The Bridge Academy in Hackney, designed by BDP, has won the Scala Civic Building of the Year Award.

The award was announced at Scala's (Serving Construction & Architecture in Local Authorities) annual conference and exhibition in Edinburgh last week and was collected by BDP architects Keith Papa and Keith Watson, on behalf of the project team.

BDP design for Bridge Academy
BDP design for Bridge Academy

Bridge Academy’s seven storey structure fits 15,500m² of learning and recreational space into a tight 6,000m² inner city site in Hackney, London. BDP acted as architect, structural and buildings services engineer, lighting designer and landscape architect for the project.