New National Community Design Award launched
Communities across England are invited to enter the inaugural ‘Civic Voice National Community Design Award”.
Civic Voice is today calling on communities across England to nominate buildings and schemes for projects they consider make a significant contribution to the quality of their built environment, whether village, town or city.
Griff Rhys Jones, President of Civic Voice said: “It will not be an award where professionals give an award to the work of other professionals. Instead, the nominations will be made and supported by local communities across the country”.
The Civic Voice Community Design Award has today been launched in Canterbury at the AGM of Civic Voice. The awards will be distinctive in that nominations can only be made by local communities.
Nominations for projects will be considered that are examples of:
• New buildings
• Historic buildings that have been reused or refurbished
• Public realm schemes such as street works, conservation area improvements, parks, improvements and enhancements of the civic realm.
The judges will be looking for excellence in terms of:
• Quality in design and construction
• Appropriateness
• Community participation and engagement
• Promoting pride of place.
Freddie Gick, Chair of Civic Voice said “We are introducing the award with the aim to demonstrate the communities are prepared to accept new development – when the development responds to local. The civic society movement is focused on delivering high quality places and these awards are a great way to do that while encouraging collaboration between communities and developers on a local level.”
Communities can enter online at www.civicvoice.org.uk/cda with a closing date of 31 March 2015
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