A UNIVERSITY of Winchester building has won a prestigious award.
The St Alphege Learning and Teaching Building is one of the regional winners in the 2013 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Awards.
It was designed by Design Engine Architects and completed in September 2012, although it was officially opened by Prince Edward in January 2013.
The judges’ report said: “The University has pursued its master plan with commitment and vigour in commissioning this new teaching building which straddles an east-west route to and from the new teaching spaces. In doing so it gives new life to a tired old block that now forms the north side of the building.
“By building over the roof of the old block, the new building connects laterally at high level via two bridges to a higher terrace on the north side. It also creates a wall to the distant views into the site across open landscape from the south.”
Other winners of the RIBA South Award include Spitbank Fort in Southsea and Ryde School on the Isle of Wight.
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