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First Stirling Prize winner at risk of demolition in Salford
- The first-ever RIBA Stirling Prize winner, the Centenary Building at the University of Salford, designed by Hodder+Partners in 1996, is at risk of demolition.
- The building has stood vacant for the past eight years and could be demolished as part of a major redevelopment of the surrounding area called Adelphi Village.
- The Twentieth Century Society has recently submitted a listing application to Historic England in a bid to save the building.
- The Society has said demolition of the building would be 'wholly irresponsible and unnecessary'.
- The building was hailed as a 'dynamic, modern and sophisticated exercise in steel, glass and concrete' by judges when it was awarded the inaugural Stirling Prize.
- RIBA board chair Jack Pringle has stated that all Stirling Prize-winning buildings should be considered for listing.
- While Heritage England makes its assessment, the demolition of the Centenary Building is currently being backed by a team made up of Salford City Council, the University of Salford and development company English Cities Fund.
- According to the Twentieth Century Society, several other significant buildings in the UK are currently under threat.
- Demolition of the building would be a test case for the heritage status of previous Stirling Prize winners as the award enters its 30th year.
- The partnership claims the building is no longer fit for purpose and has 'ageing infrastructure', although the Twentieth Century Society disputes this.
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