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A trio of leisure facilities have been
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Leisure buildings dominate awards for façade design and engineering excellence
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honoured for their innovative exteriors at the international Façade awards, hosted by the Society of Façade Engineering (SFE). Danish engineering consultants Ramboll won Façade of the Year: New Build, for the Blavatnik Building, Switch House Extension of the Tate Modern. Designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, the Blavatnik Building was built on three disused oil tanks, and
● Octatube was awarded for its V&A expansion work
features a twisting, perforated lattice form featuring 336,000 bricks. Ramboll provided structural, geotechnical, civil and façade engineering. Dutch technical design agency
for the new entrance of the Victoria &
The purpose is to reward excellence in façade design and draw attention to the importance of façades in modern architecture
Albert (V&A) Museum Exhibition Road.
Saverio Pasetto
Octatube won the award in the Façade of the Year: Refurbishment category
(AL_A), the project consists of a new main
specially designed Honeycomb sandwich
entrance, square, cafe, exhibition space
glass panels and envelops the hotel’s
and museum shop. Octatube served as
entrance area and wings to create “the
the glass specialist on the project and was
ultimate sense of arrival” for guests.
responsible for the design, engineering,
Commenting on the awards, which took
production and assembly of the glass
place in late 2017, Saverio Pasetto, façade
elements throughout the project.
technical director at Skanska UK and SFE
The Outstanding Façade Innovation
board member, said: “The purpose is to
Award was jointly presented to Catalunya-
recognise and reward excellence in façade
based façade specialist Bellapart and Arup
design and engineering and thereby
Façade Engineering for the new glass
to draw attention to the importance of
canopy at the entrance of the Berkeley
façades in modern architecture.”
PHOTO: JOAS SOUZA
Designed by Amanda Levete Architects
Hotel in Knightsbridge, London. Designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, the canopy is made from
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● The new glass canopy at the entrance of London’s Berkeley Hotel earned its engineers a Façade Award
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