Workplace of the Year (up to 20,000 m~2)

摘要

Albert Works builds on Sheffield's industrial heritage with a project the judges praised as 'a delight: very engaging, clever and thoughtful'.The scheme involved the conversion of four disused red-brick warehouses, with the integration of a new central, open plan infill to create about 1,600m~2 of flexible workspace for brand and marketing agency Jaywing. It efficiently connects teams of accountants, data analysts and magagement within a single studio environment- and there's an allowance for future flexibility and expansion.The original character of the existing buildings has been carefully restored using traditional trades and materials, and the new exposed steel infill frame creates three bays that are pulled away from the existing buildings to create an integrated perimeter walkway and service zone. Externally, the new build elements are expressed with the use of bronze-finished aluminium cladding. 'The project is simply detailed at low cost without resorting to poor details,' said the judges.