NEWS   

JULY 2010

ULSTER MUSEUM WINS ART FUND PRIZE
The Ulster Museum has won one of the most prestigious museum prizes in the world - the coveted UK Art Fund Prize. The museum picked up the £100,000 prize at a ceremony in London last night, beating competition from the Ashmolean in Oxford, the Herbert in Coventry and Blists Hill Victorian town at Ironbridge.

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JUNE 2010

DERRY~LONDONDERRY BIDS FOR CITY OF CULTURE
Derry~Londonderry has submitted its bid to be the UK City of Culture 2013.

REJUVENATION OF THE CRAFT VILLAGE, DERRY
Hamilton Architects have been appointed by the Inner City Trust in Derry to rejuvenate the Craft Village which is located between Magazine Street and Shipquay Street within the walled city of Derry.

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MAY 2010

RICS AWARDS THE ULSTER MUSEUM FOR IT'S SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY
The Ulster Museum’s design team led by Hamilton Architects picked up a prestigious RICS Award this week. The Ulster Museum was awarded the RICS Community Benefit award at an award ceremony in the Great Hall at Queens University Belfast.

ULSTER MUSEUM AWARDED AT THE OSCARS OF THE MUSEUMS WORLD
The Ulster Museum was awarded at the Museums & Heritage Awards for Excellence – the Oscars of the Museums World – at a prestigious ceremony on 12 May in London.

UNITED NATIONS AWARD FOR THE CRESCENT ARTS CENTRE AND HAMILTON ARCHITECTS
The Crescent Arts Centre and it’s restoration team, Hamilton Architects, Gilbert Ash and Braecom have received a MAB UNESCO* Award in recognition of the work done in protecting the swift habitat throughout the environmentally sensitive restoration of the Crescent Arts Centre. 

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APRIL 2010

HAMILTON ARCHITECTS’ REFURBISHMENT OF THE CRESCENT ART CENTRE COMPLETE AS CENTRE RE-OPENS
Belfast’s Crescent Arts Centre has officially re-opened following a £7.2 million refurbishment and restoration project by Hamilton Architects and Hall Black Douglas that has doubled its capacity and injected new, cutting-edge facilities into the historic 135 year-old landmark city building. (Hall Black Douglas were architects on the scheme design, whilst Hamilton Architects worked on the detail design to deliver the completed project).

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