City Hall wins Best of the Best at the BCO Awards
City Hall has been named both 'Best Corporate Workplace' and 'Best of the Best' at the British Council for Offices (BCO) Awards. The awards celebrate excellence in the design of offices, recognising design quality, functionality and innovation.
The project combines a new civic workplace for Sunderland City Council with private tenants and municipal services, in a truly democratic ‘hall for the city’. Throughout the workspaces, our design for City Hall provides rich collaborative settings to encourage agile working and improved services for the community.
The building was praised by judges who described how 'while embracing its famous city heritage, a bighearted welcome is woven into the fabric of this striking new site.'
City Hall is one of the first projects to be delivered in the Riverside Sunderland masterplan and will be a catalyst for change as Sunderland seeks to create a more diverse and sustainable city centre.
As well as winning the corporate workplace category, City Hall was chosen from all of the national winners as the 'Best of the Best', an award which is a true testament to the project team and the vision of Sunderland City Council.
Councillor Graeme Miller, leader of Sunderland City Council, said 'City Hall is an exceptional building – a statement of the level of ambition we have for the whole Riverside Sunderland development. We now know it’s the best in the country – the highest accolade.
'This is a building that is designed with our people at its heart. It enables our residents to access exceptional services and support, delivered from a building that is befitting of the city Sunderland is becoming – an ambitious, leading-edge place that puts people and communities first.'