{"id":41283,"date":"2024-10-22T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41283"},"modified":"2024-10-22T17:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T16:00:10","slug":"riba-announces-shortlist-for-reinvention-award-2024-includes-park-hill-phase-2-shrewsbury-flaxmill-maltings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41283","title":{"rendered":"RIBA announces shortlist for Reinvention Award 2024\u2026 includes Park Hill Phase 2 &amp; Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Shrewsbury_Flaxmill_historic_photo_Shropshire_Archives_Context_159.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Shrewsbury_Flaxmill_historic_photo_Shropshire_Archives_Context_159.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34344\" style=\"width:412px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<h6><em>image for illustration: IHBC Context<\/em><\/h6>\n\n<h3>RIBA announces shortlist for \u2018Reinvention Award 2024: Transformative Designs\u2019 showcases the potential of retrofitting.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 recognises achievement in the creative reuse of buildings to improve their environmental, social, or economic sustainability\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>RIBA writes:<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) on 19 September announced the shortlist for the Reinvention Award 2024.\u00a0 The annual award recognises achievement in the creative reuse of buildings to improve their environmental, social, or economic sustainability. It aims to shine a light on \u2018retrofitting\u2019, increasing the longevity and energy efficiency of existing buildings, and reducing the need for demolition and new construction.\u00a0 This year\u2019s shortlist acknowledges four projects that revitalise the areas and communities around them, each improving the places we live and work while creating a new, ambitious standard in how we approach reuse in architecture.<\/p>\n<p>The shortlisted projects are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Croft 3 (RIAS) by fardaa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A ruined rural croft on the Isle of Mull has been modestly yet expertly converted, expanding a busy local restaurant and providing a valuable community space, while meeting the stringent regulations of a National Scenic Area.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Park Hill Phase 2 by Mikhail Riches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The second phase of an ongoing regeneration of Europe\u2019s largest listed structure which sits on a prominent hillside overlooking Sheffield City Centre. Internal spaces are modernised through open plan designs and the addition of balconies, while thermal imaging has allowed sustainability experts to\u00a0 improve energy efficiency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A full refurbishment of a hugely important historic structure has turned the world\u2019s first iron-frame building, nicknamed the \u2018grandparent of skyscrapers\u2019 into a new leisure destination with a visitor centre and cafe that embraces its industrial heritage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Parcels Building by Grafton Architects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An outdated and unsuitable 1957 office and retail building has been transformed into a vibrant, sustainable centre for modern workspace and retail. The new fa\u00e7ade brings depth and rhythm whilst cleverly negotiating the contrasting scale and character of Oxford Street and Duke Street.<\/p>\n<p>Jury Chair and Director of Dow Jones, Biba Dow, said: \u2018Each of the shortlisted projects presents an exceptional approach to adapting an existing building. Our shortlist of four is diverse, with a commercial office building in central London, a Grade I-listed mill in Shropshire that is the earliest iron-framed building in the world, the redevelopment of Park Hill (Phase 2) housing in Sheffield which is Europe\u2019s largest listed structure, and a restaurant in a small ruined byre on the Isle of Mull.\u00a0 Collectively and separately, these projects show us how, with architectural imagination and care, buildings can be adapted to respond to new uses with re-imagined spaces and honed architectural character.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>RIBA President, Muyiwa Oki, said: \u2018The importance of retrofitting and adaptive re-use cannot be overstated. Not least because most buildings that we will inhabit in the future have already been built. As architects, we are faced with the task of creatively responding to this issue, while balancing the needs of the local community and environment. The four shortlisted projects for this year\u2019s Reinvention Award are all inspiring examples of how this can be achieved, with each carefully considering the context of their area, community and environmental needs. Diverse in their approach to reuse, these projects now set a benchmark for future retrofit endeavours.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Reinvention Award 2024 jury comprised: Director of Dow Jones, Biba Dow (Chair); Partner at van Heyningen and Haward Architects, James McCosh; and Architectural and Urban Historian at the University of Warwick, Otto Saumarez Smith.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecture.com\/knowledge-and-resources\/knowledge-landing-page\/riba-announces-shortlist-for-reinvention-award-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: IHBC Context RIBA announces shortlist for \u2018Reinvention Award 2024: Transformative Designs\u2019 showcases the potential of retrofitting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6,18,30,29],"class_list":["post-41283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-environment","tag-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41284,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41283\/revisions\/41284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}