Well Met Conferencing’s flagship venue, the Rose Bowl building, has received a design excellence award – its second trophy this year! The iconic building, which was officially opened by the Duke of Kent in May this year, won the Design Excellence Award at the Yorkshire Property Industry Awards.
The Rose Bowl is the home of Leeds Business School at Leeds Met and includes a five storey U-shaped building consisting of teaching areas, lecture theatres, catering facilities and offices as part of a signature glass building.
Dean of Business & Law, Martin Allison said: “With our relocation to the Rose Bowl, Leeds Business School is now literally at the heart of business in Yorkshire and ideally placed to serve the needs of business and professional development in the region and beyond. It is a great opportunity for us to work with civic and business leaders to create innovation and enterprise. My vision for the Rose Bowl is that it will be a place for educating current and future business leaders to be successful in the world and for the world.”
The event, which was held earlier this month at Saviles Hall at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, was hosted by the BBC’s Nik Wood and brought together influential names from the property, finance and public sectors of Yorkshire.
Sue Holmes, Head of Estates at the University said: “Leeds Met are delighted that the Rose Bowl continues to receive awards and accolades. We have also had great feedback from users of the building.”
The Rose Bowl was designed by Sheppard Robson, ARUP, Turner and Townsend and Gardiner and Theobold. In May this year, The Rose Bowl scooped Best Development at the Yorkshire Property Awards, in front of an audience of more than 600 property professionals.
The aim of this month’s awards was to recognise achievements right across the property sector – including the investor, providing the necessary means to get the project started; the developer, with the vision to see what can be achieved; the architect and contractor to turn that vision into reality; and the agent, helping to make sure that reality turns into something of real benefit to Yorkshire business and society.

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