Belfast's new shopping mecca Victoria Square has picked up another top industry award.

The regeneration scheme, designed by BDP, lifted a Gold award at a BCSE gala dinner earlier this week.

Gold awards are given by the jury to any project that they consider demonstrates innovation and excellence, regardless of size or category, and are recognised as the top awards within the retail property industry.

BDP’s head of retail Peter Coleman said: "BDP creates urban environments that respond intelligently to place. Victoria Square is an excellent example of an economically important and ambitious scheme reinstating the Victorian city streets.

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"We are delighted they have been recognised as such."

Victoria Square, designed by a full interdisciplinary BDP design team, opened to the public this year on in March.

With a construction cost of approximately £165m, the landmark scheme has changed the skyline of the city with its dramatic glass dome.

The scheme is based on an open street model more prevalent in mainland European cities; it is an urban grain streetscape connecting with the city, and establishing new relationships between previously disjointed areas of the public realm.

Victoria Square includes approx 63,000 square metres of retail floorspace over three floors, anchored by a flagship House of Fraser store, as well as a multi-screen cinema, food court and restaurant terrace, 106 apartments and a two-level basement car park for 1000 cars.

(PR)