Forgotten Spaces Sheffield winners announced

The winners of the Forgotten Spaces Sheffield were announced on 26 September at a ceremony at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Attendees were invited to view the exhibition of shortlisted schemes, including models of the designs, before the awards were announced.

 

The first prize of £5000 was awarded to Chris Paterson for "Guiding Lights," a scheme that uses innovative smartphone technology to magically light up a dark footpath in Sheffield.

 Second prize of £2000 went to "Wicker Spice" by Oliver Peach.

 Third prize of £1000 went to Food for Thought by Doma Architects.

Judges also commended the following projects:

• Life is a beach by Ark D M Team
• Pigs, Bees & Bells by David Britch, Eamonn Canniffe, Stephen Martlew
• Is the River Really Beautiful...? by John Harrison, Chantelle Stewart
• The Coo-op by Evans Vettori Architects
• Cuthbert Bank / Walkley Flying Club by Simon Gedye, Keith Hayman

The exhibition of all the shortlisted entries, including models of the designs, was on at The Crucible Theatre until Saturday 8 October. We have recently heard the exciting news that the exhibition is to be redisplayed at Parkhill, Sheffield in the coming weeks! 
All photographs were taken by the Sheffield Hallam University press office

RIBA Yorkshire Annual General Meeting

On 14 September RIBA Yorkshire held their annual general meeting at the 2011 RIBA award winning Sandal Magna Community Primary school. Before the meeting, the building's architect Sarah Wigglesworth led a detailed tour of the building, explaining the ideas behind the inspiring building.

At the AGM, we said a fond fairwell to the Chair of the Yorkshire Region Geoff Ward. We will be sad to see him go. John Orrell, director of DLA Architecture will take over as the new Chair. His welcome speak was very inspiring and we look forward to working closely with him..