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HE excels in 2019 Civic Trust Awards


THIS year’s recently announced Civic Trust Awards ceremony saw university building projects pick up a slew of Awards and Commendations. Cambridge University picked up two


awards – for its Storey’s Field Centre/ Eddington Nursery (architects MUMA) and the Simon Sainsbury Centre at the Judge Business School (Stanton Williams). University College London scooped an


award for its Wilkins Terrace project at the Grade 1 listed Wilkins building in Bloomsbury, where architects Levitt Bernstein transformed a former service yard into a fine piece of public realm. The University of Edinburgh picked up


an award for Page and Park’s remodelling of St.Cecilia’s Concert Hall and in Wales, Grimshaw won an award for Bangor University’s Arts and Innovation Centre. Other HE recipients were St.Peters


College Oxford (design Engine Architects) and the Royal Academy of Music (Ian Ritchie Architects). Julian Robinson Chair of HEDQF


(Higher Education Design Quality Forum) said: “It was a pleasure to see the HE sector recognised for its civic contribution to the built environment.“ The Civic Trust Awards scheme was


established in 1959 to recognise outstanding architecture, planning and design in the built environment. As the longest standing built


environment awards scheme in Europe, since 1959, more than 7,000 projects have


University College London’s Wilkins Terrace in Bloomsbury


Bangor University’s Arts and Innovation Centre


Simon Sainsbury Centre at the Judge Business School


been rewarded and the scheme has continued in its objective to recognise projects that have made a positive contribution to the local communities they serve. The Civic Trust Awards is one of the only remaining independent built


environment awards schemes, not linked to any organisation, institution or publication and operates on a not-for- profit basis. It also provides an opportunity for the general public to participate in nominating and judging schemes from their local area.


Grenfell – 34 blocks still to remove banned cladding


THE Department for Homes and Communities says there are 34 privately- owned student accommodation buildings with aluminium composite material (ACM) that are “unlikely to meet Building Regulations”. In the immediate post-Grenfell


assessment, 62 private student accommodation buildings were identified with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations. Since then 28 (45%) have finished remediation, leaving the 34 other buildings to be remediated. Last November, the Government


amended Building Regulations and banned the use of combustible materials


in the external walls of high-rise residential building The National Union of Students says


the buildings should not be used until they have been repaired and called for a full list of the affected premises to be published. However, the Government is refusing to make public which towers have the ACM cladding. The Office for Students has called for


regular checks of the afffected halls of residence. “We would hope that the local fire authority and the Health and Safety Executive checks these blocks urgently to reassure students of their safety,” said OfS Chief executive, Nicola Dandridge.


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