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