City of Westminster College Paddington Green Campus is among the winners of the inaugural New London Awards.
The awards, which are presented by NLA (New London Architecture), celebrate the capital’s best schemes and the new College Campus was honoured under the Learning category at a ceremony held at the Guildhall last week.
This is the second major architecture award for Paddington Green Campus. The Royal Institute of British Architects announced in May that the Campus was among the 2011 RIBA Award winners for London.
The New London Awards received 316 entries from across London, and a total of 23 prizes were awarded in 12 categories. Other winning schemes include the London 2012 Olympic Velodrome and Barking Central regeneration scheme.
The distinguished jury included The Financial Times Architecture & Design Critic Edwin Heathcote, New York City Department of Design and Construction Commissioner David J. Burney and Edinburgh City Council City Design Leader Riccardo Marini. The jury was supported by a panel of expert assessors, including Conran & Partners Director Nigel Lea, DPP Head of Heritage & Design Emma Adams and The Olympic Delivery Authority Principal Design Advisor Kay Hughes.
NLA Chairman and chair of the awards jury Peter Murray, said: "We have sought to reward not only excellence in design but also to recognise architecture that complements the surrounding city. The New London Awards are about buildings that sit comfortably with their neighbours and adjacent spaces and the strength of the winners is remarkable.”
The £102m Paddington Green Campus was designed by schmidt hammer lassen architects and opened in January 2011. Overlooking the Conservation Area of Paddington Green and St Mary’s Gardens, the Campus features superb facilities including specialist workshops and laboratories, dedicated meeting and IT spaces, a Sport England- specification sports hall, dance studio and gym/fitness suite and the professional quality Sarah Siddons Theatre.
Photo: Jessica Mentz and Morten Schmidt of schmidt hammer lassen collect the award for Paddington Green Campus from NLA Awards judge and assessor Eddie Heathcote.
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City of Westminster College
City of Westminster College is a leading London further education college with three centres in central London – Paddington Green Campus, Queens Park Campus and the Cockpit Theatre – and a range of outreach centres. The College offers over 250 vocational and academic courses to over 7,000 students each year. Specialisms include Sport, Digital Media, Engineering, Music Technology and Science.
City of Westminster College is an associate of Middlesex University and University of Westminster. It is also a Founder College of the National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills and a member of Westminster Skillset Media Academy with the University of Westminster.
City of Westminster College’s £102m Paddington Green Campus opened in January 2011 and is a flagship building for the Further Education sector. It features outstanding facilities, including a Sports Hall built to Sport England specifications, a gym/fitness suite, dance studio and the Sarah Siddons Theatre.
It was designed by schmidt hammer lassen, one of Scandinavia’s most recognised architectural practices. Other shl projects in the UK include The Learning Zone – Library and Learning Centre in Sheffield and University of Aberdeen New Library in Scotland, both to be completed in 2011.
Other lead members of the team that created Paddington Green Campus include contractor McLaren Construction Group, structural engineer Buro Happold, project manager Knight Frank, QS and EA Stace, and planning consultant DTZ.