Restaurant/cafe design takes north-east architecture prize

A RESTAURANT / cafe development within Aberdeen’s recently-refurbished main public park has taken the top prize at an awards ceremony held last night celebrating the best of the north-east of Scotland’s architecture and architects.
The annual awards of the Aberdeen chapter of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland chose a new bar and restaurant space, The Terrace, as its Project of the year.
The space is operated by the city’s His Majesty’s Theatre and overlooks the new-look Union Gardens.
The design – by sole operator: architect, David Showman – also took the Interior and Commercial / Public prizes at the awards.
The full list of winners reads:
Interior
Winner: HMT Terrace, David Chouman Architect
Small project
Winner: Crown Cottage, Tinto Architecture
Commended: Broomhill Road, BW Macintyre Architects
Commercial / Public
Winner: HMT Terrace, David Chouman Architect
Commended: Greyhope Bay, Gokay Deveci
Education
Winner: Milltimber School, Scott Brownrigg
Conservation / Regeneration
Winner: Greenmyres, Jill Andrews Architect
Commended: Duthie Park ELC, Halliday Fraser Munro
Timber ‘Wood for Good’
Winner: Truss House, Gokay Deveci
Commended: Arbor House, Brown & Brown Architects
Residential
Winner: Aspen House, Camphill Architecture & Development
Commended (jointly): Tummel, Fiddes Architects and The Three Sheds, Annie Kenyon Architects
Residential extension
Winner: Wellbrae, 57 North Architecture and Deeside Architect Studio
Commended: Burnside, Hyve Architects
Ambassador award
Winner: Rusacks Hotel Extension, WCP Architects
Commended: Brent Cross, Moxon Architects
Project of the year
Winner: HMT Terrace, David Chouman Architect
Picture credit: 3 Design Scotland