City of Westminster College Paddington Green Campus has been shortlisted for the inaugural NLA New London Awards, which recognise the capital’s best building projects.
The Awards are organised by the NLA (New London Architecture), an independent organisation that exists to focus attention on London’s built environment and issues of planning, architecture and construction.
Shortlisted buildings can be completed or on the drawing board and are considered on the basis of design excellence, respect for local context and innovative and efficient use of resources (which comprises construction, maintenance and proposed building lifespan).
The Awards will be judged by an eminent international jury, including Commissioner of New York City’s Department of Design and Construction David J. Burney, Director of Paris’s Pavillon de L’Arsenal Dominique Alba and City Design Leader of Edinburgh City Council Riccardo Marini.
The shortlist has been divided into key sectors of the built environment, including Learning, Staying, Playing, Visiting and Working. Other shortlisted buildings for the first NLA New London Awards include Mint Hotel, Tower of London; London 2012 Olympic Stadium; The Tate Modern Project and Royal Opera House Production Workshop.
All shortlisted buildings will form the basis of a 12-month New London Projects exhibition at the NLA galleries at Store Street in the West End. They will also feature in a special edition of the publication New London Quarterly in the summer. Winners will be announced at the Guildhall, City of London on 12 July. For more about the NLA New London Awards, visit
http://www.newlondonarchitecture.org
City of Westminster College’s Paddington Green Campus was designed by leading Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen and the £102m building opened in January 2011. It features superb facilities, including a Sport England-specification sports hall, dance studio and gym/fitness suite, specialist labs and workshops and the professional quality Sarah Siddons Theatre. In May it was announced by the Royal Institute of British Architects that the Campus is among the winners of the 2011 RIBA Awards.
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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 some 250 vocational and academic courses to over 7,000 students each year. Specialisms include Digital Media, Engineering, Music Technology, Performing Arts, Science and Sport.
- City of Westminster College is an associate of Middlesex University and University of Westminster. It is a Founder College of the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills and a member of Westminster Skillset Media Academy with University of Westminster.
- For more about City of Westminster College, visit www.cwc.ac.uk
Paddington Green Campus
- 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.