Latest AJ Retrofit Awards 2023 shortlists: Education, Leisure and Housing

Houlton School, AJ Architecture Awards Design of the Year 2022-winner, is vying for another top prize in the School and Further Education category in this year’s Retrofit Awards.

Hall McKnight, BDP and WilkinsonEyre are among the names in contention for the best higher education retrofit, while recently covered projects in the AJ – the Tollhouse and KOKO – are shortlisted in the Hotel, Retail and Leisure section.

The housing finalists include shedkm’s Crusader project, a transformation of a listed Manchester cotton mill complex into flats and and Mikhail Riches’ Park Hill phase 2 - a follow-on from the first stage of the Sheffield council estate revamp which was nominated for a Stirling Prize in 2013.

In total, 124 projects have been shortlisted for the 2023 AJ Retrofit Awards.

NB due to strike action by rail workers, the date of the Retrofit Awards event has changed. The winners will now be announced on the evening of 4 April 2023 at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London. Register here for the event and to book your table.

Shortlists

Higher Education and Campus

• Sir William Henry Bragg Building by ADP
• Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport by BDP
• Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London by Burwell Architects
• ArtsEd by De Matos Ryan
• Productivity East by FBM Architects
• 21st Century Engineering, Quadrangle Building, King’s College London by Hall McKnight
• LSBU Hub by WilkinsonEyre

School and Further Education

• Thorpe Lodge by Atomik Architecture
• WaterSHED, Wardle Academy by BDP
• The Talent House by Citizens Design Bureau
• Oak, Charterhouse School by David Morley Architects
• The Learning Tree by Delve Architects
• The Pavilion by Gollifer Langston Architects
• St Mary’s STEM Lab by Neubau Architecture
• Houlton School – Retrofit of Rugby Radio Station by van Heyningen Haward Architects

Hotel, Retail and Leisure

• KOKO by Archer Humphryes Architects
• Findlater's Corner/London Bridge Island by Benedict O’Looney Architects
• Wraxall Yard by Clementine Blakemore Architects
• The Toll House by Fraser/Livingstone Architects
• Extension to Hope Street Hotel Liverpool by L7 Architects
• Band on the Wall by OMI Architects
• ARC Padstow by Parti
• The Lexi Cinema & Lexi Hub by RISE Design Studio
• The Lord Napier by ZCD Architects

Housing

• Crastock Court by Emrys Architects
• Derwent House, Mary Ann Street by Glancy Nicholls Architects
• Chiswick High Road by Inglis Badrashi Loddo
• 107 Niddrie Road by John Gilbert Architects
• Park Hill Phase 2 by Mikhail Riches
• Hill View – Class Q by Peak Architects
• Crusader by shedkm
• AVRO by stephenson hamilton risley STUDIO