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The shortlist of winning projects for the 2012 Civic Trust Awards has just been announced and features 52 projects from a wide range of 306 national and international entries. Two Scottish projects appear on the shortlist: the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh by Gareth Hoskins Architects (current RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award winner); and The Scotsman Steps, Edinburgh, by Haworth Tompkins & McGregor Bowes.
All schemes featuring on the shortlist of winners will receive an Award, Commendation or Community Recognition at the 2012 Awards Ceremony, that will take place on Friday 2nd March at The Hub in Edinburgh, supported by The City of Edinburgh Council.
Councillor Jim Lowrie, the City of Edinburgh Council’s Planning Convenor said “I am delighted that Edinburgh will host the Civic Trust Awards Ceremony in 2012. I am certain that delegates will appreciate the quality of Edinburgh’s historic and modern architecture, and that we can provide an event of outstanding quality.”
The gala dinner and awards presentation will be hosted by Architect, writer and TV presenter George Clarke and Civic Trust Awards Managing Director Malcolm Hankey.
The Civic Trust Awards is an architectural & built environment awards scheme established in 1959 to recognise the very best in architecture, urban design, planning, landscape, public realm and public art. Successful projects make an outstanding contribution to the quality and appearance of the built environment and must be universally inclusive for all users, whilst offering a positive social, cultural, environmental or economic benefit to the local community.
Civic Trust Awards 2012 Shortlist of Winners
• Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik Iceland by Henning Larsen
• Hospice Djursland, Denmark by C. F. Moller Architects
• Royal Conservatory TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, Toronto, Canada by Marianne McKenna
• Stanislavsky Factory, Moscow, Russia by John McAslan + Partners
• The Iron Market, Port-au-Prince, Haiti by John McAslan + Partners
• Klong Toey Community Lantern, Bangkok, Thailand by TYIN tegnestue Architect
• Las Arenas, Barcelona, Spain by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
• National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland by Gareth Hoskins Architects Limited
• The Scotsman Steps, Edinburgh, Scotland by Haworth Tompkins & McGregor Bowes
• The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, Yorkshire by David Chipperfield Architects
• Saxton, Leeds, Yorkshire by Union North
• Brockholes Visitor Centre, Preston, Lancashire by Adam Khan Architects
• Plaza Super Cinema, Stockport, Cheshire by Brock Carmichael Architects
• Cockermouth Shopfront Heritage Grant Scheme, Allerdale, Cumbria by Red Raven Design, Green Design Group & Day Cummings
• Crewe YMCA, Crewe by Terence O’Rourke Ltd.
• Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Wales by BFLS
• University of Wales, Newport, Newport, Wales by BDP
• Priory Church in Wales Primary School, Powys, Wales, Petersen Williams
• The Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres Transformation, Stratford-on-Avon by Bennetts Associates Architects
• Zero Carbon House, Birmingham by John Christophers
• Wem Town Hall, Shropshire by Baart Harries Newall
• Corby Cube, Corby, Northamptonshire by Hawkins\Brown
• Westfield Folk House, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire by Lewis & Hickey Architects
• Arc and The Apex, Bury St Edmunds by Hopkins Architects Partnership LLP
• Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge, Cambridge by Stanton Williams
• H10 London Waterloo, Southwark by Maccreanor Lavington
• Hackney Marshes Centre, Hackney by Stanton Williams
• Michael Faraday Community School, Southwark by Archial
• Prince’s Gardens: Imperial College, London Halls of Residence, Kensington & Chelsea by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (International) PA
• Pudding Mill Lane Pumping Station, Newham by John Lyall Architects
• The Granary, Barking & Dagenham by Pollard Thomas Edwards architects
• Chelsea Academy, Kensington & Chelsea by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
• Crown Woods College, Greenwich by Nicholas Hare Architects LLP
• New Horizon Youth Centre, Camden by Adam Khan Architects
• Sammy Ofer Wing, Greenwich by C. F. Moller Architects
• South London Gallery, Southwark by 6a Architects
• UNISON HQ, Camden by Squire and Partners
• Kendrew Quadrangle, Oxford by MJP Architects
• The Longest Bench, Littlehampton, Arun by Studio Weave
• University of Winchester’s Performing Arts Faculty Studios, Winchester by Design Engine Architects Ltd.
• Gosport Railway Station, Hampshire by Re-Format
• Splash Point, Worthing by craft:pegg
• Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent by David Chipperfield Architects
• Warrior Square Gardens, Southend-on-Sea by Gillespies
• Watts Gallery, Guildford by ZMMA
• Forest Park Special School, Southampton by Hampshire County Council Property Services
• The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath by Eric Parry Architects
• Maggie’s Centre, Cheltenham by MJP Architects
• The Triangle, Swindon by Glenn Howells Architects
• Horsley Church 3 in 1, Gloucestershire by Millar+Howard Workshop
• Lyric Theatre Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland by O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects
• Wexford County Council Headquarters, Co.Wexford, Republic of Ireland by Robin Lee Architecture in association with Arthur Gibney & Partners
Main Image: National Museum of Scotland © Andrew Lee