Mole Architects wins Small Projects Awards
Meredith Bowles, principal of winning practice Mole Architects
Mole Architects took top prize last night at the AJ's Small Projects Awards, sponsored by Ramboll Whitbybird, for a £7,000 Japanese tea house in Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire.
Meredith Bowles, principal of the practice, collected a cheque for £1,500 at the opening party last night. The judges praised the project as a celebration of the ordinary.
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| AJ editor Kieran Long, Simon Smith of Ramboll Whitbybird, and Meredith Bowles of Mole Architects |
Second prize went to Arcade Architects for The Causey in Edinburgh, a £16,000 project to create a temporary public space.
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| The Causey, Edinburgh by Arcade Architects |
The judges praised the project for thinking about what public space could be, and suggested it could well have been permanent. Second prize was £750.
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| Kieran Long, Simon Smith and Alison Blamire from Arcade Architects |
| A commendation went to students from Sheffield School of Architecture for their project built from recycled materials called Space of Waste. |
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| Space of Waste, designed by students at Sheffield School of Architecture |
The judges praised the imagination and level of achievement in a student project.
| Kieran Long, Simon Smith and Pete Jennings from Sheffield University |
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| The Small Projects Exhibition will run at the NLA until 29 March. See the pictures from the opening party. |
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