Peregrine Bryant Architects have secured two wins at the recent RIBA 2025 Awards, taking home the London Award and Conservation Award for their work on the Hallelujah Project, Handel and Hendrix Museum. The judges noted:

This project is impressive in so many ways, with the team securing the future of a cultural gem that was previously lost, having been altered beyond recognition. In restoring the  fabric they have also recovered the enjoyment of current and future generations of music lovers. 

Through the sensitive and intelligent restoration and interpretation of this building, Handel’s and Hendrix’s stories are more accessible – both intellectually and physically – than ever before.

Handel Hendrix House presents the homes of George Frideric Handel who lived at no. 25 from 1723 until his death in 1759 and Jimi Hendrix who moved into an adjoining flat in 1968. The buildings are presented as an evolving celebration of their lives, sharing their music and collections to provide enjoyment, inspiration, and education. The project has successfully restored and united both buildings to the forms the musicians occupied so their stories can be better told. Handel’s historic ground and lower-ground floors and the Brook Street façade were reinstated, and the lightwell reopened, and the railings installed. Converting retail space, back to its post-Great Fire of London planform, required significant alteration, removing structural changes, while being mindful of the budget, the challenges of a tight central London site, and working with a Grade I listed building.

Read more about the project on the RIBA website and the RIBA Journal