Award landmark for ‘unique’ design of Hull History Centre

The £10.7m facility in Worship Street, which opened last June, has won a Civic Trust award, one of only 27 projects to do so this year from 333 national and international entries.

The awards scheme, one of the longest running in Europe, was established in 1959 to recognise the very best in architecture, design, planning, landscape and public art.

Awards are given to projects of the highest quality design, but only if they are judged to have made a positive cultural, social or economic contribution to a local community.

John Pringle, director of Pringle Richards Sharratt Ltd, the architects who designed the centre, said: “Its spectacular yet functional undulating wave-covered arcade ripples along the length of the building and is divided into inner and outer areas which help unite the natural landscaping with the main two-storey building.

“Good design and quality materials have led to generous, uncluttered and easy to navigate interiors that are elegantly proportioned and excellently detailed. This unique building is a superb solution to very complex need.”