Best New Building (Projects over £2m construction cost)
In this category there are three winning schemes and three commendations.
Client – University of Cambridge
Main Contractor – SDC Builders
Architect – Grimshaw
Landscape Design – Turkington Martin
Façade Engineer – Montrésor Partnership
Fire Engineer – Hoare Lea
Structural & Civil Engineer – Smith and Wallwork
PM & QS – Aecom
MEP Services / Environmental – Max Fordham
Contractor Delivery Team
Executive Architect – R H Partnership Architects
MEP Services – K J Tait
Structural, Civil & Fire Engineering – Ramboll
Photo © Paul Raftery
Judges’ Comments
“This project has been some years in the making, and during its genesis Cambridge University made the welcome decision to no longer use fossil fuels as a heat source. The building exemplifies what happens when the skills and research expertise of the occupants shape the design and construction of a building. It is built so that it can be expanded or adapted, and although its ambition was to minimize carbon in construction, it is also proving to be exceptionally carbon-efficient to run. We thought it magnificent.”
