RIBA Regional Awards 2015 - North East

Two schemes connected to the sea excelled in the RIBA North East Awards this year. Click on the images to find out more

Hopewood Park, Ryhope, Sunderland – Medical Architecture Ltd. Click on image

Haven Point Leisure Centre, South Shields – LA Architects. Click on image

How Victorian London was built to better our lot

25 October 2021

Andrew Saint’s atmospheric account of how building helped improve life for the poor

Region:: London

More:: Otto Saumarez Smith; Urban poor; Design construction & technology; Andrew Saint; Victorian building

Overhead footage of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, interspersed with calm skies, help set the scene in a gallery on what the war meant for Britain, part of the IWM Second World War Galleries, designed by Ralph Appelbaum Associates.

Personal touch makes emotional connection at IWM war and holocaust galleries

25 October 2021

Imperial War Museum’s new galleries bring war and holocaust to life

Region:: London

More:: Review; Imperial War Museum; Pamela Buxton; Squint/Opera; Ralph Appelbaum Associates; Dannatt Johnson Architects; Casson Mann; World War II; Holocaust; Design construction & technology

Doors, windows and iromongery priced and put in context

22 October 2021

AECOM’s David Holmes gives an overview of current costs

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: David Holmes; Aecom; Doors windows & ironmongery; Procurement & contracts