London Bridge Station has been named Architects’ Journal Building of the Year 2019.
Based on a design by Grimshaw, the station re-opened in May last year following a £1bn transformation as part of the Government sponsored Thameslink Programme.
该电视台赢得了评委们的高度评价，评委们的评价包括：“令人印象深刻——一个巨大的项目”和“以巨大的谦虚成就宏伟”。
They also praised the scheme for being successful not just as an infrastructure project, but as a civic development. One judge said: “This is a great piece of urbanism beyond its job as a station,” Another observed how the station previously acted as a wall, cutting the river off from its hinterland, while Grimshaw’s design ‘reconnects the tissue of the city’.
The award is the third prestigious architecture prize which the station has received. Last month it won the RIBA London Award 2019 and was also named RIBA London Building of the Year 2019.
In a five-year build, the Thameslink Programme, a partnership between the Department for Transport, Network Rail, Govia Thameslink Railway, Southeastern and Siemens, created the largest street-level station concourse in the UK. Work included a major track upgrade, a new rail underpass on the approach to the station and platform widenings and extensions, all of which means 30% more trains can use the station than before.
Throughout the rebuild the station remained open to ensure rail services were maintained for the 50m customers who use it each year.
伦敦桥是伦敦市中心最古老的车站，也是英国第四繁忙的车站。这个车站最初是作为两个独立的车站建造的。重建意味着乘客首次可以从一个大厅到达所有15个站台。
英国国营铁路公司（Netw亚搏彩票软件官网ork Rail）南部地区董事总经理约翰•哈索尔（John Halsall）表示：“我很高兴伦敦桥站项目再次被公认为伟大设计和交付的典范。车站已被改造成适合未来的交通枢纽。这个奖项是对那些设计和计划这一转变的人的远见以及那些从事这项工作的人的技能和奉献精神的认可。它本身就是一座令人叹为观止的建筑，同时也为伦敦的这一地区带来了新的生机。”
Architects for the project were Grimshaw and the main contractors were Costain and Balfour Beatty.
结构和声学工程师以及景观设计师分别是WSP和Arcadis
Regional winners will be put forward for the RIBA National Awards, in July. Those collecting national awards will then be considered for the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist.
AJ奖为这个项目增加了一长串的奖项。其中包括：
- ICE greatest contribution to London award
- New London Architecture Awards, overall winner Transport and Infrastructure – sustainability
- National Rail Awards, Major Station of the Year
- 公民信托奖伦敦桥重建项目
- World Architecture Festival, LBS Transport category