Kent Design Awards

Kent Design Awards
Awarded for	To celebrate the high quality development delivered throughout Kent
Country	UK
Presented by	Kent Design Initiative (part of Kent County Council)
First awarded	2003
Official website	Kent Design Initiative

These awards were created to celebrate design excellence in Kent and were first staged in 2003 and are usually held every two years.^[1] They were then renamed 'Kent Design and Development Awards' in 2012. Then have stayed as the 'Kent Design and Development Awards' in 2014.^[1]

2003

• Commercial and Industrial Building winner - Holiday Extras HQ Building, Newingreen, Hythe ^[2]
• Public Building winner - Riverhead Infant School, Sevenoaks
• Urban Design and Town Centre Renewal winner - St. Mildreds Lavender Mews, Canterbury
• Best Individual House - Lynwood, Tunbridge Wells (private residence)^[3]
• Housebuilding for Quality winner - Ingress Park, Greenhithe
• Overall winner - Lynwood, Tunbridge Wells (private residence)^[3]

Highly Commended was Romney Warren Visitor Centre ^[4]

2004

• Housebuilding for Quality winner - Vista (private residence), Dungeness^[5]
• Public Building/Education winner - St Augustine's RC School, Hythe^[6]
• Town and Village Renaissance - Horsebridge and Brownings Yard, Whitstable ^[7]
• Overall Winner - St Augustine's RC School, Hythe ^[6]

2005/2006

• Public Building winner - Trosley Country Park amenity block ^[8]
• Commercial, Industrial and retail winner - Kings Hill Village Centre ^[9]
• Housebuilding winner - Iden Farm Cottage, Boughton Monchelsea, near Maidstone^[10]
• Building Renovation winner - The Old Gymnasium, Deal Cavalry Barracks, Deal^[10]
• Best New Neighbourhood winner - Affordable village housing in Ash Grove, St Margaret's at Cliffe, near Dover.^[10]
• Overall Winner - The Goods Shed, Canterbury ^[10]

2007/2008

Also nominated was Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope museum, library and gallery, although misleadingly named as a winner on an architects brochure.^[11]

• Commercial, Industrial and retail winner - Broadside (HQ of MHS Homes), Chatham ^[12]
• Housebuilding winner - Sandling Park (a residential scheme), Maidstone^[13]
• Building Renovation (joint winers) - Pilkington Building ^[14] and Drill Hall Library, within the Universities at Medway^[15]
• Public Building winner - Parrock Street public toilets, Gravesend (Gravesham Community Project PFI)^[16]
• Landscape category winner - Lower Leas Coastal Park, Folkestone ^[17]
• Overall Winner - The Pines Calyx, St Margaret's at Cliffe

2010

30 projects were shortlisted in seven categories from more than 60 entries. The Medway Building at the University of Kent as part of the Universities at Medway, was nominated for Best Public Building.^[18] Also nominated was Crossway Low Energy House, near Maidstone.^[19]

• Conservation & Craftsmanship Category winner - The Darnley Mausoleum, Cobham ^[1]
• Town & Village Renaissance winner - Ashford Shared Space
• Residential overall winner - The Quays (towers with the former Chatham Dockyard), Chatham Maritime ^[20]
• Residential (major development) winner - The Quays, Chatham Maritime
• Residential (minor development) winner - El Ray, Dungeness
• Commercial, Industrial & Retail winner - Deal Pier
• Public Buildings (general) winner - Quarterhouse, Folkestone ^[21]
• Public Buildings (schools) winner - St. James the Great Primary & Nursery School, East Malling
• Project of the Year - the Lord Sandy Bruce-Lockhart Award - The Darnley Mausoleum, Cobham ^[1]

2012 (Renamed as 'Kent Design and Development Awards')

Jointly organised and sponsored by 'DHA Planning'(town planning and transport consultancy), Kent County Council and Ward Homes (public housing management).^[22]

94 nominees including Sevenoaks School Performing Arts Centre and Cornwallis Academy.^[23]

• Commercial, Industrial and Retail winner - Rocksalt Restaurant, Folkestone
• Public Buildings Education winner - Marlowe Theatre,Canterbury ^[23]
• Civils and Infrastructure winner - Dover Esplande, sea frontage
• Environmental Performance winner - Hadlow College
• Minor Residential winner - Hill House, Ulcombe ^[24]
• Major Residential winner - Rosemary Gardens, Park Wood ^[25]
• Public Buildings, Community winner - Turner Contemporary
• Public Buildings, Education winner - Walderslade Primary School ^[23]
• Project of the Year (Sponsored by DHA Planning) - Rocksalt Restaurant, Folkestone ^[26]

2014 Kent Design and Development Awards

Categories Include:

• Residential
• Commercial, Industrial and Retail
• Civils and Infrastructure
• Public Buildings
• Environmental Performance
• Overall winner ‘Project of the year’

The shortlist was announced in September;^[27]

• Three Hills Sports Park, Folkestone
• The Skinners' Kent Academy, Tunbridge
• Goat Lees Primary School, Ashford
• Cyclopark, Gravesend
• Ambleside, Faversham
• Armstrong Road, Maidstone
• Centre for Environmental Technologies, Broadstairs
• Farningham House Cottage, Forge Fields, Bethersden
• Hadlow Tower
• Hermitage Court Units (G+H), Maidstone
• Horsted Park, Chatham
• Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery, Maidstone
• Maidstone High Street
• Medway Crematorium
• Pobble House, Romney Marsh
• Sandwich Town Tidal Defences
• St Michael's School, Otford

References

1. Ratcliffe, Hannah (17 March 2010). "Unique design and architecture in Kent is awarded". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
2. "Holiday Extras® Awards Archive". www.holidayextras.co.uk. 2003. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
3. "Case Studies". www.bbsconstruction.com. 2002. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
4. "Romney Marsh Visitor Centre". www.ecolibriumsolutions.co.uk. 2003. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
5. "Riba award winners 2004". arts.theguardian.com. 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
6. "Information about St. Augustine's Primary School" (PDF). architecturecentre.org. 25 April 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
7. "Portfolio". www.clague.co.uk. 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
8. "Country park amenity block Trosley Country Park, Kent". www.ecolibriumsolutions.co.uk. 2005. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
9. "Kings Hill Village Centre". www.lee-evans.co.uk. 2005. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
10. "Top design award for converted rail shed". www.kentonline.co.uk. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
11. "Clay Architecture". www.clayarchitecture.com. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
12. "Broadside, Chatham Maritime, Kent, UK". www.ancon.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
13. "Sandling Park wins Kent Design Award". www.housingexcellence.co.uk. 13 December 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
14. "Pilkington Building, Universities at Medway, England". www.rmjm.com. 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
15. "Medway Campus collects First Prize at Kent Design Awards". enterprise.gre.ac.uk. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
16. "Parrock Street". www.plastikarchitects.com. 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
17. "Amphitheatre". www.kentnordpasdecalais.com. 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
18. "Medway Building, Kent, England". www.e-architect.co.uk. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
19. "Case Study Crossway Low Energy House, Kent". www.jhai.co.uk. 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
20. "Awards". www.ardmoregroup.co.uk. 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
21. "Awards". www.alisonbrooksarchitects.com. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
22. "KENT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT AWARDS 2012". architecture-centre.org. 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
23. Goh, Kasan (6 December 2012). "Kent Design Award 2012 for Best Public Building ( Education )". www.clayarchitecture.com. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
24. "Hill House, Kent - 2012 RIBA Award Winner". www.workingmetals.co.uk. 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
25. "Rosemary Gardens, Park Wood". www.goldinghomes.org.uk. 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
26. "Rocksalt Restaurant Winner at Kent Design Awards". www.mlm.uk.com. 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
27. Britcher, Chris (28 September 2014). "Architects hope grand designs build on community benefits". Kent on Sunday. Kent.

External links

• Kent Design and Development Awards 2012