LANDMARK SOUTH BANK PROJECT NAMED OVERALL WINNER AT SCHÜCO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2025
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LANDMARK SOUTH BANK PROJECT NAMED OVERALL WINNER AT SCHÜCO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2025
A bold reinvention of a Grade II-listed office building on London’ s South Bank has been named the Overall Winner at the Schüco Excellence Awards 2025. Designed by AHMM, 76 Upper Ground was selected by the judges for its outstanding architectural and environmental performance, as well as the high level of collaboration between the project team.
The annual awards are held in partnership with Architecture Today and celebrate excellence in façade and building envelope design across nine project categories. The 2025 judging panel evaluated entries against four criteria: creativity, innovation, technical skill and creative collaboration.
Originally constructed in the 1980s, Overall Winner 76 Upper Ground has been repurposed into a modern office building with exemplary sustainability credentials. The project, delivered by main contractor
Multiplex and specialist contractor Dane Architectural Systems, achieves BREEAM Outstanding and features Schüco Ultra Low Carbon aluminium profiles which helped reduce embodied carbon by over 100 tonnes. The judges praised the scheme for“ setting a new benchmark for what can be achieved in the transformation of a valuable but poorly performing heritage asset”.
Commenting on the awards, Dan Gleeson, Sales Director of Schüco UK and Ireland, said:“ The Schüco Excellence Awards have always been about recognising what’ s possible when innovative design meets technical know-how and strong collaboration. 76 Upper Ground exemplifies that spirit – it’ s a project that reinvents the past while looking firmly to the future. I want to congratulate all this year’ s winners, and thank our judges and everyone who submitted a project. The quality of work across all categories was exceptional.”
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Technical characteristics Size of the project: 450 m 2 Material:
Aluminium
Pattern: Round holes
Thickness:
3.0 mm Surface treatment: Powder Coating Finishing operation: Bending
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