Architects of an ultra-low carbon £950,000 community building in Salford have won two national architecture awards.
The Ancoats based practice, Architecture Unknown celebrated two wins at this year’s Build Magazine Architecture Awards.
Founders Charlie Butterwick and Daniel Kelso took home the ‘Most Community-Focused Architecture Practice 2025’ and the ‘Best Community Centre Project 2025 (Northern England).
The Peel Park community building, which opened in February, was built using a zero-carbon, modular design system called WikiHouse – making it one of the greenest buildings in Salford.
WikiHouse is often described as the IKEA of construction, offering the opportunity for anyone to get in on the build.
In June 2024, around 60 local school children were among the local volunteers who helped to get construction underway at the centre.
More than 100 volunteers from Little Hulton lent a hand on the construction site.
Director and Design Lead, Daniel Kelso from Architecture Unknown, said: “Well over 1000 hours of donated sweat equity has gone into making this building. The award really honours that hard work.
“For Architecture Unknown, Peel Park is the heart of what we do; community-led architecture that creates artistic and functional spaces that will enrich an area for many years to come.
“We are very proud to win the awards as they celebrate our talented team, our core business values and the passion behind our design,” he continued.
The two national awards were also praised by at the BUILD awards for their processes and innovation from start to finish.
Awards Coordinator for the Build Magazine Architecture Awards, Kaven Cooper said: “Learning more about our winners’ journeys is always a delight, and this year’s Architecture Awards process has been an exhilarating process.
“It’s so wonderful to see the positive impact our awardees have on the rest of the world, especially as their creativity and dependability ripple out across surrounding communities by means of their designs and creations.”
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