Public architecture projects selected for the annual SCALA Yearbook and recent projects submitted directly for inclusion.

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Sports and leisure

• Birmingham High Performance Centre

  The form of the building directly responded to the length of the sprint track; the clear heights required for the pole vault at the western end; and the throws at the eastern end, ensuring as low a profile as possible whilst still achieving the sporting criteria. This has enabled the bulk of the building to be contained within the skyline of the existing stadium when viewed from the ad ... view full spec

• Cardiff International Pool

  Cardiff Council in partnership with Orion Land and Leisure and Parkwood Leisure opened Cardiff International Pool to the General public in January 2008. The £33 million facility consists of a 50m, 10 lane International pool, a leisure pool with beach area, lazy river and bubble lounger, a 25m four lane warm up pool, three flumes and a space bowl. It also provides two dance studios, a 110 station ... view full spec

• Carnegie Leisure Centre Refurbishment

  This Grade ‘B’ listed building comprises the original Edwardian Andrew Carnegie bequest, a 1970’s swimming pool and a 1980’s sports hall. It required major refurbishment and enhancement as its building fabric and services were failing and it was poorly insulated. The original Edwardian features have been retained wherever possible and the interiors have been redesigned to incorporate a n ... view full spec

• City of Manchester Stadium

  This £84M project was for a 38,000 seat Stadium to host the athletic events and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the XVII Commonwealth Games in August 2002. A second phase will it into a 47,000 seat soccer stadium for Manchester City Football Club. The stadium is the largest component of Sportcity, the redevelopment of a 146 acre brownfield site previously occupied by industri ... view full spec

• Crawshaw School Sports Hall and Main Scheme (fire reinstatement)

  The project combined a £5.8 million fire reinstatement and a new £1.8 million sports hall facility at the 1200 pupil Crawshaw School at Pudsey, Leeds. The new facilities comprise a theatre in the round with drama studios; library with 6th form facilities; staff room; classrooms for maths; languages; business studies; technology; art; IT and a multi-use sports hall. New passenger lift ... view full spec

• Fleetwood Cardinal Allen RC High School Sports Hall

  This £2 million Sports Hall, replaces the school’s existing gymnasium and converts it into a drama suite. The School is at sea level and is prone to flooding, and, as part of the development the existing gymnasium floor was raised to a suitable level. The new drama suite has retractable tiered seating and stage lighting, suitable for public performance. The existing changing rooms h ... view full spec

• Frenchfield Sports Pavilion

  The Frenchfield Sports Pavilion building forms part of the Frenchfield Sports Centre, Eden District Council’s flagship playing fields project which provides five full size football pitches, two senior football pitches, two mini football pitches, training areas and an artificial cricket wicket. The £850,000 Pavilion Building provides five pairs of changing rooms for players, two chan ... view full spec

• Oswestry Leisure Centre

  Oswestry Borough Council purchased the site and developed the master plan. The project was then passed to Shropshire Council, the new unitary authority, shortly after contract award in April 2009. The scheme comprises a six lane 25m swimming pool and learner pool and associated village changing facilities; a four court sports hall (capable of County standard badminton); and associated changing fa ... view full spec

• Pavilion

  The pavilion is located in Jubilee Park which is situated within the outstanding conservation area of the town. The building occupies the site of two smaller buildings which had fallen into disrepair. The pavilion provides a viewing room for public use, bowler’s facilities, a park games hire outlet, a park keeper’s stores and mess room, and public toilets. The small size of the p ... view full spec

• Southglade Leisure Centre

  The Leisure Centre was originally conceived in the 1970s as a dry sports facility (sports hall/squash courts) with external playing fields, located in a park setting in the north of Nottingham. A review by the Council’s Leisure client led to a decision to provide a more embracing leisure facility at Southglade. The new design retains the sports hall but provides a new leisure pool, ... view full spec

• Swimming Pool Extension - Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre

  The original Leisure Centre provided only dry sports facilities and there was strong local and regional demand for a swimming pool and associated facilities. Various pool configurations, including movable floors and walls were tested against the available budget of £3.5 million before the client decided upon a conventional 25m 6 lane pool and separate learner pool. Other facilities in ... view full spec

• Tarka Tennis

  In 1998, the Building Services Division of North Devon District Council was asked to work up design proposals for a new tennis facility on Seven Brethren Bank, Barnstaple. After many months of negotiations and consultations a design was finally agreed and a Design and Build contract was let to Midas Construction. The accommodation comprises six indoor and outdoor tennis courts, kids ... view full spec

• Xcel Leisure Centre

  Xcel is a new-build community facility and the flagship project of a council-led regeneration plan for the Canley area of Coventry. The client is a charitable trust that provides a wide range of leisure activities to disadvantaged groups. The building has a high percentage of users with disabilities, so demonstrates best practice in inclusive design. Stakeholders and community groups were widel ... view full spec