Kingswood Academy Hull, Humberside School Development, Bransholme Building Images, Architect

Kingswood Academy Building

Education Building in Hull design by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), England, UK

18 Jun 2013

Kingswood Academy in Hull

Kingswood Academy Building

Design: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Architects

Kingswood Academy

RIBA National Awards 2013 Citation:

The new school built as part of Hull’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme acts as a visual and intellectual beacon in the flatlands of east Yorkshire, providing learning opportunities for the whole community. Taking as its reference the confident multi-storey Victorian schools that towered over their neighbourhoods, the external form is bold yet simple and the cladding is practical and sharp, reflecting light dramatically at certain moments.

photos © Rob Parrish

Internally the stars are the art rooms with their showcase on to the internal street, denoting the school’s specialism in Visual & Performing Arts; the cafes and break-out places with views over the piazza; the centrally located and glazed bully-deterring toilets; the adaptability of the dance space; the unusually placed first floor sports hall and the spacious laboratories under the saw-tooth roof with extraordinary views across the city.

Kingswood Academy – Building Information

Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Client: Hull City Council and Esteem
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Services Engineer: Buro Happold
Contractor: Morgan Sindall Construction
Contract Value: £19,758,818
Date of completion: Jan 2013
Gross internal area: 11,685 sqm

Location: Wawne Road, Bransholme, Kingston upon Hull, HU7

RIBA National Award
RIBA Yorkshire Award
RIBA Yorkshire Client of the Year

Kingswood Academy in Bransholme images / information from RIBA

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Location: Kingswood Academy, Wawne Road, Bransholme, Kingston upon Hull, HU7, eastern England, UK