Prof Lord Bhattacharyya Building Coventry, Cullinan Studio West Midlands, Jaguar Land Rover Tata Motors Group
Prof Lord Bhattacharyya Building Coventry Award
23 September 2021
Design: Cullinan Studio Architects
Location: Coventry, West Midlands, Central England, UK

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Prof Lord Bhattacharyya Building Coventry
Prof Lord Bhattacharyya Building Coventry Jury Report
This project is of a consistently high standard throughout. The brief for the project was complex in bringing together academic and industry research in the same building together to foster innovation and collaboration.

A showcase for pioneering technology and learning, this building is a fantastic example of highly engineered architecture with sustainability credentials that could have achieved BREEAM Outstanding had there not been a conscious and informed decision not to. Despite its large scale this building displays an elegance and lightness of touch, with rigorous detailing at both a micro and macro scale. This building, and its surrounding landscape is the product of a successful relationship between the Client, architect, and the wider design team. The arrival to the building is marked by the timber latticed roof structure oversailing the entrance doors. Soft green landscape and seating guide visitors to the entrance, with a large café to one side. This is open to anyone and also opens into the reception foyer. Emphasis is placed on the building entrance being welcoming, in contrast to...