Design of the Year Warwick Hall Community Centre by Acanthus Clews Architects

摘要

This project in Burford, Oxfordshire, epitomises the benefits of great design in many ways. It shows how quality architecture comes from a good architect working with an engaged client and from an intelligent, informed brief. It demonstrates that thoughtful, contemporary buildings can not only fit into, but enhance an historic environment and contribute to a local community.What distinguishes this scheme in particular is its quiet complexity. Acanthus Clews has dealt deftly and intelligently with the historic site, fitting in with, but also cleverly reworking it. It has renovated the existing 500-year-old Grade ll*-listed parish hall attached to medieval alms houses, while boldly inserting a new entrance into a Grade Misted churchyard, linking this to a new community hall, cafe and series of flexible meeting rooms and facilities.