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Norba Court - Gateway Housing Association
"This is an outstanding development in an urban environment, that completely recognises and incorporates the need for access to green space and light, for resident wellbeing. The scheme also offers a safe, warm home to enhance the health and wellbeing of dementia sufferers.’"
Poynder Apartments - Eildon Housing Association
"We have agreed that this entry stood out from the others in this category due to its emphasis on designing around the needs of the cohort of residents, the sustainability of the development and sensitivity to heritage."
Grace House - Aster Group
"This has been a very challenging scheme in a constrained urban setting that has delivered a beautiful and striking design"
Newman Place, Oxford - Peabody
Sponsored by NHBC
"To make it 100% shared ownership for a huge range of different needs, in a traditionally unaffordable area, whilst also ensuring the design enhances the landscape and responds to the heritage, is an excellent achievement"
The Charter, Gravesend - Gravesham Borough Council, Rosherville Property Development Limited and Reef Group
Sponsored by Love to Rent
"This is a smallish build to rent development that punches way above its weight. The judges were impressed by the variety and different characteristics of the architecture and its good sustainability credentials"
Cromdale Square - Linthouse Housing Association
"The scheme demonstrates an innovative design approach to the former school site, a sympathetic retention of the façade and the delivery of new, affordable housing"
Brunswick PFI Regeneration Project - S4B for Manchester City Council
"The judges really liked the mix of housing (including the supported housing element) and social infrastructure the scheme is delivering. They also praised the investment in existing homes and the way the scheme is bolstering valued third sector organisations in the area."
Bluebird - Harp
"The judges agreed this was an inspirational, exemplar scheme which repurposed a challenging backland site to provide homes to support people experiencing homelessness. Considerable thought went into creating homes to help people get back on their feet and feel a renewed sense of purpose,"
Collaton pilot for A Different Approach - Pillar Land Securities and Coln Signature Homes
"The judges thought this entry outstanding in its response, especially in how it demonstrates ambition in thinking beyond the red line boundary and the minimum design and planning requirements. They said the solution sought is a transferable model that other rural projects can learn from"
GMV Limited - Countryside Partnerships and Taylor Wimpey
"This project shows a commitment to diversity and inclusion through its vision of the integration of landscape, humanity and human scale. It is a contemporary urban development that cleverly integrates amenities to both cater for a range of audiences and create a sense of community."
Development team - OX Place
Sponsored by Beacon Partnership
"The team demonstrated key delivery outputs and it was great to hear the community voice in their submission. The judges were particularly impressed with the number of residents from the Oxford area that they were able to support through full time work or work experience and their ‘Building Lives Academy"
Housing Development Team - Haringey Council
Sponsored by Beacon Partnership
"The judges felt the fact that 20% of new homes will be fully-wheelchair accessible, outperforming planning requirements, is truly impressive and something other developers should look to emulate. They said it was an entry that others could and should learn from"
Nevendon Place Partnership - Basildon Borough Council, The Salvation Army, Hill Group, ECD Architects, Keegans, Peabody and Homes England
"Multiple organisations have come together to successfully deliver homes that address real need. The project reflects the ethos that "housing is more than a home" – by helping rough sleepers off the street and into settled accommodation, with support that delivers wider health benefits and employment opportunities"
Barking Riverside - Barking Riverside Limited, Mayor of London, L&Q, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Transport for London
"The judges viewed this project as exceptional primarily due to the breadth and scale of the project, the complexity and harmonious working between the partners and the fact that it was co-designed with the community"
Lune Walk - South Lakes Housing
"The project demonstrates how effective partnership working can successfully deliver wider and enhanced social value to the community. This project also provided over 1,000 training days from inception to completion which included upskilling the supply chain of over 25 subcontractors"
Joyce Newman House and Joseph Lancaster Terrace - Bell Phillips Architects
"Our judges found this to be a really elegant response to an inner-city site, informed by excellent engagement with the community. ‘The committed and passionate client is delivering something unique in the area, directly serving the needs of local people"
Kelso Cochrane House - Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
"The principal reason this scheme won was evidence of working with the existing community on a small scheme to create more than just another new development. The submission left the panel with a sense of real commitment to establishing and supporting a construction training academy and recognising the importance of its social and cultural context in naming the building Kelso Cochrane House"
Hartopp and Lannoy Point – BPTW / London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
"The judges said this was our chosen affordable development for the way it incorporates Passivhaus design. The rigorous standards should reduce energy bills for residents considerably, and therefore significantly improve affordability"
Queens Quay, Clydebank - Loretto HA, part of Wheatley Group, in partnership with Clydebank HA and West Dunbartonshire Council
"This is a proper, exemplary brownfield development that others can learn from. It is sympathetic to and preserves the area’s industrial heritage, bringing land back into use. They’ve put some real thought and care into the design – and it looks great!"
Sponsored by
Royal Lancaster London
Lancaster Terrace
London
W2 2TY
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