Kirk Balk Community College Hoyland, Barnsley Education Building, Architect, South Yorkshire
Kirk Balk Community College, Barnsley
Hoyland Education Building in South Yorkshire, northern England design by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), UK
28 Jun 2012
Kirk Balk Community College Hoyland
Design: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Address: West St, Hoyland, Barnsley S74 9HX, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 1226 742286
RIBA Awards 2012 Citation:
Photos © Timothy Soar
Kirk Balk Community College, Hoyland, Barnsley
Aware of the wilful form-making that has characterised a large number of Building Schools for the Future projects, the architects proposed a solution that comprised of two simple geometric forms, a triangle and a rectangle. In the wrong hands this approach could have been leaden, here it is endlessly subtle.
The sloping hilltop site is cleverly used to generate complex, often top-lit, interior spaces with exceptional views. This is all enabled by the large space at the centre of the triangular form which gives a very high level of visual inter-connectedness.
This Hoyland higher education building was a RIBA Awards winner in 2012.
Kirk Balk Community College – Building Information
Location: Hoyland, Barnsley
Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Client: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Services Engineer: BDP
Contractor: Laing O’Rourke
Contract Value: £18.58 million
Date of completion: Apr 2011
Gross internal area: 11,877 sqm
Chair of Jury: Professor Julian Marsh
Regional representative: Simon Baker
Lay assessor: Kester Rattenbury
Kirk Balk Community College Hoyland images / information from RIBA
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects (AHMM)
Phone: +44 1226 742286
Location: West Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 9HX, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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