The Crown Estate Conservation Award is given to the best work of conservation which demonstrates successful restoration or adaptation of an architecturally significant building. The judges look to award a scheme which demonstrates one of the principal tenets of the Crown Estate and this award - that conservation is the practical art of making yesterday's buildings work for today's society.
The 2009 award was judged by Richard Griffiths, conservation architect, Paul Vellouet, conversation architect, HOK and Tony Chapman, RIBA Head of Awards. The 2009 Crown Estate Conservation Award will be presented at the RIBA Stirling Prize Dinner on 17 October.
The Crown Estate Conservation Award 2009 shortlist:
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Architect: Eric Parry Architects
Copyright: Timothy Soar
Client: Hugh Player, CEO
Award: RIBA Award
Midland Hotel
Architect: Union North
Copyright: Union North
Client: Urban Splash
Award: RIBA Award
Private House
Architect: Allies & Morrison
Copyright: Charlotte Wood
Client: Private
Award: RIBA Award
Tyneside Cinema
Architect: Fletcher Priest Architects
Copyright: Sally-Ann Norman
Client: Tyneside Cinema
Award: RIBA Award
No 14 Lincolns Inn Fields
Architect: Julian Harrap Architects
Copyright: Applicant
Client: The Trustees of Sir John Soane's Museum
Award: RIBA Award
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The Crown Estate is an estate including substantial blocks of urban property, over 120,000 hectares (300,000 acres) of agricultural land in England, Scotland and Wales, and around half the foreshore, together with the seabed out to the 12 mile territorial limit. As owners, managers and guardians of one of the world's most important and diverse urban, rural and marine property portfolios are underpinned by the three core values of commercialism, integrity and stewardship.