27.08.2021

RIBA National & South West Award Winner

The re-purposing of the former factory for Herman Miller to the new Schools of Art and Design for Bath Spa University has won in the RIBA National & South West Awards .

Working with Grimshaw Architects a light touch to the existing structural frame with the raising of the roof with steel vierendeels combined with new freestanding structures for a glazed roof top pavilion, teaching mezzanines, plant and workshop space has provided an exceptional teaching facility for the school of Art.

A true repurposing of an industrial building, upgraded to meet 21st century environmental standards the Judges’ noted: ‘This is an immensely complex project involving multiple stakeholders carried out with assurance and aplomb’.

Full details can be found on the link below.

103 completed riverside elevation
103 completed studio space
103 completed workshops
103 construction common space
103 original internal view
103 construction new and existing structure