Design: Purcell. Centre of Refurbishment Excellence (CoRE) recognised by Royal Institute of British Architects
CoRE, Purcell’s scheme to regenerate the former Enson pottery works in Stoke-on-Trent, England, has won two prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Awards: RIBA West Midlands Regional Award as well as a special Sustainability Award.
The project has transformed the Grade II listed Enson Works pottery factory building with its distinctive kilns into a national centre of excellence for low energy building retrofit, conference venue, exhibition zone for innovative products in the retrofit market and a construction training college.