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Completed projects recognised at The Georgian, RICS and AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards

Architecture practice SPASE has cemented its position as one of the UK’s leading heritage experts as it celebrates a series of wins at high-profile awards ceremonies this season.

SPASE’s flagship sustainability project, Athelhampton Manor, achieved top honours at the AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards for the ‘Best Decarbonisation and Net Zero’ project and the 2024 RICS Awards in the ‘Environmental Impact’ category. SPASE’s groundbreaking work on the 500-year-old Tudor manor resulted in the elimination of approximately 100 tonnes of CO2 per year, an achievement which is now being studied by other stately homes and palaces around the UK.

The studio’s exemplary heritage skills have also been recognised through its work on The Sherborne. The 13th-century Grade I listed ‘Heritage Building at Risk’ is now a thriving community arts hub and cultural destination for Dorset, thanks to SPASE’s meticulous six-year transformation. The project, which opened to the public earlier this year, beat 6,000 entries to secure the best ‘Restoration of a Georgian Building in an Urban Setting’ at the renowned Georgian Awards, alongside ‘Commercial Project of the Year’ at the Structural Timber Awards, recognising SPASE’s design of a striking 22 ft spruce glulam pavilion in collaboration with Buckland Timber.

Stefan Pitman, Founder of SPASE, comments; “We are delighted to see our projects receive four awards in as many weeks. Heritage restoration projects are incredibly complex and time-consuming, so it is incredibly rewarding to see our efforts recognised against such strong competition. We are now focusing our efforts on a series of Grade I and II* listed estates in the south of England; including the historic 400-year-old Newhouse Estate in Wiltshire and Waterperry House & Gardens in Oxfordshire.”

For more information on SPASE, please visit www.spase.co.uk