Dryden Enterprise Centre

by Evans Vettori

Client Nottingham Trent University

Award RIBA East Midlands Award 2024

The new Dryden Enterprise Centre wraps around Nottingham Trent University’s 1970s former library. It was commissioned by the university to offer a vibrant space for new and small businesses to be part of a shared community, while offering low startup rents.

The design is full of well-executed responses to complex site constraints, including the existing structures and the root protection zones of adjacent trees. It is a product of a longstanding relationship between the architects and the university, whose collaboration spans over 25 years. Their level of understanding is evident in the quality of the carefully crafted design response and forensic understanding of the brief.

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

Contractor Henry Brothers

Project Management Edge PS Ltd

M&E Engineer Couch Perry Wilkes

Structural Engineer Mott Macdonald

Quantity Surveyor RLF

Sustainability Focus Consulting

Gross internal area in 1,971 m²