Students from Cardiff and Manchester think green to scoop £3,000 prizes
Nationwide Building Society today announces the winners of the second Nationwide Sustainable Housing Awards. Launched in September 2009 in association with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), this second in a series of three annual ideas competitions, was open to undergraduate architecture and design students. The theme for the 2009/2010 awards was ‘Suburban Urban – Secure and Green’ with sub categories of new build, refurbishment and community projects.
As the third largest mortgage provider, Nationwide has a strong interest in housing issues. The Society is committed to supporting sustainable and affordable housing for all, and is confident the new competition will stimulate and reward innovative thinking about how people can live more sustainably in the future.
Design ideas were received from 44 students from 20 Schools and 9 submissions from America. The prizes were awarded by Wayne Hemingway, of Hemingway Design, at a ceremony at the RIBA’s London HQ on Tuesday 8th June 2010. The winners were:
Overall winner, Community and New build category
First prize Matthew Kidner & Jonathan Davey – University of Nottingham (wins £3000)
Community category
Second prize Robert Buss – University of Bath (wins £1500)
Third prize Anthony Campbell & James West – Manchester School of Architecture (win £1000)
New build category
Joint second prize: Alice Harwood – Welsh School of Architecture (wins £1,500)
Joint second prize: Daniel Cross – Anglia Ruskin University (wins £1,500)
Third prize: Aaron Birch – Oxford Brookes University (wins £1000)
In the same category, commendations were given to:
Steven Dunn – Strathclyde University
Nicholas Wheeler – Oxford Brookes University
And special mentions to:
Andra-Elena Antone – Welsh School of Architecture
Kemissa Colin – Savannah College of Art and Design, USA
Refurbishment/regeneration category
A commendation was given to: Amelie von Celsing – Central Saint Martins, London
To recognise the support given to this initiative by the Schools of Architecture, the judging panel decided to award a special prize to the School of Architecture that has most embraced and supported the Nationwide Awards. This award of £2000 is given to the Welsh School of Architecture.
Graham Beale, chief executive at Nationwide, said: “We are delighted to announce the winners of these second annual awards and I would like to thank all the students who took part. There were some fantastic entries which made it very difficult for the judging panel to select the winners.
“As a mutual organisation and the UK’s third largest mortgage provider, Nationwide is committed to affordable home ownership and supporting sustainable housing and communities for the future. This fits neatly with this year’s ‘Suburban Urban’ theme, which will encourage young architects and design students to build sustainability into their future designs.”
