Great Places Awards 2018

Great Places Awards 2018 T he Great Places Awards recognise the very best of designs from across the business, and help us to share good practice and provide inspiration for future projects. Each year, we invite divisions to submit schemes, in order to demonstrate how they are contributing to the design objectives of the Group.

in 2018…

Submissions

Awards (20 Gold 30 Silver)

(Standard, Non-Standard and Multi-Storey) Categories

Great Places is based on Building for Life 12 – the government endorsed, industry standard for well designed homes and neighbourhoods. It uses the 12 questions to provide guidance on how to create designs which will achieve a Built for Life accreditation and creates a means of assessing the quality of completed schemes through the Great Places Awards. The company’s commitment to design was reinforced when Great Places became one of the four priorities that underpin our Building Excellence Vision, and in 2018 when the Board committed to achieving at least ‘Silver’ standard on all completed developments by 2020.

Best in Category Winners 2018

How does the annual Great Places Awards cycle work? Schemes are submitted by our divisional Great Places Champions during April and May each year, before being assessed by an internal panel of judges, including Michael Finn, Nigel Longstaff, Andrew Watson, Philip Barnes, Adam Tillion and Giuseppe Zanre. The submission and judging process is coordinated by Tracy Merrifield. Following a desktop review against all 12 Building for Life/Great Places questions, a series of site visits takes place for the higher scoring schemes, in order to finalise the award winners and create the shortlist for the Best in Category Awards. All winners are uploaded onto the Great Places website, which can be accessed via Our Place. You can find out more about the process on Our Place.

Standard Category: Montague Park, Wokingham – BDW Southern Counties

Non-Standard Category: Houndwood, Street – Barratt Homes Bristol

Multi-Storey Category: Camden Courtyards, London – Barratt West London

This first phase of a wider urban extension creates a clear hierarchy of streets and spaces whilst retaining trees and hedgerows to great effect. A distinctive character has been produced through a simple material palette as well as the structure of the streets and spaces.”

This edge of town site has provided an ideal location for this distinctive contemporary development. There is easy access to a range of facilities through excellent connectivity and social spaces, including community planters, placed throughout the site.”

This award winning development maximizes its use of space whilst still providing social spaces that all of its residents can enjoy. Its design ensures that there is an active street whilst balancing privacy, and the clever use of materials reduces the scale of the building.”