The British Construction Industry Awards and Prime Minister's Awards Results

Dalby Forest Visitor Centre, near Pickering, has won this year's Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award.Opened in April, the visitor centr, part of a major regeneration project in Dalby Forest and the North York Moors National Park,uses almost solely local natural materials to fit seamlessly into its surroundings.

Designed by Bristol practice White Design, the centre was commissioned by the Forestry Commission.It was praised by judges for its commitment to sustainability.

The building contains a biomass boiler powered by woodchips from the local forest, and draws much of its power from solar panels and wind turbines. It is clad in larch, and the roof is made of recycled tyres and inner tubes, in a true homage to sustainability the building’s reception desk is made of recycled mobile phones, Wellington boots and yoghurt pots.

The award is part of the British Construction Industry Awards and is sponsored jointly by CABE and the Office of Government Commerce (OGC).

Other Winners included Camp Bastion Military Base in Helmand, Afghanistan, which won the Judges' Special Award, the Emirates Stadium in North London which walked away with the Major Project Award, The Roundhouse in North London won the Conservation Award and The Eden Project was named the best British building of the past 20 years.