RSUA DESIGN AWARDS 2024
awards for conservation projects. The first was the refurbishment of the long-abandoned St Comgall’s School in West Belfast into a multi- use community hub. This also earned the Falls Community Council an award for Client of the Year. The practice’s second winner was a £100m project delivered in partnership with JCA Architects, resurrecting Primark’s Bank Buildings from the ashes following a devastating fire in 2018. This project picked up the Conservation Award. Architect Patrick Bradley secured the Sustainability Award and Small Project Award with his shipping container home, Barney’s Ruins, which he built floating above the ruins of his family’s 200-year-old farmstead near Maghera. Ciarán Fox, RSUA Director, said, “Belfast, as with many city centres, is facing multiple challenges with depopulation, working from home,
online shopping and limited public investment. “It is bold projects like the new Ulster University campus and the rebuilding of Bank Buildings by Primark that help bring life and energy to the city centre, one, an exceptional example of the conservation of our built heritage, and the other an embodiment of the city’s future aspirations. “The quality of the architecture in a city has a direct bearing on its success. I hope these two projects can act as an encouragement to our political, business and civic leaders to work even harder to create the conditions that allow architecture to flourish in Belfast and across Northern Ireland.” The six winning projects are now in the running for a RIBA national award, celebrating the best of architecture across the whole of the UK. T: +44 (0)28 9032 3760 E: info@rsua.org.uk www.rsua.org.uk
House of the Year Award and Project Architect of the Year (Alice Nickell): House on Redbrae Farm - McGonigle McGrath. (photo credit: Aidan McGrath)
Small Project Award and Sustainability Award: Barney’s Ruins - Patrick Bradley Architect. (photo credit: Joe Laverty Photography)
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