Circus Street, a mixed-use scheme in Brighton by shedkm, has been named AJ100 Building of the Year 2022.
This year’s winner is not a single building but an ensemble – a new piece of city stitched into the urban grain of Brighton.
‘It’s a complex site but dealt with well. Super-impressed by it,’ said one judge of the mixed-use Circus Street development. Another described it as ‘impressively filling a hole in the urban fabric’.
Circus Street develops a city-centre site previously occupied by a fruit and veg market, which had become derelict. It has been delivered as a public-private partnership between U+I and Brighton and Hove City Council.
After shedkm won a shortlisted competition for the scheme, extensive community consultation followed. More than 100,000 people attended workshops and activities hosted over two years in a disused market building.
The scheme’s range of uses include mixed-tenure residential – comprising 114 one and two-bed flats for market sale, 28 affordable homes and 450 student apartments – alongside a combination of retail and commercial office space and a cultural venue: a home for South East Dance. ‘It’s a really impressive mix,’ commented a judge, ‘providing the bones of a new neighbourhood.
Cllr Phélim MacCafferty, Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council, said:
“I am absolutely thrilled that Circus Street has won this prestigious national award. Winning the Architects’ Journal ‘Building of the Year’ celebrates the rebuilding of this area as one of the best developments across the entire nation.
“This is a huge achievement for Brighton & Hove and speaks to our commitment to quality building design, jobs, homes, opportunities as well as a brand new neighbourhood, which sits so well in its proximity to Valley Gardens and The Royal Pavilion."
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