Peter Lord Award for Dundonald Church
Brimelow McSweeney Architects
Cahill Design Consultants
Sound Advice

Dundonald Church is a new build church with 18 apartments on the upper floors, designed by Brimelow McSweeney Architects. The church comprises a 680-seat auditorium with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment, three function halls, a large hospitality foyer with coffee shop, and offices for 25 staff.

There were significant acoustic challenges separating the church from the residential use, in the auditorium design and providing excellent acoustics in the halls and foyer spaces, which are immediately apparent to everyone visiting the building and are frequently praised.

The whole project team worked admirably to overcome the multiple challenges, particularly the acousticians, Ben Cahill of Cahill Design Consultants on the client team and Brian Scrivener of Sound Advice for the contractor’s novated design team.

The Institute of Acoustics is please to award the team with the Peter Lord Award for 2023.