A mixed community build, a primary school and a satellite test facility were among the winners at this year’s AT Awards. The awards from the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists celebrate outstanding achievements in architectural technology from students and practitioners.
The Awards for Excellence in Architectural Technology are divided into three categories based on project size. The winner of the small to medium project was Hope Rise by ZED PODS Ltd: an innovative mixed community build in Bristol providing accommodation for young adults. This net zero-carbon residential development of 11 homes creatively uses the air rights above an operational car park to create new homes without displacing existing infrastructure. They are the first factory-built steel-frame modular homes of their kind to be completed in the UK. Hope Rise also won the coveted Project of the Year 2024 Award.
In the Medium to Large category Thornhill Primary School by ECD Architects took the win. It is an expansion project that saw the construction of a new Passivhaus Certified building, together with a refurbishment of the existing host structure, enabling both new and old to be holistically brought together.
The Large to Mega winning project was the National Satellite Test Facility, at Harwell Science & Innovation Campus. Comprising six enormous chambers to replicate the extreme conditions that a satellite encounters, from launch to orbiting deep space, the project included offsite manufacture as well as high standards of technical detailing design and almost incomprehensible construction tolerances of 1.5 nanometres.
View all the Awards, finalists and winners at www.architecturaltechnology.com/atawards.html. The Awards reopen on
4 February 2025.
