Hampshire County Architects is the old name for

Hampshire County Council Hampshire County Council (HCC) is an English council that governs eleven of the thirteen districts geographically located within the ceremonial county of Hampshire. As one of twenty-four county councils in England, it acts as the upper tier of ...

Architecture, the in-house architecture and design department of HCC Property Services in Hampshire, UK. Over the years the multi-disciplinary team has developed a particular reputation for good school design and is also notable as the ''only'' sizeable

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county architecture studio remaining, following many years in the UK of

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to the private sector. In 1991 County Architect

Colin Stansfield Smith Sir Colin Stansfield Smith, (1 October 1932 – 18 June 2013) was a British architect and academic. He played over 100 games of first-class cricket in the 1950s. Background Colin Smith was born in Didsbury, Manchester. His father, Stansfiel ...

won a RIBA Gold Medal award.RIBA website
RIBA Gold Medal - 1990's - 1991 Colin Stansfield Smith
(retrieved 2011-10-26)

Staff

The team built its reputation in the 1980s under the leadership of

who arrived in 1974 and was

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until 1992.John Pardey (19 June 2013
"Colin Stansfield Smith (1932-2013)"
''Architects' Journal'' (retrieved 2014-09-28). As a result of his work at Hampshire County Council, was awarded the

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(RIBA) Gold Medal in 1991. and was knighted in 1993. In 2005 the department employed 57 architects.Glancey, J.
Sense and sensitivity: Alton's new library...
' The Guardian, 25 April 2005. Retrieved 2011-10-27. In 2013 the department employs over 270 architects, landscape architects, building surveyors, engineers (structural, electrical and mechanical), estates surveyors and interior designers. Types of project work includes; education and schools; early years and children's centres; older person's homes and extra care; heritage and community buildings;office rationalisation and flexible working and co-location of public services

Key building projects

* Queens Inclosure Middle School, Waterlooville, Hampshire. RIBA Award National overall winner, 1990.e-architect.co.u

(retrieved 2011-10-26). * Woodlea Primary School, Bordon, Hampshire. RIBA Award National overall winner, 1993. * Pilgrims Pre-Preparatory School,

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. RIBA Award winner, 2001. * Alton Library, Hampshire. Completed 2005. RIBA Award (South), 2005. Described by

Jonathan Glancey Jonathan Glancey, is an architectural critic and writer who was the architecture and design editor at ''The Guardian'', a position he held from 1997 to February 2012. He previously held the same post at ''The Independent''. He also has been invo ...

as "a fine, enexpected design" and "like a handsome modern barn". * Winchester Discovery Centre,

Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...

, Hampshire. Completed 2007. Multiple accolades including RIBA Award 2008. * Wellstead Primary School,

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

, Hampshire. Completed 2008. Multiple accolades including CIAT Technical Excellence Award 2009 and RIBA Award 2010. * Forest Park Special School, Southampton, Hampshire. Completed 2012. Multiple accolades including RIBA Downland Regional Award 2012, SCALA Civic Building of the Year 2012 - Runner up. Solent Design Award - Overall winner * Endeavour Primary School, Andover, Hampshire. Completed 2012. RIBA Downland Award 2012. * Havant Public Sector Plaza, Havant, Hampshire. Completed 2012. SCALA Civic Building of the Year 2012, Highly commended. * Runways End, Aldershot, Hampshire. ICE South East England Engineering Excellence Awards 2012 - Community Award.

References

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External links

Hampshire County Council Design Service
↑ Architecture firms of England Hampshire County Council