Duke Street Riverside

by Hudson Architects

Client Norwich University of the Arts

Award RIBA East Award 2023

Norwich’s historic wealth was based around the products of its agricultural hinterland – wool and grain – and its waterway links to the North Sea and Europe. The city riverfront was largely a mix of warehouses, wharves and workshops. While sections of it have been redeveloped in recent years, there is still a legacy of redundant commercial buildings along the river and little public access. The site of this project was a metal-working factory in the 19th century but had been student housing and a car park since the 1970s. The brief was to provide a new building for the Norwich University of the Arts – a visible public statement of its presence in the city centre – while also opening up the waterfront as part of longer-term city plans to create new routes along the river.  

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor RG Carter

Structural Engineer Rossi Long 

Environmental / M&E Engineer Max Fordham LLP

Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant REAL Consulting 

Landscape Architect Shiels Flynn 

Gross internal area in m2 4409