Client of the Year award winner
Royal Shakespeare Company wins Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Client of the Year award.
We have been named 'Client of the Year' at the prestigious RIBA Awards this weekend (1 October).
The Client of the Year Award honours the key role that a client has played in the creation of fine architecture.
The judges believed that 'the most remarkable thing about the RSC as a client is the way in which they have consistently looked at the big picture.'
Talking about the RSC, Chair of Judges for RIBA, Deborah Saunt, said: 'Through a long, complex and exhaustive process, working with a number of architects, but particularly Bennetts Associates, they have brought into the theatre people who would never have dreamt of going before and given them theatrical experiences to treasure for the rest of their lives.'
Vikki Heywood, RSC Executive Director, said: 'We are delighted to have been awarded RIBA's Client of the Year, which acknowledges the hard work and dedication of a wide group of people who worked for many years on the Transformation of our Stratford home.
'It is an acknowledgement that our new theatre has fulfilled one of the key ambitions to bring people into the theatre who would not have visited the theatre before. It's great news.'