Journal

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LDN Architects has won an international contest to reconfigure York’s Grade I-listed St Michael le Belfrey Church... Read More (read more...)

Practice rises above four fellow shortlisted teams to bag St Michael le Belfrey job... Read More (read more...)

The Schueco Excellence Awards for Design and Innovation, in partnership with Architecture Today, were being announced yesterday at a special event at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Our recently completed project, Appleton Tower, for the University of Edinburgh, was on the shortlist so project partner Dermot Patterson and project architect Ross Crichton took a trip south for the occasion. (read more...)

Last night we were in Glasgow for the 2018 RIAS Awards event. Three of our projects were shortlisted: McEwan Hall was shortlisted for the main awards while The Patrick Geddes Centre and Portsoy Sail Loft were shortlisted for the RIAS/HES Conservation and Climate Change Award. (read more...)

LDN attended the RIBA Yorkshire Awards ceremony last night in Leeds to represent our shortlisted project, the Piece Hall and Calderdale Central Library & Archives. We had high hopes that the project, which has transformed and rejuvenated the centre of Halifax, would come away with an award but expectations were exceeded when it was presented with not one but four! (read more...)

At the RICS Yorkshire & Humber Awards ceremony on Friday 11th May, the Piece Hall and Calderdale Central Library & Archives project was awarded the prize for Regeneration. The project was celebrated for restoring the 18th Century Cloth Hall to create "a vibrant new cultural and commercial centre that is attracting significant public and private sector funding and new businesses... (read more...)

LDN Architects were honoured to have four of our recently completed projects shortlisted in this year's RICS Scotland Awards: Portsoy Sail Loft in the Community Benefit and Conservation categories, McEwan Hall and the Patrick Geddes Centre in the Conservation category, and Appleton Tower in the Design Through Innovation category. (read more...)

The RIBA Yorkshire Awards Shortlist was published earlier today and LDN are thrilled that our work on The Piece Hall and Calderdale Central Library & Archives has been recognised by the RIBA. Huge congratulations are in order for Calderdale Council and everyone else we had the pleasure of working with in Halifax. (read more...)

More great news from the world of Awards today, with the announcement that McEwan Hall has been shortlisted for the RIBA / RIAS Awards 2018. (read more...)

The winners of the Historic England Heritage Angel Awards were announced last night at a ceremony in London. We were delighted to see Claire Slattery from Calderdale Council win Best Rescue of a Historic Building for the Piece Hall in Halifax. Not only this but she went on to be awarded the Overall Winner Award for 2017, out of Heritage... (read more...)

One of the UK’s greatest urban spaces – once the centre of global cloth trading – has been restored to its former glory... Read More (read more...)

The 230-year-old, Grade I-listed structure reopened earlier this month, creating a 1.7 acre public square with new cascading water features... Read More (read more...)

After a meticulous process of rejuvenation under LDN's leadership, the world-class Piece Hall in Halifax has opened its doors to the public again on Yorkshire Day 2017, ready to embrace its new role as an attractive and thriving town square and events venue surrounded by a range of high quality, distinctive attractions to draw local people and visitors from outside... (read more...)

LDN are thrilled to have been selected to lead a team in the regeneration of Skipton Town Hall in Craven. Read more about the project and our appointment in this Architects' Journal article. (read more...)

The Speirs Centre in Alloa has earned itself a collection of awards since its completion. It has recently been announced as winner of both the RIAS/Historic Scotland Award for Conservation and Climate Change and an EAA Ambassador Award. It was also responsible for securing a spot for LDN on the AJ120 list of the Best UK Practices, and shortlisted for... (read more...)

LDN have been listed as =#109 in the Architects' Journal list of the 120 Best UK Practices. Read the full listing on the Architects' Journal website. (read more...)

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Abbotsford, the world-famous house and gardens in the heart of the Scottish Borders, has been awarded the much sought-after European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award for its recent conservation project. The conservation and development work was all based on a Conservation Plan for the House prepared by a team of experts led by LDN. (read more...)

LDN Architects received an RIAS Award for The Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock at last week’s award ceremony and has been shortlisted for the Doolan Prize. They also received a Highly Commended for The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh and The Abbotsford Visitor Reception Building. In addition to this Abbotsford won the Forestry Commission Special Prize and the Best Use of Wood Award. (read more...)

LDN Architects are delighted to announce that The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh won the Conservation and Regeneration Category at last nights Edinburgh Architectural Association’s Awards Ceremony and the Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock achieved a Commendation for the Ambassador Award. (read more...)

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has granted George Heriot’s Centre for Sport and Exercise an RIAS Award. Here LDN Partner Dermot Paterson is photographed receiving the award from RIAS President Sholto Humphries. Photograph by Michael McGurk. (read more...)