Alder Hey Hospital has been named North West Building of the Year by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
The state-of-the-art new children’s hospital beat off competition from government-funded HOME, Manchester to win the highly-coveted award in last night’s ceremony at The Bluecoat.
In a major boost to the region, Littlewoods Bunker in Liverpool by shedkm and Wirral Metropolitan College at Wirral Waters, by Glenn Howells Architects also scooped awards at the prestigious event.
Speaking at the awards event, North West regional jury chair, Mushtaq Saleri, said: “The 2016 North West Awards are testament to the strength of architecture in the region today. With a record number of entries the shortlisting process was difficult, the judging even more so.
“The judges were impressed by the dedication and commitment of the architects we met along the way, matched by clients who were clearly thrilled to have been involved in the special projects recognised by the visits. The vastly differing functions, scale, complexity and budgets make comparisons between the winning schemes impossible.”
The full list of winners was as follows:
- Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool by BDP
- HOME Manchester by Mecanoo Library
- Walk Link Building Manchester by SimpsonHaugh and Partners Littlewoods Bunker
- Liverpool by shedkm
- Manchester Central Library, Manchester by Ryder Architecture
- Mellor Primary School, Stockport by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
- National Graphene Institute, Manchester by Jestico + Whiles
- Private House 1109, Cheshire by GA Studio Architects
- Private House, Cumbria by Bennetts Associates
- Wirral Metropolitan College, Wirral by Glenn Howells Architects