Montacute Yards received a silver medal (commendation) at the Structural Steel Design Awards Awards ceremony on the 28 September.

An innovative collaboration between AHMM and Ben Adams Architects, the scheme creates tailored workspace that balances contemporary working styles with a strong sense of community on Shoreditch High Street.

A project of urban reconnection that turns a closed ‘back yard’ site into a permeable piece of the city, Montacute Yards explores different construction techniques, from its steel exoskeleton that draws inspiration from the warehouses of Shoreditch and gives and depth and legibility of making to the façade, to its smaller CLT buildings to the north. These different techniques, and an emphasis on providing generous volumes create spaces of different scale and character to ensure flexibility for future adaptation and gives the buildings resilience.

The Structural Steel Design Awards celebrate the excellence in the field of steel construction, demonstrating its potential in terms of efficiency, cost effectiveness, aesthetics, sustainability, and innovation. The structural engineer for the project was HTS.