This year's winners 

Spaceport America
Consteel Technical Services

Spaceport Terminal Hanger Facility ( THF ) is part of Spaceport America, “ the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport “. Located near the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

THF comprises 2 floors to east and west sides with a curvilinear bridge linking together the upper floors. The roof is multi-faceted and supported from the 4 main concrete stair towers and steel columns. Main roof comprises 12 segmented main trusses ( max 295’-0 span ) with secondary trusses, sway bracing and purlins to form the interface with the composite roof skin. Around the roof perimeter is a complex bull nose frame with an embedded gutter and an outer radial profile to form a smooth transition. Central low roof area has a glazed perimeter inside of the main hanger above the bridge.

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Exposure, Lelystad, Holland
Had Fab Ltd.

Antony Gormley’s sculptures, often based on casts of his own body, adorn public spaces and galleries across the globe, from well-known works like 'Angel of the North' to his newest creation 'Exposure'. Exposure, a 25.6m high statue of a crouching Gormley is due on site in the summer of 2010 in Lelystad, Holland.

Exposure is fabricated from RSA (rolled steel angle) sections. Although the main model was created in Tekla Structures 13, Version 14 was used for modelling the individual nodes, the heaviest of which weighs 280kg. The complexity of fabrication required that Had-Fab undertake a full trial erection of ‘Exposure’ before commencing delivery to site in Holland. This involved the design, fabrication and erection of a crane in their assembly yard, for which Had-Fab also poured 540 tonnes of concrete foundations. The total weight of the project will be 60 tonnes and it will take 18 months to complete fabrication and erection. Read more about Had-Fab's Exposure project.

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New Sports Academy “The Pods”, Scunthorpe
The Drawing Office (Chesterfield) Ltd.

This is one of the first projects in the UK where this type of building technique has been used for a major leisure project. The distinctive, organic and fluid building form that comprises a series of linked timber geodesic domed structures emerge from the landscape and integrate with the landscape in an innovative and gentle manner.

The structure combines glulam timber members and galvanised steel nodes in a novel and complex triangular geodesic organic domed shell structure, each timber member is of a different length and links to the nodes at different angles. A secondary timber triangular structure infills the primary structure.

A timber roof cassette system provides the envelope. The Sports Academy will offer a 25m swimming pool and learner pool with spectator facilities for 150 persons. There will be a six court sports hall, dance studio and 90 station health/fitness facility. It also includes ancillary public areas such as wet and dry changing facilities, café, crèche, function rooms and business operation areas. It has been a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be involved in this iconic project.

Architects: S&P Architects
Concept Planning: A. Wright Assoc.
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Building Services: Buro Happold
Landscape Architects: Grant Assoc.
Project Management: AYH
Contractor: Bowmer & Kirkland
Fabricator: B&K Structures
Structural Detailing: The Drawing Office (Chesterfield) Ltd
Client: North Lincolnshire Council & Yorkshire Forward

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