The Bishop Edward King Chapel has been hailed as the Building Project of the Year in the under £3 million category at the British Construction Industry Awards. The judging panel was chaired by Peter Hansford, Chief Construction Advisor to the Government. The Construction Awards recognise overall excellence in the delivery of the building, encompassing quality, client satisfaction and delivery to time and budget.
Author and Cambridge academic Mary Ann Steane has written on the Chapel’s “lyrical embodiment of liturgy and light” in an article published in Architecture Today. Dr. Steane previously included the Carmelite Monastery project in her book ‘The Architecture of Light’. The article in Architecture Today elucidates on the Chapel’s filtering of natural light through the internal timber structure, as a means of tying the building to its surroundings.
“On a sunny day the upper surfaces become an animated embroidery of light and shadow in tune with the surrounding windblown foliage, but even on a dull day the way that light is held within the tall enclosure is critical to the project’s narrative of tethering.”