Carnegie School of Sport Leeds Beckett University Building, Yorkshire Education Architecture
Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds News
5 May 2022
Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Yorkshire, northern England, UK
This is one of four projects have been awarded Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Yorkshire Awards.
Design: Sheppard Robson

photos © Andrew Heptinstall
Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds News
Jury Report
Leeds Beckett University has long been established within the Headingley district, west of Leeds City centre.
With a national reputation for sport related studies and training, the University occupies a series of Grade II listed neo classical buildings constructed in the 1930?s set within Beckett?s Park, combining open green space with bespoke outdoor sporting facilities. The brief of the new school of sport building was to bring together facilities dispersed over five separate buildings within the campus, under one roof.

Situated on a piece of land that links existing campus buildings and the athletics field together, the new building forms an unmissable presence when approaching this section of the campus.
The building is split into two principal wings joined by a central atrium which widens toward the spectacular view over the athletics running track to the west. The northern wing houses the majority of cellular spaces including specialist labs, IT suites and studios, whilst the southern wing has a greater emphasis on training areas, gyms ...