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Taking home the Education Estates ‘Architect of the Year’ Award 2022
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The Education Estates awards ceremony is the annual gathering of the education community, in partnership with the Department for Education.
Passionate about creating sustainable learning environments that are inspiring and inclusive to all, we are delighted to have taken home the ‘Architect of the Year’ award at this year’s Education Estates Awards.
Our education portfolio has been built over years of delivering excellence and lessons learned across our multi-sector experience inform our award-winning designs. Read on to learn more about some of our key education projects.
![AHR-University-Healthandwellbeing-Architecture-Exterior2-Huddersfield](https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/University-of-Huddersfields-Health-and-Wellbeing-Academy/2.jpg?w=800&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684016022&s=2774ad3aadc3c2fcfe9b2179f170a0a8 800w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/University-of-Huddersfields-Health-and-Wellbeing-Academy/2.jpg?w=1100&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684016022&s=40ad8c67f261792d6c94b034bd783f31 1100w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/University-of-Huddersfields-Health-and-Wellbeing-Academy/2.jpg?w=1300&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684016022&s=07b1880b41b21d8a48d49314b0a2d775 1300w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/University-of-Huddersfields-Health-and-Wellbeing-Academy/2.jpg?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684016022&s=eb544937905986313f9e7e2efcbd424d 1600w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/University-of-Huddersfields-Health-and-Wellbeing-Academy/2.jpg?w=1920&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684016022&s=4071a14f4eef96d4ed30f8aaaa662e5c 1920w)
We believe in connecting nature and the built environment to positively impact people’s wellbeing, notably within educational settings where we can contribute to the health and happiness of future generations.
The University of Huddersfield’s Daphne Steele Building, which is also the first university building designed to WELL Platinum, is inspired by biophilic principles to improve people’s health, wellbeing and comfort whilst using the space.
![AHR-College-Grangegorman-Campus-East-Quad-Building-Architecture-Interior10-Dublin](https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Grangegorman-Campus-East-Quad-Building/SM_1210_0103_edit.jpg?w=800&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015631&s=36d145ed068c781169fad4174b56e22a 800w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Grangegorman-Campus-East-Quad-Building/SM_1210_0103_edit.jpg?w=1100&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015631&s=d56dbf72595538764d2068c3b7cce392 1100w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Grangegorman-Campus-East-Quad-Building/SM_1210_0103_edit.jpg?w=1300&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015631&s=a28d66c682ae0d40007b3c2e087a891f 1300w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Grangegorman-Campus-East-Quad-Building/SM_1210_0103_edit.jpg?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015631&s=42618add9778686a570bdca9937549ff 1600w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Grangegorman-Campus-East-Quad-Building/SM_1210_0103_edit.jpg?w=1920&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015631&s=70bce962710dab5712f942db1005592a 1920w)
Our design responses are intelligent, appropriate and innovative, and the East Quad Building for TU Dublin is no exception. Now occupied, the building was first seen by staff and students using virtual reality, which enabled us to develop the space based on their feedback and interaction.
“The innovative approach to design considers the relationship between formal and informal learning with three atrium spaces linking the faculties inside the building. Great care was also taken to integrate the building into a wider masterplan for Grangegorman which brings the whole institute together onto a single campus.”
Paul Horan
Head of Campus Planning, TU DublinThe RIBA South West Winner School of Engineering at the University of the West of England was delivered on a live site and to an ambitious timescale. It opened to students exactly three years after design work began and provides an inspiring and collaborative working space.
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Our new School of Engineering building at UWE Bristol has been designed with a novel, practise based, pedagogy at the heart. It was designed in parallel with our new engineering curriculum to facilitate a different style of teaching and learning. Both our new curriculum and the building are inclusive by design; designed to train, develop and deliver a diverse cohort of future engineers.”
Dr Lisa Brodie
Head of School - Engineering Design & Mathematics, University of the West of EnglandThroughout our education projects, we are committed to promoting sustainability, with expertise across several recognised design standards including, BREEAM, WELL and Passivhaus. Designed to be the UK’s largest Passivhaus education building, the Replacement Woodmill and St Columba’s High Schools in Scotland will become a benchmark for using this standard within an education setting.
![AHR-School-WoodmillStColumbas-Architecture-Exterior2-Glasgow](https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Replacement-Woodmill-and-St-Columbas-High-Schools/c7.jpg?w=800&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015873&s=2455937724b121e947414ab6f9c91192 800w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Replacement-Woodmill-and-St-Columbas-High-Schools/c7.jpg?w=1100&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015873&s=91922340d5911301050697838ff6728a 1100w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Replacement-Woodmill-and-St-Columbas-High-Schools/c7.jpg?w=1300&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015873&s=6c2fdf7d7ff42f6b45d6f2dbcecf71ac 1300w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Replacement-Woodmill-and-St-Columbas-High-Schools/c7.jpg?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015873&s=aa6507c6895041eb1aa08869f60098f6 1600w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Replacement-Woodmill-and-St-Columbas-High-Schools/c7.jpg?w=1920&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015873&s=cfd1fb2a9c3c8a67af769e60bf123570 1920w)
With decades of experience shaping schools, colleges and universities, to provide inspiring, inclusive and sustainable places to learn.
We have a brilliant collection of people who form our education team, all passionate about delivering spaces that by design, raise motivation, aspiration and attainment, inspiring future generations to come. Visit our people page to get to know the people and minds behind our work. We look forward to seeing which of our projects are celebrated at next year’s event.
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