Westgreen Construction’s Post

We are honoured to learn that our project “The Gilbert & George Centre” has been longlisted for the RIBA MacEwen Award 2025.   The RIBA Journal MacEwen Award was launched in 2016 to discover and celebrate architecture with a greater purpose – architecture that perhaps takes a little bit more effort, but that has significantly more impact as a result. The MacEwen Award is named after Anni and Malcolm MacEwen - an urban planner who pioneered a conservation-based approach to regeneration in both town and country. It’s great to see that the Award has grown over the years and remained dedicated to foregrounding responsible architecture that acts in the wider interest through projects guided by a strong social ethos, advancing social or environmental goals with inclusion, sustainability and community involvement.   The Centre was established by Gilbert & George as registered charity to champion art education for the public benefit. Epitomizing the artists’ “Art for All” ethos it breathes new life and purpose into the architecture and surrounding neighbourhood. As extension of the duo’s lifelong endeavour it encapsulates an enduring dedication to fostering culture for the broader community. Carefully crafted as a generous gift to the public it reminds of the area’s history providing a lasting future home, engaging with community and education groups, welcoming a diverse global audience and focusing on its core values of inclusivity across demographics, accessibility to art and free admission.   We’d like to thank everyone who contributed during this project's journey since 2015 and congratulate all other longlisted teams for adding more common good in both our built environment and society. Photographs 1,2 © Danielle Form, 3 Nic Serpell-Rand © The Gilbert & George Centre Full RIBAJ Longlist Article: https://lnkd.in/e9F927WY #RIBAJ #RIBAJBuildings #Macewenaward #SIRS_architects #Gilbertandgeorgecentre #Gilbertandgeorge