City Hall wins an AT Schüco Excellence Award
City Hall has won a Schüco Excellence Award, recognising excellence in façade design.
The project featured in the Specialist Contractor category and was selected by the judging panel for its 'complex façade, expertly integrating curtain walling, aluminium fins and stone cladding to create a satisfying and convincing piece of civic architecture.'
City Hall combines a new home for Sunderland City Council with private offices in a new building at the heart of a £500m masterplan to regenerate the city. At ground level, our design uses reconstituted stone-clad columns with double-height glazing to create a welcoming building, connected to the surrounding public realm. Above is a rhythmic façade of aluminium profiles and floor-to-ceiling glazing, maximising daylight while controlling solar gain.
The win was featured in a special edition of Architecture Today - read more here.