Hot have designed a series of visitors centres and pavilions set within park landscapes Two of which have been short listed for an RIBA regional award and Trafford Park featured in the CABE 2005 'Parkitecture' Calendar showing 12 great buildings in public spaces. And are included on the cabe list of exemplar practices.
Many of the schemes highlighted either use innovative design or have practical usage, whether it is a new pavilion, a café or a visitor's centre. In all cases, CABE has applauded the architects, landscape architects and clients involved for the high levels of design and delivery.
Richard Simmons, CABE CEO, said:
'We urge those involved in creating buildings within our green spaces to push the envelope and produce buildings as good as, or even better, than the ones we have highlighted as being exemplars.
'The argument against having high design standards for parks buildings we usually hear is a lack of resources, but many of these examples have very modest budgets. We would like all organisations and individuals involved in green space creation and management to insist on high quality design and recognise the long-term benefits great buildings can have for local communities and park users. For example, recent research[1] tells us that better designed green spaces can reduce anti-social behaviour within them.'Exert from cabe web-site www.cabe.org.uk
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