Client/Developer: University of York
Architect/Designer: Fuse Studios
Builder: Lindum Group
The second project to receive a Conservation Award highlights the challenges of conserving and remodelling modern listed buildings. The judges were impressed by the attention to historic detail by the conservation team, particularly in the refurbishment of the external concrete panels and the stairwells. Few buildings of the 1960s are listed and the technical skills and scholarship are not as well developed as with other historic buildings. As such this project is an exemplar for others faced with conserving buildings from this unfashionable architectural era.
