Hugh Broughton Architects has said its restoration of Clifford’s Tower in York could not incorporate wheelchair accessiblity without having a “catatrophic impact” on the 11th century monument after the project was not awarded RIBA’s top architecture prize for the region.

The scheme had been chosen as the winner of RIBA Yorkshire’s 2024 Building of the Year award but was pulled at the last minute because the lack of wheelchair access at the site was deemed to be in conflict with RIBA’s core values.

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