In designing its own architectural studio, TiggColl’s intention from the outset was to work with the existing fabric, restore and enhance and take advantage of the original building’s dense urban setting and local community history.

Originally a Victorian mission church, the fabric’s history, original footprint, and features (such as the Victorian trusses, lancet windows, bricks, sarking boards and roof structure) were put on display. This was reinforced by exposing all the structure and services and covering materials such as plasterboard and skirting were minimised.

This all gave the project a coherent palette with a selective material use limiting excess application and developing a design aesthetic that can be applied to other spaces of a similar typology.

The judges said: ‘A sensitive, playful and ingenious refurbishment for a growing studio.’

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FINALISTS & JUDGES’ COMMENTS

  • Velonetic, The Lloyds Building by Basha – Franklin – ‘Unique identity enhancing basebuild’
  • WPP Atlanta Campus by BDG architecture + design – ‘Stylish materials and colour palette with great contrasts used to define spaces and change atmospheres’
  • Storey at 201 Bishopsgate by dMFK Architects – ‘Accessible layout with clever use of timber and textures to soften the space’
  • Buro Happold London by Gensler – ‘A welcome, airy, extremely flexible and highly environmentally conscious space, allowing display space for research’
  • Stride.VC by HOP – ‘Well executed, beautifully detailed, cohesive design’
  • Amsterdam living lab by M Moser Associates – ‘A beautiful, light-touch project, which preserves the charm of the heritage concert hall’
  • 743 Art Lab by Nong Studio – ‘A stunningly crafted project making great use of limited space. The room-within-a-room concept is strong and the use of the tree trunk, which is sprouting new buds is poetic and rather miraculous’
  • Greylock by Rapt Studio – ‘A beautifully staged setting where experimentation, work and display become one in the gallery/workspace’
  • Iris Capital by Siren Design Group – ‘Materiality and space shaping are used to great effect’
  • Convene Sancroft, St Paul’s by Woods Bagot – ‘Flexible narrative driven design with an interesting mix of open and enclosed spaces’