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Marianne North Eagle House, The Royal College of National Theatre Gallery, London SW4 Pathologists, Studio, Royal Botanic Gardens, London SW1 London SE1 The brief was to alter and Kew, Surrey re-adapt this listed Remodelling of the Redevelopment of Major repairs to, and refurbishment of, Grade II building, which had been used as lower ground floor areas of this Grade I Grade II listed theatre aiming to retain the Victorian art gallery built specifically to house ‘Mission Rooms’ from 1895 until about 1979, listed building in Carlton House Terrace as robust practicality of the original design the artist Marianne North’s botanical paintings. to create a family home. an education centre for the College. while opening the building to new users.

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Hall Place and The Monument, Upper Lodge Water Void Practice Rooms, Gardens Restoration, London EC3 Gardens, Royal Academy of Bexley, Kent , Hampton, Music, NW1 This project involved Middlesex Conservation and repair refurbishment and A new building designed to of a historic building and preservation of the conservation works to the 65 metre Restoration of the Upper Lodge Water enhance the listed buildings situated around house as a major historic asset involving freestanding column of solid stone walls Gardens at Bushy Park, which had fallen it and which has revived the original town- conservation of the fabric of the house and with slit window openings and, inside, a into disrepair, including de-silting and scape objectives set out by John Nash in what removal of inappropriate features. continuous spiral staircase of 311 steps. restoring the central cascade. is now the Regents Park Conservation Area.

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Wandsworth Town Woodbridge Street, Whitechapel Gallery, Valentines Mansion Library, London EC1 Whitechapel High Street, and Gardens, London SW18 London E1 , Essex This brick warehouse in Conversion of Clerkenwell has been The conservation and The conservation of Wandsworth Town Library, with changes refurbished to reveal the original spatial and expansion of Whitechapel Gallery by joining Valentines Park and Mansion, including the made to the ground and first floors, as well as material qualities of the building and provide the gallery and adjoining library as a single insertion of lifts, upgrading of fire safety a courtyard extension. 325m2 of modern studio space. building, conserving the main gallery spaces features and typical building conservation and unique features. works.

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The Garden Museum, The Hampstead London SE1 Synagogue, The Hampstead Synagogue West End Lane, Creation of new gallery London NW6 West End Lane, London NW6 area inside Grade II listed buildings to provide Restoration of the only Grade II* listed Designed and built in the early 1890’s, this building was of paramount additional space for exhibits and events. synagogue of its era. importance to the largest Jewish community in London at that time and is the Project entered by: Project entered by: only synagogue of its era to be listed Grade II*. On high Holy days the Dow Jones Architects LLP Stephen Levrant: Heritage Architecture Synagogue still attracts a congregation of nearly a thousand people.

The local community battled for many years to try to halt and reverse the St Botolph’s Hall, The Royal Institution ravages of time and maintenance-related of Great Britain, London E1 deterioration. Finally, through the sale of London W1 The creative re-use of an adjoining but underused site, sufficient this existing Victorian The regeneration, funding became available to allow for a hall and its incorporation in an overall restoration and repair of the Royal Institution comprehensive restoration and scheme was central to the successful which successfully reinstated all heritage reconditioning of the Synagogue itself. development of this site which formed the rooms, making these fully accessible to the last piece of the redevelopment of public and leading to a 40% increase in Following a comprehensive condition Spitalfields Market. accessible public space. survey and considerable research, priority was given to restoring the exterior of the building to achieve weather-tightness and Project entered by: Project entered by: Matthew Lloyd Architects LLP Farrells to allow the structure to recover from previous water ingress. Only then was work to the interior considered.

The building process was complex, and relied upon the use of specialised, traditional skills to ensure compliance with listed building requirements. The sympathetic restoration works, and modernisation of the services have transformed this historic building, ensuring for the foreseeable future its continued survival in its original use.

As one moves from the entrance lobby to the main body of the Synagogue, “ the wonderful effect of daylight pouring through the newly-cleaned stained glass windows is a joy to behold. Hugh Kemsley, OBE, MA, FRICS” | London Region Judge

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Building Conservation winner The Monument

London EC3 Constructed in 1671-77 to commemorate the Great Fire in 1666, and to celebrate the rebuilding of London, the Monument was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Dr. Robert Hooke.

In form it is a 65 metre high, freestanding column of solid stone walls, with slit window openings and a continuous spiral staircase inside consisting of 311 steps, leading to an external viewing gallery, and capped by a ‘fiery orb’. The Monument is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building, owned and managed by the City of London Corporation.

In repairing the fabric of this famous, historic structure, the design team employed important principles which guided their work – the use of appropriate and matching materials and techniques wherever possible (or the nearest modern equivalent), the retention of as much of the original fabric as possible, the reduction of the rate of decay and the use of long-life materials especially at high level, the use of a low-impact stone cleaning system, the retention of later alterations and repairs where of historic relevance, and the removal or replacement of inappropriate additions and services.

The result is to bring back the Monument to its former beauty, without ‘over-restoring’ and allowing continued access for the public to the viewing gallery, Seven years of research enabled the design team to understand the Monument and to find the which pays for its “ most suitable solutions to the various problems which required to be rectified. maintenance and upkeep. Ross Sinclair, B.Sc., MRICS, Dip.Build.Cons. | London Region Judge ” www.rics.org/awards 7 RICS London Awards 2010

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