RIBA Stirling Prize winner tours Landmark Engineering Building
Renowned architect Alex de Rijke who received the UK's top architecture honour in 2017, the , for the design of Hastings Pier toured the landmark Engineering Building.
The Stirling-Gowan designed Grade II* Listed building was included by the Daily Telegraph in a national list of the fifty most famous structures in the UK, including Hadrian’s Wall and Stonehenge. Among its many other plaudits, it was listed top in list of best post-war buildings and was listed as one of the 'world's best unsung buildings' by The Guardian.
An ambitious project to replace the roof of the world-famous Building, which saw all the 2,500 glass panels of the diamond-shaped roof reconstructed and replaced to exacting standards, has recently been completed.
The tour took place on Monday 5 March.
- Watch a video about the building here: