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JMP Award for English Buildings : RIBA Regional, 2008

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John McAslan + Partners celebrates double win at 2009 Architect of the Year Awards

John McAslan + Partners has picked up the World and Transport Architect of the Year Award at a ceremony held last night, 5 November, at the Intercontinental Hotel, Park Lane, London.

British Embassy, Algiers, Algeria, North Africa:

photograph © Dennis Gilbert

Tony Skipper, Managing Director at John McAslan + Partners, who accepted the awards on behalf of the practice, said, “We are thrilled to have John McAslan + Partners’ work recognized by the AYA and it is wonderful for our teams who have all been working incredibly hard. It has been a tough time for the architectural profession over the past year, so it is also important to congratulate everyone on the shortlist, which displays a fantastically diverse range of quality architecture.”

John McAslan + Partners has been operating internationally for many years. JMP’s most challenging recent pro bono project, set up through the $100m Clinton Hunter Development Initiative in Malawi, supports the Malawi government’s scheme to develop free primary education for all children in well-designed buildings.

The first target was to provide 10 buildings across three sites, with a typical classroom block budgeted to cost a maximum of $20,000. The schools are now set to be rolled out across the country. In many of its projects, John McAslan + Partners – using up to 10% of its pretax profits – has set up linked pro bono schemes, some working in partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative, including a Strategic Development Framework for the School of Genocide Studies in Kigali, Rwanda, as part of the world-renowned Kigali Memorial Centre.

British Embassy in Algiers, building design by JMP:

photo © Dennis Gilbert

JMP is leading the remodelling and transformation of the historic centre of the Stanislavsky family in Moscow for new uses, as well as completing a prominent mixed-use and residential building. The practice has also recently completed the new British Embassy in Algiers, the first embassy building to have been assessed for its sustainability using BREEAM criteria, despite Algeria’s extreme climatic conditions. JMP has also designed 10 new metro stations in Delhi, India.

Of the World Architect of the Year award, the judges said that JMP “stood out in particular for the strong connection that was evident between the architecture, the place and the people. The world in 2009 is a very different place to the world in 2007 and the work submitted by John McAslan’s office exemplified a real commitment to sustainable development at every level.

The accolade for Transport Architect of the Year was given for a portfolio of projects. The practice is currently working on the £450M development of the Grade I listed King’s Cross station in the heart of London, a project that forms the centrepiece of what will be the most significant piece of urban regeneration in Europe.

It has also been chosen to work on the current Crossrail development in London to design the new Crossrail Station at the Bond Street. JMP’s massive and ongoing Oxford Road Corridor masterplan in Manchester, and the recent Oxford Street Transit Study in London, have proposed new surface transport systems that would not only re-cast traffic flows, but give these two vitally important thoroughfares an entirely new and revitalised character. The practice has also designed 10 stations for the Delhi Metro.

The judges commented that they were “impressed by the diversity and consistent high quality of the work from John McAslan & Partners. Bold gateway projects require bold designs – whether they are in conservation areas, such as at King’s Cross, or in the pulsing heart of New Delhi – and that is what McAslan delivered. While journeys are about efficiency and getting from A to B, the judges felt that McAslan also offered the experience of an architectural journey. Finally, the judges applauded the fact that each of the designs was faithful to its social context and celebrated the aspirations of the community it served.”

John McAslan + Partners : news + key projects

Previously:

30 May 2008

JMP Triumph – RIBA Regional Award News

John McAslan + Partners is celebrating after winning three regional RIBA awards. All winning projects go forward to the RIBA National Awards, which will be announced on June.

John Galsworthy Building, Kingston University © Peter Cook

The De La Warr Pavilion won a RIBA Southeast award, for the practice’s restoration and redevelopment of the iconic Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff-designed Grade I-listed building of 1935.

Postgraduate Statistics Centre, Lancaster University © Peter Cook

The practice also triumphed across the board with its education buildings. The Postgraduate Statistics Centre at Lancaster University won a Northwest regional award, and the John Galsworthy Building at Kingston University won a London regional award in the Education category. The SOAS Library Terraces scheme was short-listed for a London award, as was the retail and commercial development at 215-219 Oxford Street, currently home to fashion store Zara.

De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea © Peter Cook

“We are absolutely thrilled to have won three regional RIBA awards, and we’re hoping for further success in the National Awards,” said chairman, John McAslan.

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