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Architecture in Somerset

Somerset Architecture News – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

3 Jan 2022
The Newt in Somerset
Architect: benjamin + beauchamp architects

photo courtesy of the Brick Awards
The Newt in Somerset Buildings and Landscape
The Newt in Somerset is a unique re-imagining of a large Country House Estate in Somerset into a nationally and internationally significant visitor destination. The original Grade II* listed manor, Hadpsen House, now open to the public for the first time in its history, has been sensitively repaired and converted into a hotel.

23 Dec 2021
The Story of Gardening Museum
Architects: Stonewood Design

photo : Craig Auckland
The Story of Gardening Museum
The Story of Gardening Museum has been awarded a RIBA National Award 2021, a RIBA Southwest Sustainability Award 2021, and the Newt in Somerset have received the RIBA Southwest Client of the Year 2021. The Story of Gardening is located on the edge of a well-established small woodland area within the wider visitor attraction at The Newt in Somerset, near to Bruton.

17 Apr 2019
King’s School Music Department, Bruton
Architects: Levitt Bernstein

image courtesy of architects
King’s School in Bruton, Somerset
A disused corner of the school site has been transformed to create a new building for all of the school’s musical facilities, including teaching and rehearsal space, a recital hall and industry-specification recording suite.

1 Dec 2016
Watchet Foundry
Design: Invisible Studio, Architects

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Watchet Foundry Building Design
A cultural regeneration project for Watchet in Somerset, instigated by the Onion Collective CIC.

3 May 2016
RIBA Southwest Awards Winners in 2016 – Regional Award-winning buildings in Somerset:
Blackrock Quarry Training Centre, Portishead, Somerset:

photograph : Simon Kennedy
RIBA Southwest Awards in 2016

30 Jul 2013
Castle Green Bridge, Taunton
Design: Moxon Architects

photo : Simon Kennedy
Castle Green Bridge
Moxon Architects have completed Castle Green Bridge, located in the grounds of a scheduled ancient monument, in the market town of Taunton. The Bridge has been shortlisted for a BCIA [British Construction Industry Award] as well as being shortlisted for an RIBA award and was the winner of the ACE [Association of Consulting Engineers] ‘Constructing Excellence Award’.

11 Jun 2013
Fortescue Fields, Norton St Philip
Design: ADAM Architecture

image : ADAM Architecture
Fortescue Fields
The first phase of a new mixed-use development, Fortescue Fields, in the heart of the Somerset hills in the village of Norton St Philip has just been completed. The new neighbourhood has been built on the site of a derelict chicken processing factory and extends one of the most attractive and desirable villages in the Southwest. Designed by Robert Adam of ADAM Architecture, the new area reflects and adds to the traditional character of Norton St Philip.

Somerset Buildings – Key Projects

Somerset Buildings, alphabetical:

Birnbeck Island & Pier, Weston-super-Mare
2007-08
RIBA / Urban Splash Architecture Competition
Shortlist:
AOC
Flacq Architects
Richards Partington Architects
Levitate Architecture & Design Studio
MOH Architects
Pierre d’Avoine with White Young Green Planning & Design
Entries: 95

Glastonbury Dance Platform
Design: Studio Weave

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Glastonbury Dance Platform

Hadspen Parabola – Competition for a landscape design
2007-

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Hadspen Parabola

Somerset College of Arts and Technology Building
2006
Architype
Somerset Building

Taunton Castle Visitor centre – proposal
2008-
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
£7m
For Museum of Somerset
Planning approval Mar 2008
Existing building status: Grade I listed

Wells Cathedral School Arts Centre Competition
2007
Richard Murphy Architects shortlisted

Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier : Design Competition Winner
2008-
Angus Meek Architects
Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier

More Somerset Buildings welcome

Location: Somerset, England, UK