Houlton School
by van Heyningen and Haward Architects
Client SUE GP LLP (JV between Urban&Civic PLC and Aviva)
Award RIBA West Midlands Award 2023 and shortlisted for the RIBA Reinvention Award 2023
Houlton School is a state secondary school that will form part of an emerging residential district on the site of the former Rugby Radio Station. The scheme sensitively reimagines the iconic Grade II-listed transmitter building, C Station, and creates three new state-of-the-art school blocks arranged around a central courtyard.
Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.
Contractor Morgan Sindall Construction
Energy and Building Physics Etude
Structural Engineer Price and Myers
MEP, Internal Lighting Hoare Lea
Project Management UCPM
Landscape Architect Planit IE
Fire Risk Consultant OFR
Lighting Designer (external) GIA Equation
Catering Consultant Cooper 8
AV Noiseboys
Heritage Consultants The Heritage Collective
Planning Consultant David Locke Associates
Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant Rider Levett Bucknall
Principal Designer / CDM RPS
Acoustics Consultants Ramboll
Gross internal area in m2 12,134