Calverley’s historic Old Hall has won a Special Sustainability Award at a ceremony recognising the cream of Leeds’ architecture.
The multi-million pound renovation work on the historic building has been shortlisted in the ‘adapted buildings and conservation’ section at the Leeds Architecture Awards.
The Old Hall, on Woodhall Road, was re-opened last year after a £5 million renovation programme, which included £1.7m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
It is owned by the Landmark Trust and Calverley Old Hall was its biggest project, which took the building from a near derelict state to quality accommodation for up to ten people. It also provided a community space and garden for the village.
Commenting on the evening Martin Hamilton, Director of Leeds Civic Trust said: “We have seen some worthy winners in a very strong year for architecture in the city.
“Every resident in our city experiences the built environment either as users or as bystanders. Buildings and places need to perform visually and functionally and the winners this evening certainly fitted the bill in that regard.”
Luke Sach, President of Leeds Society of Architects, added: “At the relaunch of the Leeds Architecture Awards in 2023 we called it an exciting time for Leeds and that sense of momentum has only grown stronger.
“The city is brimming with creativity and ambition. It’s inspiring to see how the region’s
architecture is helping to define Leeds’s next chapter, while breathing new life into
some of the city’s most important landmarks for generations to come.”
Also nominated in the new buildings with a construction value of less than £10 million’ category was Citu’s Stall development, a community of 50 zero carbon properties on forgotten brownfield land off Wyther Lane, Kirkstall.
Winners at the awards ceremony, held at the Howard Assembly Rooms, included:
- The Hyde Park Picture House, in a scheme by architects Page\Park won the “Adapted buildings and conservation” category but also won the project of the year award. The judges praised the “inspiring spaces” created in this refurbishment and extension.
- The student tower block “SCAPE” by SimpsonHaugh was overall winner in the “Buildings above £10 million in construction value” described by the judges as a “signature building for the centre of Leeds
- The Carr Manor Community Hub by Stack architects which utilised containers won the “Buildings below £10 million in construction value” category was described by the judges as “a great asset for the school and the community”
- Two prizes were awarded in the public realm, landscape and public art category:
- Plan-IT won the prize for their landscaping scheme on Meadow Lane with Shonibare’s Hibiscus Rising sculpture as the centerpiece. The judges considered that they had produced a “very successful space”
- Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher, who developed the residential scheme which sits alongside the new linear park on the old Monkbridge Viaduct (known as “The Junction”) was also a winner creating a new residential location which the judges felt was a “gamechanger” for the city.
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