Development, Conservation, Refurbishment, New Building and Sustainability have been put forward as nominees for "The People's Choice".
The winner of The People's Choice will be announced, along with the winners and commended finalists of the other categories, at the awards ceremony on 5th December 2011 and will be published on this page and at http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/lmda soon after.
More about the Lord Mayor's Design Awards can be found by visiting http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/lmda
Holiday Inn, Jesmond
Shortlisted in: RefurbishmentThe refurbishment has improved both the hotel and streetscene. Functional requirements meant the existing eclectic building elements could not be removed from around the Georgian Villa and therefore they were treated as bookends to the Villa and rendered.
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Holiday Inn, Jesmond
Shortlisted in: Refurbishment
The refurbishment has improved both the hotel and streetscene. Functional requirements meant the existing eclectic building elements could not be removed from around the Georgian Villa and therefore they were treated as bookends to the Villa and rendered.
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Mansion House Chambers
Shortlisted in: Refurbishment
The grade ll listed building has been brought back into use providing accessible, energy efficient, flexible open plan office space. Essential repairs to the building have been carried out and the rear and adjacent area of land to Castle Stairs has improved amenity and security.
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Richard Grainger’s Family Tomb
Shortlisted in: Conservation
Located in St James’ Churchyard, Benwell the design approach was to repair the tomb as found with minimal intervention whilst restoring the original colour.
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Sir Bobby Robson Memorial Garden
Shortlisted in: Landscape
The small site on Gallowgate previously had a building on it and was becoming an eyesore. The brief was to create a place for ‘quiet relaxation and contemplation in the city’. The garden includes 5 stones depicting all aspects of Sir Bobby Robson’s life and future legacy to cancer research as well as a lawn and cherry trees.
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King’s Gate
Shortlisted in: New Building
The new administration building at Newcastle University fronts Barras Bridge and creates a new gateway to the campus. The building respects the adjacent historic buildings and is of appropriate design, materials and massing.
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Baddiley-Clark Building
Shortlisted in: New Building
The building sits within the Framlington Place conservation area and incorporates the grade ll listed formed brewery building. The building is part of the wider medical school at Newcastle University and houses the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology and the Institute of Health and Society. The building is highly sustainable with a BREEAM excellent rating.
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Afton Way
Shortlisted in: Housing
The development in Fawdon has provided five bungalows on a site which was suffering from anti-social behaviour. The bungalows are brick and render with a dual pitch main roof and monopitch feature to projecting bays windows.
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Millfield House Landscape Structures
Shortlisted in: Landscape
As part of a larger scheme within Ouseburn Parks, the scheme involved the regeneration of Pets Corner and Colemans Field with the inclusion of additional structures such as a new footbridge, aviary and educational pavilion.
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Newcastle University Business School and Central Link
Shortlisted in: New Building
The buildings form part of a mixed use development on the former Scottish and Newcastle Brewery site. The Newcastle University Business School fronts Gallowgate while the Central Link student accommodation sits directly behind it.
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Georgian House Extension, Summerhill Square
Shortlisted in: Small Scale Development
A single storey glazed ‘box’ at the rear of the property, elevated from yard level alongside a raised patio with outdoor storage beneath.
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Beavan Building
Shortlisted in: Refurbishment
The former department store built in 1910 and locally listed has been renovated to provide housing for homeless and vulnerable single people. There is housing at the upper levels and retail at ground floor. Many of the original building features have been retained.
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Station Court
Shortlisted in: Housing
The development in Walkergate provides affordable rented housing accessible to vulnerable residents on low incomes. There are 12 apartments and 5 bungalows which are set back within the site to respect the line of Hadrian’s Wall. The apartments have achieved a BREEAM multi-use residential very good rating whilst the bungalows have achieved a Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3 rating.
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Knop Law Primary School
Shortlisted in: New Building
Located in Chapel Park, Knop Law Primary School incorporates flexible teaching spaces, internal and external class bases and is sustainable with a BREEAM very good rating. The building has dealt with an 11m level change across the site.
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Millfield House Visitors Centre
Shortlisted in: Refurbishment
The project has rejuvenated the historic building as a café and conference centre with a contemporary courtyard extension with an exhibition space, education room, meeting facilities and an outside meeting and viewing space.
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Best Western Ryokan Hotel
Shortlisted in: Refurbishment
Formerly the Balmoral Hotel, the refurbishment included refacing the original stonework where it had eroded, a three storey brick extension incorporating en-suite bedrooms, reception, bar and restaurants.
