The Guildford Design Awards are open to projects completed in Guildford Borough during the previous two years. The awards are run jointly by the Guildford Society and Guildford Borough Council.
The entries received for the Awards show that the borough has a vibrant range of building developments, demonstrated by the great range of over 40 entries.
The panel of judges have carefully considered all the entries and prepared a ’short list’ of some 20 excellent design projects which have been visited during August, The panel will finalise its winners in early September. The gamut of ‘short list’ projects considered in the various categories include; sustainable design, small and major urban interventions, responsive conservation, stimulating new homes, delicate landscapes and striking public art.
The panel will finalise its winners in early September, with the awards to be announced at an event in November.
One of the judges Claire Upton Brown who works for the local council stated ‘Guildford Borough Council are delighted to be involved in the Awards, the breadth of the projects demonstrate how good design is embedded in so many of the schemes built out over the past 2 years.’
The short list covers entries in eleven different categories. Some schemes are entered in more than one category e.g. Multiple Housing, and Public Realm. The judges may elect not to award a prize in a category, and the order of presentation in the Short List is totally random within category. The entries are numbered from 1 to 30. The short-list is shown below. A downloadable PDFcopy can be foud here.
Links to previous Design Awards can be found at foot of the page.
SHORTLIST
Commercial Building
1. 3000 Cathedral Hill Guildford
2 Charters Yard, central Guildford
Commercial Building: New Shop and Hospitality Project:
3 Marks and Spencer Food Hall, Ladymead Retail Park, Guildford
4 Art and Grind, High Street Guildford
Public Building
5. Guildford Lido Changing Rooms, Lido Road, Stoke Park
6 Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Millbrook, Guildford
7. Genesis Care Centre, Rosalind Franklin Close, Guildford
Individual House (New Build):
8 Hidden House, Abinger Hammer
9. Monkhatch, Hogs Back, Compton
10.Melbury House, central Guildford
Individual House (Restoration/Extension):
11. Beech Lane, Guildford
12.House Pewley Hill, Guildford
Multiple Housing - 30 Homes and Over:
13. Guildford Plaza, Portsmouth Road, Guildford
Multiple Housing - Up to 30 Homes:
14. The Mews, The Street Effingham
15. Dryden Court, Lower Edgeborough Road Guildford
Conservation Project:
16. Guildford House, High Street, Guildford
17. Stoke Cottage, Stoke Road, Guildford
18. Private House Buryfields, Guildford
19. Bridgefoot Farm, Portsmouth Road, Ripley
Regeneration Project:
20. 3000 Cathedral Hill, Guildford
21.Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Millbrook, Guildford
22. Private House, Beech Lane, Guildford
23. Guildford Plaza, Portsmouth Road, Guildford
24 Private House, Pewley Hill, Guildford
Public Realm:
25 The Oudolf Landscape, RHS Wisley, Surrey
26 Genesis Care Centre, Rosalind Franklin close, Guildford
27. Guildford Plaza, Portsmouth Road, guildford
28. 3000 Cathedral Hill, Guildford
Public Art:
29 Mural Chapel Street, Guildford
30. Memorial Window, St Martin's Church, East Horsley
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