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Guildford Crematorium - Civic Trust Award

16 March 2022

2022 Awards Announced

The Civic Trust have just announced their awards for excellence in the Built Environment 2022. The awards are celebrating their 63rd year  The winners can be seen at this link. 

Developments in Guildford recognised

The Town has two buildings in the Civic Trust Awards, both of which have also been recognised by the Society’s Design Awards in 2020 and 2021.

A Civic Trust Award Winner  - Guildford Crematorium (Architects - Haverstock) which recognised in our awards in 2020. 

The Civic Trust judges commented that “The buildings provide a beautiful architectural backdrop to the celebration of life.” 

Congratulations to Guildford Borough Council as clients and the team who worked on the building

One of the South East regional finalists - Guildford Baptist Church (Architects Re-Format LLP) one of our 2021 winners.

The Civic Trust have also documented their awards as a booklet that can be downloaded.

Looking at the other award winners we note that:

  • the Royal Horticultural Society who have received awards from the Society in 2020 and 2021 received an award for their new Welcome Building at RHS Garden Bridgewater.
  • there are a number of exciting bridge designs, will the new Walnut Tree Bridge once completed challenge for an aweard next year?
  • several interesting buildings including a Cycle Centre in Kingston upon Thames and a revamp of Preston Bus Station.

 

 

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