Wakefield gallery nets British Design Award
Hepworth Wakefield, the David Chipperfield Architects-designed art attraction in Yorkshire, has been crowned Best Architectural Achievement at the British Design Awards 2011.
The building held off four other shortlisted projects to pick up the accolade, including work by RHWL and Richard Griffiths Architects at London's St Pancras Renaissance Hotel.
Heatherwick Studio's UK Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010; Plasma Studio's Creativity Pavilion; and Alain de Botton's Living Architecture were also in the running for the award.
Now in their tenth year, the British Design Awards are organised by Elle Decoration in association with John Lewis and supported by the Telegraph Magazine.
Hepworth Wakefield director Simon Wallis said: "The Hepworth Wakefield is one of the most sensitively designed galleries to be found anywhere."
Since opening earlier this year, the gallery has welcomed more than 250,000 visitors and has contributed in excess of £5m worth of income to the economy of Wakefield.
A full list of winners from the British Design Awards 2011 will be published in Elle Decoration from 2 November and the Telegraph Magazine on 6 November.
Details: www.thebritishdesignawards.com
Image: Hepworth Wakefield
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