The Savill Building, Windsor Great Park
Client
The Crown Estate
Project Location
Windsor Great Park
Status
Completed
The Savill Building, a landmark structure at the entrance to The Savill Garden which also acts as the ‘gateway’ to The Royal Landscape of Windsor Great Park, has been a huge success. It attracts more than half a million visitors a year, twice as many as expected when the Crown Estate commissioned the building in 2006.
Its dramatic curved form combines the best in contemporary engineering with traditional craft skills. The ‘gridshell’ roof derives its strength from the grid of its structure and the double curvature of its form and cladding.
It is built from larch and clad with green oak from The Crown Estate’s own sustainable Windsor Estate sources.
“The Savill Building has provided us with a magnificent new iconic building.”
Roger Bright, The Crown Estate
Chicago Athenaeum 2008
Museum of Architecture and Design International Architecture Award
Building Magazine Awards 2007
Highly Commended Project of the Year
Civic Trust Awards 2007
Timber Building, Special Awards Category
IStructE Structural Awards 2007
Arts, Leisure, Entertainment Structure Award
Supreme Award for Structural Engineering Excellence
RIBA Awards 2007
Shortlisted for Stirling Prize
Regional Award
National Award
Runnymede Design Awards 2007
Best Environmental Scheme
Best Overall Scheme
Wood Awards 2006
Commercial Category Winner
Gold Award Winner
Structural Category Winner
Best Use of British Timber Winner