Aurora House wins award recognition in the GIA Annual Design Awards 2009
Aurora House for Clydebank ReBuilt has won the 'Best Office/Commercial Building' Award 2009 commendation in this year's Glasgow Institute of Architects' Annual Design Awards. This was the highest ranked award in this category.
Aurora House is a new build, four storey, speculative office building on the north bank of the River Clyde commissioned by Clydebank ReBuilt, an urban regeneration company founded by West Dunbartonshire Council and Scottish Enterprise with one clear purpose: to help regenerate Clydebank for the benefit of its residents, workers and businesses. Located in Clydebank, historically one of the greatest industrial and shipbuilding towns of the 20th century which is now undergoing a 20-year process of renewal, Aurora House is sited in the 16-acre Queens Quay Enterprise and Learning District, a masterplanned, environmentally improved and remediated area which reclaims the disused, waterfront ex-shipyard sites to regenerate the area and reconnect the river to the town. Aurora House satisfies aspects of social, economic and technical sustainability, inclusivity, adaptability and flexibility, delivering innovative and creative responses in a cost-effective development that aspires to the highest design standards. The £3.7m building and civic placemaking development is seen as an inspirational design and was delivered on time and on budget.
“Our objective is for Clydebank to become recognised as a successful small town characterised by the quest for design quality in its physical regeneration.” Eleanor McAllister, Director, Clydebank Rebuilt.
The GIA award for Aurora House was not the only award this year for Reiach and Hall. Our New Stobhill Hospital received the 'Best Healthcare Building' Award 2009. This makes it two years in a row for Reiach and Hall as our Beatson Institute for Cancer Research for the University of Glasgow won the GIA's 'Best Healthcare Building' Award in 2008 and was honoured with the Supreme Medal.
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