Sidell Gibson’s key role in Birmingham’s architectural regeneration was recognised at the Insider Midlands Property Awards 2011, where the firm won the prestigious Architects Practice of the Year category.

Sidell Gibson were able to submit a strong portfolio of innovative and highly successful projects in the West Midlands, including Nos 5, 8 and 10 Brindley Place, The Lloyds TSB building at 125 Colmore Row, the master plan and public realm design for Calthorpe Estate’s Edgbaston Mill development and the detailed design of a new Hilton Doubletree hotel and leisure complex which comprises its final phase. Most notably though they are responsible for the masterplan and the first two buildings at Snow Hill, regenerating a key area of Birmingham City Centre.

Sidell Gibson have been working in Birmingham for over 15 years and consolidated their position with the 2009 acquisition of Crouch Butler who have been among the city’s most notable architects for over a century.

The judges agreed that Snow Hill is a massively important scheme for Birmingham and that it was an appropriate time to recognise the firm’s contribution to shaping the city, as well as offering something completely different to the city’s quality office supply.

The Awards were presented in front of a 500-strong audience at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, NEC Birmingham.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson formally opened the new Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre.

The new £6million pounds interpretation and education centre is within the converted Listed Grade II Pepys Building and environs, which is ideally sited at the threshold of the World Heritage Site, being located immediately opposite the Cutty Sark visitor attraction and adjacent to the main points of public arrival to Greenwich.

The project has three distinct elements: the Interpretative exhibition and Clore learning centre, the Greenwich Tourist Information Centre and a new Microbrewery with restaurant and café. Each function is required to operate both discretely but also as a whole. The adjacent newly landscaped courtyard and external approaches are also integrated into the proposals all of which are fully accessible. The project is supported with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund together with the Clore Duffield Foundation funding.

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We are delighted that 7-10 Old Bailey, designed in collaboration with Avery Associates, has received a Commendation from the Civic Trust.

Designed for Marylebone Warwick Balfour and owned by Standard Life the building is now very largely let.