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2020 PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY AWARD:  sponsored by Gatwick Airport Limited

A project which provides or improves facilities for the community. Click on an image to view a larger version.

CATEGORY WINNERS

ALDINGBOURNE COUNTRY CENTRE, BLACKMILL LANE, NORTON, CHICHESTER PO18 0JP

The Aldingbourne Trust wanted to secure its long-term future and expand its support to adults with learning difficulties. The challenge was to create a high-quality visitor centre with limited and uncertain financial resources. The new community focused building offers a conference centre, gift and coffee shop and the Bradbury Training Kitchen.


Submitted by: HNW Architects, Chichester www.hnw.co.uk
Architect: Andy Clemas, HNW Architects (post planning Lead Architect) | Louisa Bowles, Hawkins\Brown (pre-planning Lead Architect), London www.hawkinsbrown.com
Contractors: Mark Vincent, Amiri Construction Ltd, Fareham www.amirigroup.co.uk
Other: Rob Owen, SMD Construction Consultancy Ltd (Surveyor), Fareham www.smdconsultancy.co.uk |  Alex Forbes, Campbell Reith (Consulting Engineers), Redhill  www.campbellreith.com | Grazyna Karolcza, Ingine Ltd (Consulting Building Service Engineers), Twickenham  www.ingine.co.uk | Joe Jackson, Lizard Landscape  Design & Ecology (Landscaping), Worthing  www.lizardlandscapeecology.com

BURGESS HILL LIBRARY, THE MARTLETS, BURGESS HILL RH15 9NN

NewRiver REIT plc and West Sussex County Council’s new Burgess Hill Library is part of the £60 million town centre regeneration plans. The new 6,950 sq ft air-conditioned library is 100 sq ft larger than the old library and includes a lift, computer area, new flexible shelving, dedicated children’s area and a Changing Places accessible toilet facility.


Submitted by: NewRiver REIT plc, London  www.nrr.co.uk
Architect: Corstorphine + Wright, London  www.corstorphine-wright.com
Site Manager: Stuart Walker, Thomas Roy Contractors,  Milton Keynes
Contractors: Thomas Roy Contractors
Other: Justin Thomas (Project Officer), NewRiver REIT


CONGRESS THEATRE AND WELCOME BUILDING, DEVONSHIRE PARK, CARLISLE ROAD, EASTBOURNE BN21 4BP

The refurbishment of the Grade II* listed theatre, new conference facilities in the Welcome Building and significant improvements to the public realm. The brief was to preserve and enhance the unique heritage character of the site, whilst creating modern facilities for performers, audiences, and other visitors.


Submitted by: Rachel Serfling, Levitt Bernstein, London  www.levittbernstein.co.ukArchitect: Levitt Bernstein
Site Manager: Paul Quanstrom, Eastbourne Borough Council  www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.ukContractors: Vinci Construction UK, Reigate  www.vinciconstruction.co.uk | Euro-City (In-situ Concrete),  Staines upon Thames. www.euro-city.co.uk | Glassolutions  (Curtain Walling), Coventry www.glassolutions.co.uk
Craftsmen: Laslett & Hill (Joinery), Eastbourne | Cornish Concrete (Concrete Cladding), Truro www.cornishconcrete.co.uk | MCJ Fabrications (Architectural Metalwork), Liversedge  www.mcj-fabrications.co.uk
Other: Centre Stage (Stage Equipment), Thetford  www.centre-stage.co.uk | Imtech (M&E), Ashford. www.imtech.co.uk | Max Fordham (Environmental/M&E Engineer) | Edge (Structural Engineer)

DENTON ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTRE, NEWHAVEN BN9 9BA

The aim of the project was to create a forward looking building with exemplary sustainability credentials and to add a specific youth facility to the existing community centre. Built on a brownfield site, formerly an electronics factory, there were specific challenges. The Centre comprises a main activity hall, meeting rooms and landscaped exterior spaces.


Submitted by: Douch Partners Ltd, Forest Row  www.douchpartners.com
Architect: Simon Beames, Kirkland Fraser Moor, Berkhamsted  www.k-f-m.com
Site Manager: Toby Douch, Douch Partners Ltd
Contractors: Douch Partners Ltd | Imperial Contracts  (Zinc Roof Installation), Steyning  www.imperialcontracts.co.uk | Engineered Wood Solutions (CLT Panel Installation)
Project Officer: Alan Orchard, FFT Ltd, Brighton

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND SPORT, BRIGHTON COLLEGE, EASTERN ROAD, BRIGHTON BN2 0AL

Demolition of existing Sport Hall, Chowen building and Blackshaw building and Pavilion to facilitate a new four-storey including lower ground, Sports and Science building. The building includes 18 university-standard laboratories, a cinema-style auditorium and a range of world-class sports facilities including a 25-metre swimming pool and double-height sports hall with basketball court.


Submitted by: Brighton College  www.brightoncollege.org.uk
Architect: OMA – Office of Metropolitan Architecture
Site Manager: Adrian Broadway, McLaren Construction www.mclarengroup.com
Contractors: McLaren Construction
Other: Phil Elliot (Contract Administrator), Gardiner and Theobald. www.gardiner.com |  Mark Maidment (MEP), Skelly & Couch, London www.skellyandcouch.com | Ian Hawes  (Structural Engineer), Kirk Saunders Associates  www.kirksaunders.co.uk

WEST DEAN COLLEGE ROOF RESTORATION, WEST DEAN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CONSERVATION, WEST DEAN, NR CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX PO18 0QZ

West Dean House is a Grade II* building central to the delivery of the College’s courses. The 130-year-old roof was completely restored with all works carried out around the College’s day to day activities. The repairs required a temporary roof with an independent scaffold designed to span the existing building without taking any load off the existing structure.


Submitted by: West Dean College of Art and Conservation, West Dean www.westdean.org.uk
Architect: Jane Jones-Warner Associates LLP, Chichester www.janejoneswarner.com
Contractors: Clarke Roofing Southern Ltd, Eastbourne www.clarke-roofing.co.uk

HIGHLY COMMENDED

DREAM CENTRE CHAILEY HERITAGE FOUNDATION, HAYWARDS HEATH ROAD, NORTH CHAILEY BN8 4EF


The remodelling and extension of 1960’s memorial hall into a multi-purpose facility for the Young People at Chailey Heritage Foundation. Much of the original fabric was retained, given the embodied carbon in the structure, and converted to house a stage, back of house areas and a new entrance alongside a new main hall.


Submitted by: Deacon and Richardson Architects, Brighton  www.drltd.co.uk
Architect: Deacon and Richardson Architects
Contractors: Sunninghill Construction Co Ltd, Haywards Heath. www.sunninghill.co.uk
Craftsmen: Laslett & Hill (Joinery), Eastbourne |  Cornish Concrete
Other: Ellis Structures (Structural Engineer), Lewes  www.ellisstructures.com | Wenham O’Brien (Quantity Surveyor), Tunbridge Wells www.wenhamobrien.co.uk | Freeman Beesley (Services Consultants), Brighton  www.freemanbeesley.com

FELPHAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FELPHAM WAY, BOGNOR REGIS PO22 8EL

A new three-storey building designed as an independent ‘L’ shaped block to the south of the original college. An additional first floor extension was added to the existing changing rooms, with a view to adding an additional floor and an extension to the existing science accommodation to provide two further laboratories.


Submitted by: The Seaman Partnership Ltd  (now DLS:ARCH), Chichester
Architect: The Seaman Partnership Ltd  (now DLS:ARCH)
Contractors: Sunninghill Construction Co Ltd,  Haywards Heath. www.sunninghill.co.uk

JAMIE’S FARM ALLINGTON FARM, ALLINGTON LANE, LEWES BN7 3QL

Jamie’s Farm is a charity that combines farming, family, and therapy for disadvantaged young people. BBM were appointed to convert and refurb an existing 19th-century Grade II listed farmhouse into communal accommodation and surrounding agricultural buildings into a working farm and office and living accommodation for on-site supporting staff.


Submitted by: BBM Sustainable Design Ltd, Cooksbridge  www.bbm-architects.co.uk
Architect: Tom Cuthbert, BBM Sustainable Design Ltd
Site Manager: Barry Mason, MB Cable Ltd, Lewes  www.mbcableltd.co.uk
Contractors: Marc Cable and Tom Johnson, MB Cable Ltd

ST WILFRID’S HOSPICE, OAKCROFT NURSERY, WALTON LANE BOSHAM PO18 8QB

A brand-new purpose-built Hospice on a new site, maintaining the ‘homely’ feel of the previous hospice building. The design was to divide the hospice into separate buildings which are linked. As in a semi-rural area the most appropriate style of building would be a former farm with contemporary links.


Submitted by: The Seaman Partnership Ltd (now DLS:ARCH), Chichester
Architect: The Seaman Partnership Ltd (now DLS:ARCH)
Contractors: Kier Construction, Eastleigh  www.kier.co.uk

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