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AUCKLAND CASTLE, TOWER AND FAITH MUSEUM WINS AT THE RIBA NORTH EAST AWARDS

MAY 2024

Auckland Castle, Tower and Faith Museum Wins at the RIBA North East Awards

The Auckland Castle, Tower and Faith Museum has won the North East Building of the Year and North East Conservation Award in collaboration with Purcell.

The project comprises a number of urban and historic interventions: the restoration of the 900-year-old Grade I listed Castle, once home to the Prince Bishops; the Auckland Tower at the key nodal point between the historic Market Place and the entrance to the Castle complex; and the new extension to Castle’s Scotland Wing to accommodate the Faith Museum, which opened in 2023. The project seeks to preserve the Castle’s heritage, promote Bishop Auckland as a visitor destination and initiate regeneration of the town.

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR SACRED ARCHITECTURE

JULY 2020

International Prize for Sacred Architecture

The Bishop Edward King Chapel is among the shortlist of 10 buildings for the International Prize for Sacred Architecture judged by the Frat Sole Foundation. The Jury was composed by the following members of the Scientific Committee of Frate Sole Foundation: don Valerio Pennasso, arch. Giorgio Della Longa, prof. arch. Esteban Fernandez Cobian, arch. Caterina Parrello, prof. Walter Zahner, arch. Luigi Leoni. The Winner of the VII edition of the International Prize for Sacred Architecture, will be voted by a second and will be announced in late July.