pRopeRty RIBA announces 2012 award winners


National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and the Olympic Stadium in London are among this year’s winners of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Awards. Winners range from a house


Te Brannigans venue in Blackpool is to be sold


First phase of Birmingham project receives approval


Birmingham City Council has approved the first phase of the new £150m Beorma Quarter – a mixed-use scheme in Digbeth dominated by a 27-storey building. Work is due to start on phase one in


September and will include a new 60,000sq ſt (5,574sq m) hotel and the revamp of a Grade II-listed cold storage building. Kuwait-based Salhia is funding the proj-


ect, having signed a deal with HSBC earlier this year for the first phase. Te bank is contributing more than £10m. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=M7f3a


Chesterfield’s Northern Gateway set for revamp


A cinema and a hotel are among plans for Chesterfield’s £50m Northern Gateway, which have been put on show by the coun- cil and Wilson Bowden Developments. Te area surrounding the Donut round-


about will be transformed under the proposals, with an outdoor performance area and restaurants also to be created. Chesterfield Borough Council leader


John Burrows said: “It is going to be one of the biggest developments we’ve had in Chesterfield for many years.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=H0x8H


CWCC clarifies position over Chester sports project


Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWCC) chief executive Steve Robinson has clarified the council’s position over the new Redgrave Sports Science Institute. Some councillors raised concerns from


residents that CWCC had supported a bid to develop the facility as part of a student village between Mollington and Blacon. Robinson said: “Suggestions that this


authority or any of its officers have indi- cated support for a site-specific suggestion are totally unfounded.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=Q1B4M


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built in the shape of a sand dune in Suffolk to the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, and from a demountable opera pavilion in High Wycombe to the radical transformation of a Spanish bull-fighting arena in Barcelona. A dominant theme among


this year’s winners was the inclusion of a number of major public arts buildings – 10 of which have made the grade. Many are the result of pre- recession lottery funding and include Bath’s Holburne Museum (Eric Parry Architects);


London’s Olympic Stadium is among the winners of a 2012 RIBA Award


the Hepworth Wakefield (David Chipperfield Architects); and the Turner Contemporary at Margate (David Chipperfield Architects). Read more: http://lei.sr?a=i2l9j


Green light for Nine Elms projects


Wandsworth Council has approved plans for two devel- opment projects in London’s Nine Elms regeneration area – One Nine Elms and New Covent Garden Market. Both schemes were given


the go ahead by members of the local authority’s planning committee and will comple- ment a range of other projects proposed for the area. While New Covent Garden


Market’s existing facilities will be upgraded, a mixed-use ele- ment is being planned for land no longer required for market operation. Cafés, bars and a 200-bedroom hotel will be


A linear park is set to run through the New Covent Garden Market site


developed, while rooſtop sports pitches and a gym are also included in the plans drawn up by Covent Garden Market Authority. One Nine Elms will lead to the replacement of a 1970s tower block with two new towers


housing a hotel and a public viewing level at the top of the tallest (58-storey) tower. Facilities on the ground floor will be located


around a public square lined with shops, cafés, bars and restaurants. Around 50 per cent of the entire site will be public realm. Details: http://lei.sr?a=A7o6h


Work starts on new Trowbridge leisure development


Bristol-based Leadbitter Group has com- menced construction work on the new multi-million pound St Stephens Place Leisure Park development in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Te scheme was given the green light by Wiltshire Council earlier this year and is to


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital


include a seven-screen cinema run by Odeon and an 80-bedroom Premier Inn hotel. Restaurants, cafés and bars are also planned


as part of the project, which will transform a “long-neglected” part of the town centre. Details: http://lei.sr?a=F3e9j


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