Nominations are open for the 2019
Wandsworth Design Awards
Chadwick Hall (image Nick Kane)
Do you have a favourite building in the
borough which you think deserves recognition? Why not put
it forward for the 2019 Wandsworth Design Awards.
The awards, held every other year since 1999, reward
high-quality design and local community groups, residents,
businesses and people working in the borough are all
encouraged to nominate schemes completed over the last two
years.
2017 winners included student accommodation at Chadwick
Hall, at Roehampton University, St Mary’s RC School in
Battersea, the Tara Arts theatre in Earlsfield, the
Earlsfield Pub, and a restored ice house at Burntwood
School.
The 2019 winners will be selected by a panel of judges
comprising councillors (including the council’s design and
heritage champions), local architects, representatives of
the Wandsworth Design Review Panel, local amenity
societies and the Wandsworth Access Association. An Awards
Presentation will be held in Spring 2020.
The awards incorporate the council’s Access Awards which
encourage architects and designers to embrace what is
defined as inclusive design. Nominations are also
encouraged for buildings and spaces that demonstrate
excellence in sustainable design and construction.
The Awards aim to give public recognition to recent local
building and landscape projects, which make a positive
contribution to the local environment. Suggestions can be
made for all types of developments, including:
Green buildings demonstrating excellence in sustainable
design and construction
Access to buildings – improved provision for people with
disabilities
Residential extensions (including loft extensions)
Restoration/conversion projects (including schemes which
introduce new uses to older buildings)
Single residential buildings
Large residential and mixed-use projects
Non-residential buildings
Shopfronts (new or restored)
Public spaces
Landscape projects (public and private)
The council’s planning chairman Cllr Guy Humphries said,
“The Wandsworth Design Awards aim to spur the borough’s
architects and developers to do their very best work,
creating buildings that enhance our borough and are
sustainable and accessible to everyone. Please get in
touch to nominate schemes that you feel deserve to be
given more recognition.â€
All projects must have been completed since 1 January
2017. Nominations must be in by September 30.
Nominate online or download a form
at www.wandsworth.gov.uk/designawards
September 10, 2019