Oak Hill Lawn Crematorium Highly Commended at the Brick Awards 2024!
We are thrilled to announce that Oak Hill Lawn Crematorium in Hatfield has been awarded Highly Commended in the Public Category at the Brick Awards 2024! We are very happy to be recognised for this amazing project. A huge well done to all the finalists and winners, it was a great evening.
Oak Hill Lawn Crematorium is a new bereavement centre and crematorium for Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. The scheme is located at Oak Hill Lawn Cemetery, South Way, Hatfield.
The project includes a new crematorium with capacity for 150 people in a double storey chapel, office and administration facilities and extensive landscaping works to enhance the existing cemetery including flower court and dedicated memorial spaces. The building has been designed to minimise visual impact on the surrounding greenbelt and uses the existing topography to ensure that the highest part of the building sits below the existing tree line.
We were first commissioned to work with Hatfield Council in 2017 to provide technical architectural design for the initial planning approved proposals by Gollings Architects. The project did not move forward at that time and after a period of consideration, Benchmark Architects was successful at invited tender to win the opportunity to revise the design and resubmit the planning application, which was approved in 2020. We led the stage 4 technical design, then were novated to the main contractor for the construction stage, ensuring quality and refinement throughout.
The Brick Awards celebrate the world’s greatest brick architecture and craftsmanship. Every year they welcome hundreds of projects, entered by the world’s leading architects, specialist contractors and developers. 18 hotly contested categories are judged by an exceptionally credentialled panel, positioning the Brick Awards as one of the world’s most reputable design and build competitions.
7 November 2024