Events & Awards News
WILLMOTT DIXON CELEBRATES EUROPEAN DOUBLE Willmott Dixon is marking a European double after the Town House and The Box became the only UK projects to gain international recognition in two prestigious awards.
The building creates an emotional experience from within and through the multi-level façade colonnade that creates a domestic atmosphere on different levels.
Kingston University’s Town House followed up its 2021 Stirling Prize by being crowned Europe’s best new building after winning the Architecture Prize at the world renowned Mies van der Rohe Awards.
The Willmott Dixon-built Town House is Kingston University’s centrepiece, blending higher education library services with performing arts facilities, breakout areas, places for students to gather and exhibition space – all designed to be accessible to everyone.
Judges singled out its “remarkable environmental quality that creates an excellent atmosphere for studying, gathering, dancing and being together.
This award was followed by The Box in Plymouth being commended at the 2022 European Museum of the Year
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awards, the only UK project to feature in the prestigious event. Judges hailed The Box for being “a remarkable regional museum with strong ambitions for its cultural, educational and social effects. With outstanding exhibitions and easy access for all, it has created a new cultural asset for its city and region and is an active advocate for the social change it can bring to its communities.” The Box is a museum, gallery and archive space under one roof, featuring over two million items that capture local history, from a two-and-a-half tonne ship’s figurehead, King Billy, to a feather-winged beetle, the size of a full stop.
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