The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
The category celebrates projects that demonstrate both a deep engagement with the local community and an exceptional and sustainable outcome for all stakeholders.
Previous winner, Purcell, is once again in the running, this time for its reinvention of the derelict Spencer Mill in Soham, Cambridgeshire into a local theatre and multi-purpose space. LSI Architects is shortlisted for another community building, the YMCA Norfolk Community Hub in Norwich, which reinvented a hall previously used by the Royal British Legion.
shedkm had been shortlisted for Pulteney Mews, a new infill development of net zero carbon in operation affordable homes in Greenwich, London.
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FaulknerBrowns Architects' Britannia Leisure Centre in Hackney, London, is another contender, designed following consultation with local residents at 59 community events.
The shortlist is completed by tp bennett’s Driving for Change project, which repurposed two London buses to accommodate support services for people experiencing homelessness.
Last year’s winner was Purcell, for its Holyhead Market Hall scheme in north Wales.
The shortlists for all ten AJ100 awards will be revealed this week and the winners will be announced on 22 June at the AJ100 gala dinner – click here for more information.
AJ100 Community Impact of the Year Award 2022 shortlist
- Britannia Leisure Centre, Hackney, London, by FaulknerBrowns Architects
- Driving for Change, by tp bennett
- Pulteney Mews, Greenwich, London, by shedkm
- Spencer Mill, Soham, by Purcell
- YMCA Norfolk Community Hub, Norwich, by LSI Architects
