Park Hill Phase 2
by Mikhail Riches
Client Urban Splash and Places for People
Award RIBA Yorkshire Award 2024, RIBA Yorkshire Project Architect of the Year 2024 (sponsored by EH Smith), RIBA National Award 2024 and shortlisted for the RIBA Reinvention Award 2024 and RIBA Stirling Prize 2024
The project is part of the client’s ongoing regeneration of the Grade II* listed, Brutalist, concrete-framed Park Hill estate which sits on a prominent hillside overlooking Sheffield city centre. This former social housing scheme built by Sheffield City Council in the 1950s is an iconic building in the city and Europe’s largest listed structure. The second phase of the regeneration has created 195 flats and 2,000 square metres of commercial space.
While preserving as much of the original building’s structure and character as possible, it creates a modern, energy-efficient environment. The architects worked closely with heritage experts to devise a new colour palette, to give flats identity while preserving key elements including the gridded appearance and the ‘streets in the air’. Internally, flats have been combined and reconfigured into contemporary layouts, to provide generous open plan spaces with balconies. Externally, new tree and wildflower planting helps to soften the building.
Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.
Contractor Urban Splash Construct
Landscape Architect Austin Smith Lord
Environmental / M&E Engineer Beechfield
Project Management Broadfield Project Management
Structural Engineers Civic Engineers
Fire Consultant CHPK Fire Engineering
Principal Designer Rawling Safety and Training Consultancy Services
Approved Inspector Salus
Sustainability Greengauge Building Energy
Gross internal area in m² 16,810
