A £14m restoration of the Grade B listed Riddel Hall, complemented by the construction of two adjoining buildings, has created a state-of-the-art Executive Education Centre. It is home to the Queen’s Management School, a Graduate Centre and a Leadership Institute, and delivers professional development programmes not just to Queen’s students but also to executives and organisations from all sectors throughout the Province.
The brief for Riddel Hall was to conserve its significant architectural and historical value, by keeping intervention to a minimum, while creating a building that meets operational need and is environmentally sustainable going into the future. Seminar and syndicate rooms are provided on the ground floor and academic and postgraduate offices on the upper floors. The dank, inner courtyard, at the heart of the building, has been transformed into a multi-purpose dining and conference space.
The project was highly commended in the RICS Northern Ireland 2012 Building Conservation Award category.
