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THE BEST NEW HOMES IN BRITAIN

Among the many regrets – all of But, for now, let us celebrate the best new homes course mere inconveniences in Britain and those who created them – the people, when set alongside what so the products and the services. many people have gone through Romesh Ranganathan was our first-ever ‘digital’ in 2020 – of not being able to host as the Awards hit 40. Fortunate to meet him in hold a physical awards event because of the the flesh, I can confirm the comedian, television pandemic, is we cannot rise presenter and writer was a delight to work with; as one in a crowded, boisterous, room full of funny, engaging, but also fully tuned into the trauma peers and colleagues, competitors and clients, so many people have endured this year and partners and suppliers to applaud the very best choosing to donate his entire fee to charity. of our industry and pay due homage to the If we had had a physical event at our spiritual WhatHouse? Awards winners and all they have home, the Grosvenor House Hotel, you’d still be achieved this year. having selfies with him. He’s that sort of person and We may have been forced to praise them such a shame he couldn’t stand on stage and walk remotely due to the havoc wrought by Covid-19, the floor. A full house at the awards would have but the shouting needs to be louder and been the ultimate Ranganation. longer-lasting than ever. “Jack Whitehall hosted your Awards two years There is much wrong with British housebuilding running. Why not me?” Indeed Romesh, why not that needs to be urgently addressed and the indeed? necessary remedies sort and recompenses made. We would like to thank all the housebuilders, But there is a lot right too and every housebuilder suppliers and other industry colleagues and, of and every cog in their supply chains deserves huge course, our sponsors and judges; particularly this congratulations or their efforts in adversity and a year, for continuing to support us in the face of the refusal to be bowed. most extraordinary and challenging of years. Also, it is an industry that cannot afford to be bowed, for there is much to be done and the list of Rupert Bates challenges, in terms of delivery and reputation, is Editorial Director long and requires resolve and a robust facing up WhatHouse.com & Show House magazine to responsibilities. [email protected]

Globespan Media is the organiser of the WhatHouse? Awards and also publishes the leading trade title for the housebuilding industry Show House. Its sister consumer-facing business is WhatHouse.com, the leading new homes portal.

Editorial director: Rupert Bates Creative director: Kelly Bates Chief sub-editor: Suzanne Frost Sales director: Adrian Talbot ([email protected]) Tel: 020 7940 1070

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HOUSEBUILDER OF THE YEAR

HOUSEBUILDER Foundation 200 is a £12m project Hill is committed to addressing the OF THE YEAR to provide 200 modular homes for acute skills shortages; investing in homeless people over the next future generations and is a platinum Hill five years across the communities member of Women into Construction, The greatest prize in British Hill builds in. helping to create a gender-balanced housebuilding, against the backdrop The project was conceived workforce in the industry. of the most extraordinary year before the pandemic, but the crisis A placemaker and a people most of us have ever experienced, of homelessness has ratcheted builder – a powerful combination goes to Hill, based in Waltham up several notches since, not to that wins Hill the industry’s highest Abbey, Essex. mention the added burden of accolade five years after its first Hill continues to build, to partner supporting charities naturally triumph. and to impress with panache and struggling for funds and resources passion across a myriad of locations as all helping hands were and house types. Its commitment to requisitioned to fight the virus. product and people is unswerving “We chose to deliver positive and laser-focused, eye never off change and to act as a role model for the ball, learning from the past, kindness and compassion through building in the present, planning positive action,” said Hill founder and for the future – a sustainable CEO Andy Hill. future, where building change It has always been a community-led must lead the way in combating company, recognising the importance climate change. of relationships and a collaborative A special year for the business – spirit from planning to completion. Hill’s 20th – was marked with the Staff are as important as launch of Foundation 200, out of its customers, with the culture of the newly formed subsidiary the Hill people transmitting through to the Group Foundation. quality of homes and service.

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BEST LARGE HOUSEBUILDER

SILVER levels. It appointed designated Places for People Covid-19 supervisors on all sites and virtual ‘hard hat’ tours for buyers

GOLD SILVER A formidable all-rounder, Places for to view homes at first-fix stage via a Berkeley Group Miller Homes People is growing its position and video call with the site manager, as Any review of the Berkeley Group’s An eighth successive year of growth prestige in the housebuilding sphere well as home preview tours for year has to start with the death in for Miller Homes saw the opening of with an infinite variety of product, customers through iPad technology. June of its legendary founder and a new regional office in Teesside for focused firmly on placemaking The virus has seen housebuilders chairman Tony Pidgley. Among the the Edinburgh-based housebuilder. and the environment, aiming to responding to new priorities too when many tributes paid to the man who, Miller is swift to react to not just deliver net zero carbon homes on all it comes to the home environment, in 1976, founded one of Britain’s market movements, but customer its new developments from 2025. especially the increased emphasis most respected companies was one needs and trends, with a flexible range It is a big business too, with a on creative and practical outdoor from a fellow giant of the industry, of product, giving purchasers plenty of pipeline of over 25,000 homes to be space, as well as areas and facilities Steve Morgan, founder of Redrow. options, with designing in working built both traditionally and via MMC. for working from home. “Tony was unique – probably the from home an increasing requirement. The group as a whole is more than 20 Redrow, having opened a Thames greatest leader the housebuilding Miller has always prided itself on companies and over 12,000 people. Valley division last year, now has 14 industry has ever seen or is its digital marketing innovation, Places for People is committed to operating divisions across England ever likely to.” which proved invaluable during energy-efficient building solutions and Wales, amounting to some 130 Berkeley continues to be a pioneer lockdown in terms of the ability to and has launched the Innovation Lab active sites. of placemaking. Best known for its continue to engage and progress. with European partners, looking to The company introduced The London work, delivering more than Miller was the first housebuilder to identify innovative technologies. Redrow 8, a set of placemaking 10% of London’s new private and allow online reservations via its Customer service is an investment principles around both sustainable affordable homes, its reach and website and it has also introduced a too, with Places for People developing living and the wellbeing of residents, reputation also covers the south and live chat facility and virtual meetings a People First strategy around the be it through community the West Midlands. with customers; not to mention the homebuying process and interaction infrastructure, social interaction, or A big company, which delivers on evolution of the My Miller Home app. with customers. enhancing the development’s nature the ground and on the balance sheet, One example was a virtual sales The company builds homes for and wildlife, driven by Redrow’s Berkeley sets its sustainable bar high meeting with a member of the armed sale and rent and accommodation for strong commitment to biodiversity as too as a carbon positive business, forces in Afghanistan, leading to a students and older people, as well as a key component of both mental and committed to net biodiversity and purchase, while new marketing managing properties and providing physical health and a ‘doorstep renewable energy, embracing the campaigns have been run out across care and leisure facilities. nature’ approach to its schemes. imperative for the industry to multiple channels. Design, homes with classical faces acknowledge and proactively Miller invests in its own people too BRONZE and contemporary features, remain respond to climate change. with training and development a key focus, as is the emphasis on Redrow Berkeley always thinks in terms of programmes, as well as mental health staff training, encouraging training communities, not just homes, with a awareness training. There are also Redrow continues to deliver strong and apprenticeships throughout holistic approach, connecting and sustainability initiatives around carbon results, and in 2020 it was quick to the business, inspiring the next engaging to establish and nurture reduction and renewable technology. respond to the pandemic at all generation to build. long-term relationships with all stakeholders. Like so many across the industry, Berkeley has channelled its resources into helping people impacted by Covid-19 – be it the supply of PPE to local hospitals, delivering food and support to vulnerable residents and providing parking spaces to keyworkers, with the Berkeley Foundation donating more than £250,000 in emergency grants to partner charities.

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BEST MEDIUM HOUSEBUILDER

and stylish. Bewley has also forged successful partnerships with RSLs. Bewley responded to the pandemic with great effort and empathy to support both customers and staff, including site and show home videos, putting both health and safety front and centre of its operations. The company also introduced a Blue Light card, offering £10,000 discounts on a selection of homes for NHS staff and other keyworkers. Bewley offers the Bewley Bond – a commitment to giving customers 12 weeks to sell their current homes and customer care has always been a company strength. For its own staff, there is a big commitment to training younger employees, taking them through both higher education and apprenticeships. SILVER Bewley Homes SILVER William Davis Homes

As it heads towards its 30th anniversary, Bewley is One of the Midlands’ most highly reinvigorating its long-standing respected housebuilders has been reputation for consistent quality, delivering for its communities for augmented by a restless mind, 85 years, building homes and eager to innovate. building trust with plenty of The ‘people first’ philosophy panache, bags of energy and has not changed over the years, always evolving. whether applied to customers, staff Winning an HBF Five Star rating or suppliers. for the fifth successive year, William Bewley responded to customer Davis’ wide portfolio ranges from feedback in launching its Garden two-bedroom apartments and Village Collection – a portfolio of bungalows to five-bedroom 30 house designs, working with detached houses. external architects – while the Elevational treatments chime with interior look and feel of its homes is the local streets and landscapes GOLD names such as Peabody, Anchor a strong focus: flexible, functional and its supply chain is drawn from Hill Hanover and Origin, or with a garden centre – Scotsdales in Mr Consistency strikes gold again Fordham, Cambridgeshire – or an with its array of schemes and skill aerospace company – Marshall sets that sees the company triumph Group in Cambridge. in an incredibly high-quality field of Hill has first-class honours housebuilders. degrees, in housebuilding Hill is as comfortable with city reputation, from both Oxford and centre apartments as it is with rural Cambridge, always conscious of a family homes, all underpinned by light, but right footprint in areas robust sustainability. where it has laid down roots with From Chelmsford to Chichester, pride and purpose. Poplar to Plumstead, Hackney to Hill hit five stars for the third Harrow, Cambridge to Oxford, the successive year in the HBF geography is as varied as the Customer Satisfaction Survey, elevational treatments and reinforcing its credentials as innovative features. customer service driven throughout As well as standalone private the business, further endorsed by sale product, Hill is renowned for strong testimonials from buyers its local authority and housing across demographics and locations. association work through Ambition undimmed; standards partnerships, be it with familiar unrelenting.

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in Warwickshire, Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and Wiltshire. Design, both exterior and interior, is a key part of Hayfield’s appeal and success, supporting its ‘art of home making’ mantra. Sustainability sits at the heart of its schemes, be it fabric-first insulation, air source heat pumps, solar panels, or electric charging points, while public realm adds aesthetics to its developments and residents’ wellbeing. Senior management sets the bar and the example and training and nurturing staff as the business grows is central to Hayfield’s continued success as it emphatically loses what managing director Mark Booth calls its “newcomer badge” and new funding in place “to realise our the best in the industry, be it By definition if you are a category of the WhatHouse? aspiration to become an kitchens, bathrooms or appliances. retirement homes developer, your Awards and continues to impress established medium-sized William Davis, led by managing customers, your residents, are the and currently has eight live sites housebuilder of note”. director Guy Higgins, grandson of elderly and vulnerable. William Davis, is embedded within Churchill’s response was its region, with sites all within 100 swift, with safety the lead driver, miles of its headquarters in introducing protocols to support Loughborough, Leicestershire, owners, as well as reassure covering five core counties and 68% and engage, led by the lodge of materials purchased are from managers, who effectively became Leicestershire-based suppliers. frontline health workers. The company now runs to more Churchill was third in The Sunday than 400 staff and its commitment Times Top 100 Best Companies To to training and nurturing the Work For, testimony to its culture next generation has been and also was awarded the highest industry-leading over many years, industry score in its latest HBF investing heavily in programmes, Five Star customer Satisfaction be it for apprenticeships, including Survey rating. its own Apprentice of the Year During the year Churchill competition dating back to 1971, or launched a 24-hour careline support developing future leaders. service, as well as an in-house Sustainability initiatives include training company and expanded an eco-friendly insulated roof panel the Hampshire headquartered system (Smartroof) and plenty of business with a new northern tree-planting, with biodiversity a regional office. strong company ethos. Marketing is As ever, Churchill, with a another strength, as are customer marketing review focused on the care and community engagement. customer journey, was a loud and compelling voice in lobbying for BRONZE its sector, always aware of the Churchill Retirement Living wider industry issues that need addressing.

Covid-19 quickly and ruthlessly BRONZE entered our lives, but also shone Hayfield a spotlight on business values, revealing how companies responded to the crisis; not just in A step up in numbers, but no let-up terms of financial realities in a in class and commitment from the harsh economic climate, but more Solihull-based housebuilder, which importantly and poignantly in the is still only four years old. way it looked after its staff and Last year Hayfield won gold in customers. the Best Small Housebuilder

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BEST SMALL HOUSEBUILDER

management. The two Hs in the employees handpicked and a low Horgan logo tells its own story. staff turnover as a result. Over the years Horgan’s Director Sophie Horgan regularly geographical sphere has seen it gives construction talks in schools, develop across Worcestershire and looking to influence the next Warwickshire and in towns such as generation, especially when it Halesowen and Stourbridge in the comes to encouraging more women West Midlands. into the industry. Premium products match the Horgan’s carbon footprint is light premium locations, with exceptionally and its latest scheme has charging high specification standards and a points for electric vehicles, with drive for excellence. Staff training recycling and reclamation important ensures standards remain high, with throughout the construction process.

GOLD architectural innovation, be it SILVER building brand new, or sensitive Esquire Developments Rose restoration projects, and working A huge success in this prestigious closely with Canterbury-based Rose has a fascinating history, and highly competitive category for Clague Architects. dating back four family generations childhood friends Paul Henry and Customer satisfaction is writ large to 1896, when this north-east David Braddon, who completed across Esquire’s ethos, which in turn Essex business was founded by their first house seven years ago, triggers further endorsement from H.L. Rose, the great-grandfather of with a projected 95 homes to be purchasers to family and friends. the current managing director built next year by the north Kent There is clearly a strong team Steven Rose. housebuilder, based at Longfield, ethic running through the company, Testimonials from local authorities, near Dartford. with staff welfare paramount. housing partners and purchasers Esquire set out its stall to be There is plenty of ambition to speak volumes for its regional community- as well as design-led, grow the business despite the working with local councils and economic uncertainty, with the engaging with residents and health of SMEs, not to mention their other stakeholders to ensure a qualities and attitudes, vital to the reputation for positive collaboration industry’s future. through the planning, build and delivery process. SILVER Esquire Developments helped Horgan Homes widen that net by establishing an SME Developer Network in Kent, Horgan Homes, based in Dudley, which has proved an invaluable has been building in the Midlands support group, especially during for more than 25 years. The the pandemic, sharing problems, company was founded by sourcing solutions and working bricklayer John Horgan, who was closely with local authorities. later joined in the business by his Bespoke design in the local daughter Sophie Horgan, armed vernacular is an Esquire mantra – no with her HND in building studies cookie cutting here, but fresh, bright, and a degree in construction

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reputation, embedded in the BRONZE key throughout the planning and are bold of ambition, design and communities in which Rose builds design process. concept; refreshing in how they Galion and where most of its own staff live. Attention to detail runs through look and how they are conceived Recruitment and training are Glastonbury is best known for the the business, but imbued with and an eclectic mix of properties founded on diversity and Rose eponymous music festival, but individuality, combining traditional to suit a variety of purchasers has two female construction a housebuilder is also creating and modern techniques as the across Kent. ambassadors, promoting careers quite a noise in and around the scheme and location demands, Quinn Homes, based in through schools, colleges and local Somerset town. underpinned by sustainability and Canterbury, loves a contemporary events. The company regularly takes Galion is the name and the aesthetics – it has to do good and twist and introducing pioneering on apprentices; it has its own joinery homes shout architectural integrity, look good. new technology. The housebuilder shop and runs its own groundworks craftsmanship and innovation. Utilities are drivers of added likes nothing more than adding and civil engineering teams. The company was founded five value, not just the bare necessities, a dash of modernity to a period Rose champions sustainability, years ago by Angus Macdonald. be it high speed broadband, or the drama, without losing the history or looking at wind, solar and battery On top of the usual diligence latest smart heating and lighting authenticity, as comfortable with energy alternatives and takes a around cost, feasibility, planning techniques, as part of renewable delicate restoration as brand new fabric-first approach to construction and delivery, Galion asks itself a energy packages. brushstrokes. and designing out waste. The series of less tangible questions ‘Avoid the mundane and embrace Legacy is important too, reviving builder is also researching the future around whether the scheme, in the unique’ is a neat mantra that towns and creating employment, use of cement-free concrete. the eyes of potential purchasers, Galion appears to be living up to. with CEO and chairman Mark Quinn Consultation with local is likely to inspire enjoyment and Glastonbury has a new headliner. leading from the front with drive and stakeholders and giving back to capture imaginations. passion and not afraid of risk. the community through support for Community consultation – a BRONZE The company, with a strong team charities and sports clubs further feature among entrants in this ethic throughout, is involved in a raft Quinn Homes strengthens its foothold in its Essex category, highlighting the need of charity initiatives and, like many heartland, as well as ever-evolving for local builders to engage at Quinn Homes is the new builders, has been hugely supportive sales, marketing and customer all levels in their own backyards or housebuilding child of mixed-use of the communities it develops in care initiatives. risk alienating their fan base – is developer Quinn Estates. Its homes during the pandemic.

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HOUSING ASSOCIATION OF THE YEAR

1,000 homes designed for regeneration projects in London, stigmatising of social tenants, while GOLD independent living with the added as well as continuing to provide at the Southall regeneration over Abri security of emergency alarm call high-quality homes across the 500m of the Grand Union Canal system, monitored 24/7 for those northern home counties. has been brought back into use, as Radian Group has a history that with additional needs, such as older The team has the capability to part of a 1km ‘health walk’ local GPs stretches back nearly a century, but persons, those with disabilities tackle large and complex projects – can now use for social prescribing. it is constantly evolving – indeed, and vulnerable people. The team over 1,000 homes in Notting Hill, Symbolic of Catalyst’s instinct since submitting its entry for these works with expert agencies to help 1,000 more in Southall, 900 in Acton, for the social good, it has returned awards, it has undergone a rebrand meet each customer’s unique and 600 at the Wimbledon Stadium to the government all the monies it and is now called Abri. With a housing-related support needs at site – with attention paid to design, received from the coronavirus turnover of more than £255m and a more than 80 schemes. local aesthetics and important furlough scheme, the first of the surplus of £37m, Eastleigh-based It also partners with private community and environmental G15 group of large London HAs Abri is one of the largest registered housebuilders on schemes, such improvements, beyond the front door. to do so. providers in the south and as a major new joint venture In difficult market circumstances, south-west of England. development in Pease Pottage, West Catalyst is also working hard to The past year has been a Sussex, that will see over 600 new maintain a proper focus on particularly busy one. In January homes built in partnership with delivering affordable housing. On 2020, Homes England awarded Thakeham Homes. three new sites in Harrow, where Radian the contract to deliver the The group’s award-winning Catalyst is partnering with TfL, the Help to Buy Agency for the entire Employment, Skills & Training (EST) hundreds of homes to be built south of England, taking over the team helps residents year-round will all be affordable. Of the 800 administration for the government by providing opportunities to learn homes completed in 2019/20, 75% scheme across 21 UK counties from new skills, find suitable work, develop were affordable. Kent to Cornwall. Further cementing self-employment opportunities Wherever possible, developments Radian’s position as a leading and attend courses. In 2019/20, are tenure blind to avoid any affordable homes provider outside it supported 785 people into of London, the expanded contract employment voluntary roles or also provides new employment training, and 41 into apprenticeships. opportunities locally. In late 2019 Yeovil-based SILVER Yarlington became a subsidiary of Catalyst Radian, with both organisations operating with a shared board, executive and senior leadership Catalyst gets the silver award after a team. Expanding the footprint of the particularly strong year, crowned by new group, the partnership plans to the merger with Aldwyck HA in deliver an additional 10,000 homes December 2019, which helped lift over the next decade. the combined organisation into the As well as offering a wide range big league of developing housing of rental tenures and forms of associations. ownership including Help to Buy, With ambitions to deliver 1,300 shared ownership, market rent and new homes a year by 2022, Catalyst rent buy, it also provides more than is already working on several large

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BEST BUILD TO RENT PROJECT

coupled with swift solutions to any providing private outdoor space, construction and operation, but GOLD 10 George St, Canary Wharf, management issues, backed by a with plenty of architectural thought in with the ‘end resident’ always the 24/7 concierge service. terms of both form and function. endgame in this rising residential

London E14 The wider Wood Wharf Camerich provides the soft asset class. Vertus neighbourhood in Canary Wharf furnishings in the open-plan Blackhorse Mills is the company’s will be a thriving new district with apartments, while the Amber Energy first direct development, designing This scheme is one of three new a range of amenities, public realm billing solution streamlines the the scheme from scratch. Set in the buildings from Vertus, the build to and retail space. payment of utility bills. Walthamstow Wetlands, the scheme rent arm of the Canary Wharf Group. George St residents will have All apartments come with hi-spec is 479 units over five buildings, There are 327 apartments at access to around nine acres of appliances and a large television. ranging from eight to 16 storeys in George St marketed under the green space and the latest digital Club Vertus is a residents’ club, height and one- to three-bedroom mantra ‘lease it like you own it’. technology to ensure high speed embracing social spaces including a apartments. Vertus has clearly identified its connectivity throughout the scheme. bar, lounge, dining room and gym There is lots of amenity space for market and the need for flexibility The 27-storey building, designed studio, while there is also an events’ residents, including private dining around deposits and tenancies, by GRID architects, has balconies programme, such as barbecues on areas, lounges, home working the terrace, creating a real sense of spaces, a pool and a gym, with community. A worthy gold winner. health and wellbeing core values throughout. SILVER The development is amenity- Blackhorse Mills, conscious with outstanding digital infrastructure, but also very much Walthamstow, London E17 design-led, working with Assael Legal & General Investment architects to create a premium Management (LGIM) Real product in the BTR sector. Assets Creating a sense of place in a wider community context was LGIM Real Assets is a huge important, working collaboratively investor in the build to rent sector to drive the regeneration of this area to the current tune of around of London. £1.6bn with a pipeline of 6,000 20% of the development is a mix of homes. London Living Rent and keyworker L&G has gathered an impressive housing with a 20% discount to open skill set of specialists across market, but with the same spec and acquisition, design, planning, service in every apartment.

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BEST STARTER HOME SCHEME

families. Teachers have been a keen buyer audience here, as have keyworkers. There are numerous public open spaces and right next door to Parklands is a brand new ecology centre provided as a community facility. As ever, this is a tightly fought category but Parklands has planning future projects together, edged it. and this impressive development indicates great potential for that. SILVER Daedalus Village, BRONZE Lee-on-the-Solent, Lavender Walk, Carshalton, Hampshire London SM5 Abri & Wates Residential Clarion Housing

Watching a Spitfire take off The three-bedroom homes on as you take a judging tour isn’t Lavender Walk provide a rare commonplace but this coincidence opportunity to buy such house types nicely illustrated the local heritage of on shared ownership within Greater this site and the neighbouring London. All those offered on that historic airfield. The red-brick tenure on that phase have now designs of some of the homes here sold out, with around 75% of them GOLD townhouse of over 1,400ft², are a nod to its military past. purchased by buyers from Merton Parklands, Barking Riverside, demonstrate the level of affordability This tenure-blind scheme, the and the surrounding south-west London IG11 that is offered here for a London result of a first partnership between London boroughs. L&Q borough home . Abri and Wates, offers 200 homes Set either side of a tree-lined street, Set out on widely spaced streets, across two brownfield sites with 40% common to all homes is a quality, the brick-led architecture, generous of properties on shared ownership Lifetime-standard interior specification L&Q is continuing apace at this and well-glazed interiors, and private and the remainder on Help to Buy. and a striking contemporary 443-acre, 10,800-home site. Of the outdoor spaces provided with every Prices here start at £54,000 for a architecture with plenty of large 227 apartments, duplexes and unit have been major attractions 30% share of a one-bedroom windows maximising natural light. houses on the Parklands phase, to buyers. Three show homes apartment, with deposits starting Each has its own private garden. 115 are built for shared ownership demonstrate the high standard of at just £2,700. Private sale homes Build quality includes sustainable and 112 for Help to Buy, and it’s interiors specification and L&Q also start at £285,000 and are now well timber and renewable energy sources been the fastest-selling scheme to offers various furniture packs as over 50% sold. such as photovoltaic panels and a date. While most buyers have been a handy one-stop shop for the Many purchasers have been from CHP centralised heating system. local, interest has been so strong essentials a first-time buyer needs, within a five-mile radius of the There are a number of layouts that the last two off-plan launches with prices starting from £2,000. development. The first 10 part-buy, to suit a variety of tastes and have sold out on the day. Four schools are already open at part-rent one- and two-bedroom requirements, on things like Figures such as £6,125 for an Barking Riverside, with three more properties launched in July 2019 open-plan kitchen/living rooms or apartment deposit, and a full market to come, which have been key to and sold out within a week. Since separate kitchens and the size and price of £495,000 for a four-bedroom those with or planning young then, sales on further releases of position of bedrooms and storage. apartments and houses have also A typical example offered 1,259ft² of been fast, the result of a high-quality living space including an en suite to specification, allocated parking and the principal bedroom. This is priced the proximity of the beach, open at £131,875 for a 25% share, based spaces and local shops. on a full market value of £527,000. Wates Residential hosted several It’s a quiet estate but within easy events dedicated to Help to Buy, reach of Hackbridge station and which has resulted in nearly 40% local shops, and the Carshalton area of purchasers opting to use the has some well-regarded schools scheme. Since launch there have and a college renowned for its IT also been a number of other and creative courses. Over the road first-time buyer incentives offered, is a pleasant path along the River such as stamp duty and legal fee Wandle and within a 20-minute walk contributions, deposit match and there are plenty of places for adults soft furnishing packages. and kids to enjoy outdoor exercise Both partners have been so and nature, underlining the pleased with working together on development’s appeal to a wide Daedalus Village that they are range of first-time purchasers.

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GOLD lighting would have substantially The Mulberry is a stylishly open-plan kitchen and family area to The Byford at Base, Newhall, improved the house. designed large and luxurious house the right. There is also a separate Harlow, Essex The judges particularly liked the arranged over two floors spread dining room, a larder, WC as well as interesting brickwork to the front across an impressive 2,630ft². two spacious built-in cupboards. Countryside Properties elevation, the modern take on the The architect, Clifton Emery Bi-fold doors from the kitchen entrance porch, the huge roof Design, was keen to stay in keeping provide uninterrupted access out to Countryside Properties and its terrace, and the attractive with the heritage of the site and the garden terrace. architects, Scott Brownrigg, have landscaping. wanted to include a large, central Upstairs on the first floor, the split successfully held off all the mid storey, as is often found in landing leads to all five bedrooms, competition this year with their SILVER classical barn designs. This has two of which have en suites, and Byford at Base townhouse, part The Mulberry at Great Court resulted in a majestic central the modern family bathroom. The of a wonderfully well-designed Farm, Totnes, Devon window dominating the front master bedroom also has a huge residential development of over 700 elevation and providing high levels walk through dressing room giving contemporary homes. Baker Estates of daylight to the entrance hall and the overriding impression of a The Byford is a spacious principle spaces. special non-standard product. four-bedroom family home, built as This is a very attractive private Upon entering, the spectacular The judges particularly liked the part of a mixed terrace development. development built on a former split staircase creates a wow factor, big window to the front elevation, The house features three floors of farm, consisting of 75 luxury two-, and the double-height ceiling gives the attractive stonework to the versatile family accommodation three-, four-, and five-bedroom a great sense of spaciousness. A end gables, the bi-fold doors to including ample storage and a homes set five miles from Totnes in generously sized living room is to the family room and the huge carport/garage for up to two south Devon. the left and a well-designed amount of space. vehicles. There is a contemporary, open-plan kitchen and family area as well as a WC on the ground floor. All the bedrooms have built-in wardrobes. The first floor is occupied by a generous living and dining area as well as two bedrooms and a generously sized family bathroom. The top floor is occupied by the large master bedroom with a stylish en suite bathroom as well as another bedroom. The fabulously large private roof terrace, accessed from the first-floor landing, and running the full length of the property, is definitely the winning feature of this house design. The specification is good but the judges felt that underfloor heating and better

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BRONZE BRONZE Waterfront Avenue 6 Oakum Square, Stonelea Townhouse, 55 Degrees Gardens, Leyton, London E11 North, Edinburgh Peabody Places for People 6 Oakum Square is a modern 55 Degrees North is an interesting development in east London, with development of 101 modern new stylish three-bedroom homes that homes varying in style, creating a have all been designed to meet the diverse community. needs of a busy family lifestyle. Local architect CDA has created This is a comfortable, contemporary, an urban solution by building and, most importantly, very on formerly used industrial land, affordable family home packed with forming a ‘square’ by positioning the energy-efficient features, so it is very Waterfront Avenue townhouses into cheap to run. The houses have two rows and creating an enclosed generous back gardens and are set sheltered space. next to the new village green. The front elevation features a This three-bedroom property is full-length glazed panel to the side arranged over two floors with of the front door, flooding the wonderful floor-to-ceiling windows entrance with light. The entrance throughout the bedrooms, providing opens into an internal reception a consistent flow of light. lobby and the split-level central On the ground floor there is a staircase, unusual in its design, good size light lounge/dining area with high-quality finishes. provides a sense of additional space that leads to the fully integrated BRONZE Gifford, Tornagrain, Inverness The ground floor consists of a throughout the house. kitchen that has been designed to a generous living space featuring a There is an internal garage that good specification. There is also ZeroC (part of Places for wood-burning stove and a large is situated on the ground floor and ample storage and a roomy guest People) & Moray Estates open-plan kitchen diner including a leads up to the living area. The WC in the hallway. Upstairs on the stylish Belfast sink and bespoke first-floor split level area comprises first floor there is a large, light master Tornagrain is a well-proportioned, kitchen from Ashley Ann. The a kitchen/dining area and a WC. bedroom with en suite shower room new housing development of 66 spacious garden is accessed via There is also a bedroom and a as well as another two double terraced, semi-detached and both the living and kitchen areas that separate bathroom on this floor. bedrooms and family bathroom. detached houses located eight lead onto the garden room, an ideal A decked terrace, perfect for the For the location, Oakum Square miles east of Inverness. space to entertain and relax. warmer weather can be accessed offers good value for money, with its Gifford is one of an exclusive The master bedroom is on the first through the dining area. own private parking space, fantastic collection of luxury four-bedroom floor together with an en suite as well Walking further upstairs, there green credentials and, for the price, houses set within this unique and as the remaining three bedrooms are two well-proportioned bedrooms the specification is extremely good. stunning landscape where the and a spacious bathroom. on the second floor and a spacious This is the most eco-friendly house architect, Ben Pentreath Ltd, has Environmental impact has also family bathroom. The third floor is with the highest green credentials of drawn inspiration from traditions been considered, as the house occupied entirely by the master all the winners this year. Each house of the Highlands and the rest is highly insulated and electrical with en suite, ideal for privacy. even has its own solar photovoltaic of Scotland. The properties wiring has been installed to the All bedrooms have two built-in system installed providing the have been carefully planned to roof spaces for connection of future wardrobes and are spacious enough residents renewable and free provide modern country living solar panels. to fit double beds. electricity during daylight hours.

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BEST APARTMENT SCHEME

enhance external a bend of the River Thames, the Street and Angel tube stations, just views, while unique design of the scheme creates across the road from the pleasures creating a flexible, a panoramic 360° view of London, of Regent’s Canal. easy-to-manage encompassing many of its historic This highly impressive scheme is on space. The thoughtful and iconic landmarks. a 5.5-acre site, just under two acres of inclusion of internal On arrival, residents step into a which is made up of beautifully pocket sliding doors palatial, double-height reception landscaped communal gardens – all facilitates both area that’s dressed to impress and wifi enabled. The development is open-plan or cellular where the concierge is always cleverly planned, seamlessly layouts. Each is available to welcome owners and integrating a number of low- and finished to exacting guests or take in the occupant’s high-rise buildings, which provide a standards throughout deliveries if requested. comprehensive choice of spacious including comfort The building houses a choice apartments, plus a small exclusive cooling, underfloor of apartments, including studios, selection of stunning penthouses. zoned heating and a one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom The centrepiece of the scheme fire alarm linked to the accommodation. Their extremely is a magnificent duo of towers concierge service. functional and flexible living space standing at 42 and 36 storeys high. The stylish kitchens, and high standard of specification is With elevations predominantly of elegant bathrooms evident in all the properties. The glass, each apartment benefits from and bespoke apartments are also given an extra masses of light and far-reaching bedrooms are feeling of space because of the views over London and beyond. beautifully appointed generous expanse of full-height The specification is of an and come complete glass widows fitted to each unit. exceptionally high standard: stylish with fixtures and Located on the 12th floor are two timber entrance doors, zoned fittings from leading residents’ lounges, a private dining underfloor heating, comfort cooling, GOLD manufacturers and suppliers. room and a beautifully landscaped flooring and carpeting throughout, 10 Park Drive, Canary Wharf, Soon to be available for all garden. There is also a pool room, fully fitted kitchens with a full range of resident’s exclusive use is an 8000ft² tenpin bowling lane, a private appliances, and beautifully appointed London E14 state-of-the-art Third Space fitness cinema and screening room. bathrooms and bedrooms are all part Canary Wharf Group centre, the first offering of its kind in Residents also have access to other of the package. Telephone lines, London. This will provide exercise health and fitness facilities in The TV/FM points, wiring for Sky Q 10 Park Drive is the first residential classes led by industry-leading Corniche, which is connected via a multi-room and UHD-ready television, for-sale building to open in Canary personal trainers, with a spa, short, linked internal walkway, plus high-speed broadband are all Wharf’s newest district, Wood Wharf, hydrotherapy pool and lounge. including a state-of-the-art gym, included. The apartments also have and it has proved extremely popular, There is secure underground car 15m swimming pool, vitality pool, mains-powered smoke and heat with over 80% of the 345 apartments parking available by negotiation, sauna, steam room. In addition, on detectors, fitted security alarm and already sold. some with electric charging points, the 19th floor is the Skyline Club, video entry phone connected to a Set in a picturesque waterfront and lockable cycle storage racks are which has a bar, lounge and 24-hour concierge service. location amid newly created provided for residents’ use. open-air terraces ensuring that not There is a fully fitted gym, 20m boardwalks, gardens and walkways, only does The Dumont offer some pool and spa, steam, sauna rooms the main tower structure is 42 SILVER of London’s most luxurious living and yoga suite, as well as a storeys in height, connected to The Dumont, 27 Albert space and views, it also benefits residents’ lounge and screening which is a further building of 13 Embankment, London SE1 from some of London’s finest fitness room, which can be booked by storeys. This is topped by the Sky and relaxation space as well. owners for private functions. Terrace, a landscaped oasis with St James Secure underground parking is extensive views over the surrounding BRONZE available by negotiation, some of waterways, London and distant The Dumont comprises 180 homes 250 City Road, London EC1V which have electric charging points, countryside. and is the third and last of three and a car club will be available to From the Sky Terrace, glazed prominent buildings that make Berkeley Homes residents. The car park also houses double doors provide access into up the Albert Embankment by lockable cycle storage racks. For extra the residents’ club, which includes a St James, a scheme of buildings 250 City Road is located in the piece of mind, there is 24-hour CCTV large, fully fitted kitchen with coffee with varying orientations and heights heart of highly desirable Islington, coverage provided throughout the machine and wine dispenser, a from 12 to 30 storeys. Located on conveniently situated between Old estate and regular security patrols. media/screen room and two lounge areas. For residents wishing to organise their own function, the club can be booked privately for free. The beautifully decorated double-height entrance reception area houses the 24-hour concierge desk, lifts to all floors and a number of furnished enclaves where residents can meet up with visitors. Each apartment’s interior and balcony area has been designed to maximise available natural light and

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where the reflective glass aids BRONZE temperature regulation. Devonshire House, Manor Each of the five bedrooms has Gardens, Clent, its own en suite, and the principal Worcestershire bedroom, as well as having an extensive balcony, has a wall Horgan Homes GOLD Octagon’s hallmarks of elegant predominantly of glass to its internal Hampton Place, Wentworth design, immaculate finish, and en suite so the owner can bathe in As the original show home at Manor Estate, Surrey understated luxury are all on display luxury while gazing at the horizon. Gardens, a development of nine Octagon Developments here. The achievement of creating The interior of Seascape substantial houses in a semi-rural such an outstanding property in this incorporates walnut doors and a setting, Devonshire House attracted Octagon takes the title of Best challenging year is inspirational. walnut-clad staircase with steel three offers on the launch weekend. Luxury House with its 32nd house inlays. A full complement of Horgan Homes clearly knows its on the prestigious Wentworth SILVER appliances, from wine fridge and customers’ tastes and reflected Estate. Raising the bar for luxury Seascape, Littlestone, Kent coffee machine to twin ovens these throughout the design and living, Hampton Place has full and combi-oven/microwave, is furnishings. air conditioning and underfloor Sunningdale House incorporated in the bespoke kitchen Accessed via electric gates, heating throughout its 11,000ft² Developments where mood lighting sets the scene Devonshire House blends traditional of accommodation and the 3m and smoked glass upstands reflect elevations featuring herringbone brick ceilings provide an unambiguous The striking contemporary the light, the space and the sea. detail and a contemporary interior. sense of space. architecture of Seascape is set A double garage, games room, Director Sophie Horgan extensively The elegant reception hall creates against panoramic sea views across boot room, and generous storage researched trends for the bespoke a first impression of comfortable the English Channel. The modernist space make up the lower ground specification, which incorporates an opulence with hints of Art Deco design incorporates steel, glass and floor, which is ideal for parties and elegant kitchen finished with faux styling, which linger throughout the sandstone brickwork and although housing watersports equipment. ray-skin handles and fitted with six grand reception rooms and six Seascape is imposing, it’s still very Sunningdale House Siemens appliances including teriyaki bedroom suites. much a home. Development’s finishing team has hob, drinks fridge and a combi-oven The principal bedroom has two The layout has been thoughtfully achieved impressively high standards with Bluetooth connectivity. dressing rooms, each leading to planned to ensure all principal throughout this seafront home, which Each of the four bedrooms has an en suite bathroom finished in rooms enjoy the coastal views is now ready for its new owners to sit its own design identity and while generous slabs of book-matched through extensive triple glazing, back and enjoy the view. bathrooms are not generous in size, marble and a discreetly integrated they are impeccably finished. Above TV. A private first-floor terrace the triple garage is a further first-floor accesses the first-floor gym, which suite of some 6m by 4.5m, which in turn leads down to a leisure suite could become an alternative principal complete with steam room, shower bedroom, playroom or home office. room, jacuzzi and swimming pool Against a neutral Farrow & Ball with ultraviolet purification and backdrop at Devonshire House, underwater lighting. Full-height, furnishings provide a boost of rich, multi-folding doors open out to jewel colours in textured fabrics for a immaculate gardens. heightened sense of luxury. The result The three floors are served is both practical and glamorous, with by a sweeping marble staircase a nod to country living. and a Gartec lift, and the high Horgan Homes has focused specification guest/staff apartment on customer service to build its lies above a triple garage, finished reputation from the ground up. The to showroom standards. Curved ground crew are directly employed walls to the breakfast area and many of the subcontractors have overlooking the pool adds interest worked with the company for more without intrusion. than 20 years.

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BEST RENOVATION

GOLD as it is rare to find projects of this modern aspect of the project both group. We admired the exterior Beaumont Gardens, St Albans type with double-height spaces and enhances and complements the finish, common areas and ample daylight. Edwardian element and the two the sensitive design of the modern Taylor Wimpey We also enjoyed the use of buildings sit well together. apartments, which fitted well with industrial metal windows, which Internally, interesting and the overall Art Deco character of This is a fabulous Dutch gabled complemented the heritage of the thoughtful modern design has the building. The metal windows factory building that has been original, rather unique building, created some wonderful spaces with and design respond well to brought back to life by Taylor making for a very attractive scheme easily accessible amenity spaces. the existing industrial building, Wimpey and Saunders Architects that deserves this award recognition. We admired the red brick and tile which clearly has bags of history The project demonstrates detailing, and the elegant dormer and charm. good, sensitive detailing, is well SILVER window design of the modern wing. Although we feel the scheme landscaped and robust. The Caley House, Wimbledon, This is an example of sensitive and is a little let down by the car park modern approach to the interiors London SW19 elegant architecture with attention to structure, this aside it is a very reflects the industrial heritage of the detail, which is to be applauded. This well-executed project, with a clear building very well. West Eleven was an exceptionally good entry, admiration for the buildings’ The roof line of the new build which almost snatched gold. heritage and past life, which shines scheme behind was inspired partly West Eleven and Jo Cohen through in the final design of the by the original factory building, Architects have created a good BRONZE conversion from factory to and we viewed this as a positive modern build alongside an The White Building at Chapel apartments. contribution to the immediate Edwardian renovation. Gate, Basingstoke, Hampshire The external landscape townscape. We were impressed by the treatment is attractive and makes The original roof lights in the modern building and its reference Barratt Developments a positive contribution, not only factory has clearly driven a design to the original gabled Edwardian to the apartments but also to that creates lofty, interesting, modern building, in design and detail, This is a stylish industrial building the surroundings, providing spaces, and this is to be applauded without resorting to pastiche. The from Barratt and architect FSL much-needed amenity space.

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BEST DEVELOPMENT

BRONZE 59 Lansdown, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire CALA Homes

A former police HQ is the setting for this flagship development, where CALA, the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner, and Cheltenham Borough Council have GOLD SILVER BRONZE created a new community, taking Taplow Riverside, Taplow, inspiration from the character, charm Mosaics, Oxford Lambton Park, and Georgian architecture of this Hill Chester-le-Street, County Maidenhead Regency town for its collection of 25 Durham Berkeley villas and 42 apartments. Mosaics is part of the Barton Park Miller Homes The apartments are housed in project being developed by This is a large scheme on the three grand period-style buildings Grosvenor and Oxford City Council This is an impressive development brownfield sites of a former paper providing an attractive frontage to the and is the first stage in the 885-home on the Earl of Durham’s Lambton mill, hotel and gasworks, which have development and the three-storey regeneration scheme. There are a Estate near Chester-le-Street. been combined to provide a great villas are arranged in a curved terrace wide range of property types, from In the Victorian style, the scheme is redevelopment opportunity; one that to the rear. The urban design follows one-bedroom apartments to family superbly detailed with a confidence Berkeley has seized with some 211 the traditional architectural hierarchy homes, offering city living on the and quality that is hard to match. The homes on the bank of the River of the local area, with the use of a edge of the countryside. Developed impressive main boulevard forms a Thames, a new county park plinth, middle and top floor in the as four distinct areas punctuated by gateway to a magnificent residential complete with trim trail, and a apartment buildings mimicking the green spaces, its wooden walkways development of apartments and new footbridge connecting with traditional ordering of Georgian villas. and water features integrate the houses, with office and retail space Maidenhead some two miles away. The architects have forgone overly architecture and landscape to create and community uses. The site layout The scheme comprises a variety of elaborate detailing, instead favouring an attractive neighbourhood that takes symmetry to perfection, not only new-build architectural styles as well careful elevational layering and feature belies the high density achieved. in its design but also in the spatial as the converted hotel, cottages, and framing. There is a simple palette of The crisp building lines, subtle qualities and landmarks it creates. Grade II listed Glen Island House. It’s materials with Cotswold stone, buff variety in materials and simplicity of Layouts are well thought through, a lot of ingredients in the mix, perhaps brickwork, natural slate roofs and dark the geometry complements the as is the interior design, albeit there is a few too many, but the whole is very cladding and fenestration, which naturalistic landscaping. The less of that past period about either. pleasant and well thought through. reinforce the simple, clean design. beautifully landscaped social spaces, But what makes this outstanding is What particularly impresses is the Internally within the villas, full-height when viewed alongside the clever yet the proportioned appearance and design of some of the new build aluminium windows, high ceilings and understated homes, showcases the detailed architecture. There’s not a areas, particularly Jubilee Mill, a elegant cornicing combine to give the best of modern residential design. single lack of judgement in the reflection of the earlier mill buildings, modern, period-inspired properties Sydling Park, at the entrance to the detailing of fenestration, entrances, and the Waterfront Villas, the latter character. The predominant west-east scheme, includes three apartment string courses, roof profiles, dormers being a confident, well-proportioned orientation of the scheme ensures buildings and a crescent of six or chimneys. It is a brilliant essay in modern infill, excellent in its striking homes benefit from natural daylight. townhouses. Across the road are the Victorian style. Landscaping is composition in a more contemporary The site has many mature trees, to Gladstone Park and Gladstone simple and effective, while walls and style. Other areas are less striking but which new planting has been added Gardens, a collection of courtyard railings add to the Victorian palette. nevertheless very pleasant. to create a new area of landscaped houses and a crescent terrace. Materials are well chosen and Landscaping is superbly designed, green space. Charging points are Elsfield House, an apartment building, complement the design excellently. well executed and complements what installed in garages to encourage the is striking, with contrasting silver/blue It is not a concept that reinterprets is a lovely setting to the River Thames. use of electric vehicles, and secure reflective brickwork and geometric the site’s heritage in a contemporary There is plenty of private amenity cycle storage is also provided. fenestration with deep reveals and style; it is a ‘repro’ design, faithfully space, including balconies. Layouts There is an attention to detail and inset balconies. Finally, The Greenway reproduced externally yet presenting are simple, uncluttered and effective quality that runs through all aspects of is a natural barrier that separates somewhat of a dichotomy. But it is and the conversions have been well this project – a credit to those involved Mosaics from Bayswater Park, a leafy outstanding and we congratulate handled. Internal detailing and finishes with conceiving and delivering it within lane with walkways, a play area and Miller on its achievement. are excellent. one of the UK’s most sensitive cities. cycle path, and Bayswater Brook, which has been preserved as a link to the surrounding countryside. Sustainability was designed into Mosaics from the outset. Villas include solar panels, natural ventilation and light, airy internal environments, while high-efficiency boilers, top-rated appliances and low-energy lighting combine to reduce energy usage and environmental impact. An excellent project and a worthy winner.

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BEST PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

contemporary homes, it also has Rochester Riverside is truly a tour 18,000ft² of commercial units that de force: a £419m joint venture will house a shop, gym plus more. between Countryside and Hyde, in The studio, one-, two- and partnership with Medway Council three-bedroom apartments cater and Homes England, which is for a range of occupants, such as transforming a 50-acre brownfield first-time buyers, couples or young site into a new riverside destination families. Each property, whether for the area, providing around private, affordable or rental, has 1,400 new homes. Delivered extraordinary levels of space, light through an innovative partnership, and comfort. The frontages of the this flagship regeneration project is three magnificently sculptural towers breathing new life into a forgotten are cleverly oriented to maximise area of Medway and creating a sunlight in the apartments, with new community on the banks of views towards the Olympic Park, the River Medway; completing central London and Lea Valley, and in 2030. all apartments benefit from a terrace. Previously derelict brownfield land It is actually quite staggering to and the site of the old Rochester GOLD meeting spaces, plus 94 studios, stand in a 17th floor, 1200ft² two gas works, Rochester Riverside Lime Quarter, completes a remarkably sustainable double-bedroom, two-bathroom was identified as a priority site for Bromley-by-Bow, London E3 community project. apartment, with a 400ft² open-plan redevelopment by Medway Council However, its particular USP is living room and extensive terraces to at the start of the millennium. Vistry Partnerships & provided by its links with the wider be told that this is not, as might be Following the investment of Newlon Housing Trust London community. With the DLR expected, for private sale for some substantial funds from Medway station adjacent, and Stratford,the million-plus pounds, but Peabody Council and Homes England in Lime Quarter in east London is a Westfield shopping centre, the social housing. Extraordinary, and site assembly, flood defences, vibrant development resulting from Olympic Park, Canary Wharf and the something to lift the spirits. remediation and engineering works a 50:50 joint venture between City just minutes away, but with Bow The private courtyard at the to enable the site’s detailed regeneration specialists Vistry purchase and living costs, the centre of the development provides redevelopment, this flagship Partnerships and the Newlon attractions of this socially beneficial additional outdoor space and there regeneration project is delivering a Housing Trust, and also partnering scheme are manifest. are also green planting and leisure sustainable, successful mixed-use with Workspace to provide onsite areas on the roofs of the five-storey community, including 2.5km of river employment opportunities. This SILVER bocks defining the central courtyard. walkway for public use that links into development is the final phase of the Motion, Lea Bridge, London There are 60 parking spaces in the the train station and town centre. regeneration of Devons Road, an E10 basement car park, where there are Community amenities are all eight-year project that has now also 516 bicycle storage spaces to located at a new public square, delivered over 540 homes, with 35% Hill & Peabody take advantage of the local cycle which offers an inviting new gateway affordable housing, of which 118 are paths and pedestrianised routes. to Rochester Riverside from for social rent for residents of Tower Motion is a striking development of The delivery of Motion has been a Rochester station, enhancing the Hamlets. By providing a diverse 300 homes that has been soaring success, with the first phase accessibility of the development, range of tenures – private sale, developed by 50/50 joint venture over 90% sold. Its proximity to the and immediately adjacent to the affordable units and commercial partners Hill and Peabody, and newly opened Lea Bridge station, housing. The homes, which are space – the development is helping designed by award-winning one stop from Stratford, and its of a varied and very attractive to boost local supply that reflects architect Pollard Thomas Edwards. high-quality finish and specification architecture, reference the people’s differing needs as well as Located on Lea Bridge Road, positions it as an appealing choice. Medway’s maritime heritage, and creating a thriving new community. the scheme marks the beginning are connected by a network of The development comprises two of the regeneration of the Lea BRONZE green spaces, walkways and residential blocks and a co-working Bridge neighbourhood, with a Rochester Riverside, tree-lined streetscapes, all of which space, all linked and grouped landmark statement of three Rochester, Kent underlines the high quality of this around a new public square. The modern high-rise buildings and six development rooted in community three-storey Lime Quarter House surrounding mansion apartment Countryside Properties and representing an exemplar of comprises 10 apartments, while blocks. As well as the 300 & Hyde partnership ethos. the 20-storey Lime Quarter Tower provides 114 apartments, all with balconies and expansive views across the capital, particularly so from the duplex penthouses, which, with extensive terraces, command incomparable views of Canary Wharf, the City and Stratford. The architect, KSS, has brought high-quality, highly articulated architecture to this landmark tower, and the linked new Workspace office campus, providing 40,000ft² of affordable co-working facilities including lettable offices,

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apartment’s south-facing elevation is fully glazed with patio doors opening out on to large balconies, which are staggered to ensure privacy, with views over the adjacent playing fields to the stunning skyline of the Edinburgh city centre and castle. Set below these four floors is private garaging and two large garden apartments, enjoying exceptionally large terraces and private gardens. GOLD development of outstanding quality, Every apartment has a unique the developer, Berkeley, and its Sandgate Pavilions, Encombe, but also finishing it in such testing layout, but all have in common architect, EPR, have had to work times. At least the residents of large open-plan living areas with within the constraints set by the Sandgate, Kent Sandgate Pavilions, even if subject wall-to-wall patio door glazing London Borough of Lewisham and Sunningdale House to being confined to home by opening on to extensive southerly, the Blackheath Society, which they Developments post-Brexit traffic jams in the Channel outdoor, living space designed have done with spectacular success, ports and pandemic lockdowns, can for relaxed modern lifestyles. All creating an ingenious layout You can’t really quarrel with a cliché, console themselves that they couldn’t have heated porcelain floors and providing a unique sense of place. particularly our own industry’s be in a better place. high-quality finishes and fittings. The layout provides a secluded ‘location, location, location’, and The same high quality pervades environment, shielded by the when you put together Sandgate SILVER the rest of the apartments, with four-storey tower block along the cliffs and a striking landmark Pavilion, Inverleith, Edinburgh large bedrooms and spectacular whole of the street frontage and with development, you have gold. The bathrooms. A particular feature is the private entry at only one point Sandgate Pavilions scheme of 36 AMA Homes extensive storage, provided with the by way of a grand porte-cochère. one-, two- and three-bedroom wealthy downsizing demographic of Behind the apartment block are apartments, across three stunning Pavilion is an apartment block potential purchasers in mind. four smaller villas in semi-detached blocks, epitomises the hedonistic comprising 16 individual units AMA’s Pavilion provides exclusive form, grouped around central rear dream of luxury seaside living. and located in Inverleith, one of and sophisticated city living, and gardens and, beyond, a grand Sited high above the English Edinburgh’s most prestigious Richard Murphy Architects has terrace of six larger townhouses. All Channel, the highly articulated districts. The developer, AMA, is yet again provided a worthy are four-storey, with three-storey architecture, by OSM architects, already a WhatHouse? Award architectural setting. frontages and a lower ground floor of the three five- and three-storey winner, and the architect for with a kitchen/dining/family room units, predominantly finished in the Inverleith development is SILVER with bi-fold doors opening onto powder-white zinc cladding, with dark multi-award-winning architectural Forbury, Blackheath, London a private sunken garden. At zinc to the top-floor and natural stone practice Richard Murphy Architects. SE13 ground-floor there is a formal living to the ground floor, creates a striking The frontage of the block room, study and cloaks, with two landmark cliff-side development. presents a high-quality and Berkeley Homes floors providing four bedrooms However, if the exterior is stylishly understated elevation, with above. The top floor of the terrace impressive, the interiors are even three storeys finished in natural Forbury is an exclusive development also provides a south-facing terrace more so. The elegance of the exterior sandstone, above which a set-back of 24 luxury homes, comprising to the master bedroom. is reflected by that of the spacious, penthouse floor is clad in zinc. 14 apartments and 10 villas in the The interiors provide for gracious high-specification interiors, fitted with However, it is the sculptural rear historic village of Blackheath. living. This is replicated in the every high-tech convenience to elevation that provides the wow The site, formally occupied by a elevational treatment, which echoes provide gracious living. And OSM’s factor to this development. From BMW dealership, is located in the the forms and proportions of ingenious planning provides ground-floor to penthouse, each Blackheath Conservation Area, and Georgian architecture while being open-plan south-facing living rooms unmistakeably modern. The to every apartment with seascape materiality is also formally restrained and shoreline views through the and limited throughout to high-quality enormous plate-glass windows. stock bricks, Portland stone and Additionally, each apartment offers, bronze. This formal and symmetrical through sliding glass doors, a large architecture is complemented and open-air seating area, whether softened by profuse landscaping, that be gardens on the ground and the scheme’s eco-credentials floor or the extensive sun terrace are further enhanced by rooftop balconies, allowing full advantage photovoltaic panels and the provision of the stunning views across the of electric car charging points. landscaped gardens to the sea and, Forbury is a sustainable beyond, the shores of France. development in every sense and Sunningdale House must be a positive addition to historic congratulated, not only on building a Blackheath.

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BEST MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT

occupied by patent and trade mark of the old News International site by attorney Secerna and the other is the developer St George and its GOLD SILVER currently under offer. This mix of architect Patel Taylor is very much Lime Quarter, The Old Fire Station, Clifford business and residential feels still a work in progress but already appropriate for this development and a success, with the completion of Bromley-by-Bow, London E3 Street, York avoids any potential conflict between each subsequent phase contributing Vistry Partnerships London Ebor Developments the residents and food-and-beverage- to the transformation of this & The Helmsley Group focused retail space. industrial neighbourhood into a Lime Quarter completes a major The four-bedroom townhouses with thriving residential quarter. redevelopment of this Tower Located right on the banks of the views of the river, private parking and The feature 26-storey tower of Hamlets site right next to Devons River Ouse and with views over external terraces are competitively phase four is still under construction, Road DLR station and only 10 Grade I listed Clifford Tower, the priced from £1.3m, while the but when completed will frame the minutes’ walk to Bromley-by-Bow redevelopment of the old fire station apartments range from one to three public square, which includes Underground station. A small offers a range of luxury homes bedrooms; a three-bedroom duplex bespoke art pieces by artist Gordon public piazza connects transport, including townhouses and penthouse apartment is priced at Young and water features with residential, retail and the apartments right in the centre of the £1.25m with generous terraces and ‘dancing’ fountains. Like everywhere, commercial aspects of the historic city of York. views of Clifford Tower. the retail is still struggling to establish development. Although not listed, the developer It was the attention to detail, itself in the current climate and while The 130 apartments are very retained the historic facades of the whether this was the external development is still in progress; competitively priced for London, Trinity Chapel & School House on brickwork detailing or the bespoke however, the majority of the ranging from £365,000 for a Peckitt Street, very much to the kitchens, different in every residential commercial retail units face this one-bedroom to £900,000 for a benefit of the development. The unit, that caught the judges’ eyes. public space and fully integrate three-bedroom duplex with huge architect, Vincent & Brown, has themselves into the development. roof terrace and balconies with successfully developed an BRONZE Historical listed warehouses panoramic views over London. architectural language in response to London Dock, Wapping, along Pennington Street contain At the heart of this phase of the the retained elevations and include London E1W commercial workspace along with development is the 40,000ft² Lock York stone and elegant brick details. the potential for retail, cafés and Studios. A business centre hub The principal elevation on Clifford St George restaurants. Currently the only tenant operated by Workspace comprising Street also includes two commercial is an architectural practice, which over 90 commercial spaces within units at ground floor, one of which is The comprehensive redevelopment has utilised the character of the old a six-storey building. A café on the buildings to its advantage. This part ground floor has a very industrial of the development is currently aesthetic and a constant buzz of The Old Fire Station isolated from the residential residents and locals nursing their development, which has started coffees and working away on at the west of the site and is their laptops. working its way eastward towards Tenants of these commercial Tobacco Dock. spaces benefit from excellent wifi, The apartments are of high secure bike storage, high-quality quality, as you would expect from lockers and showers. They include St George and the location, established local businesses, only a stone’s throw away from new businesses, relocations from St Katharine Docks. With prices other parts of London and, more ranging from almost £600,000 to importantly, residents, who now almost £3m, this is at the luxury end benefit from a very short commute. of the market, but owners do get the It was this integration into the use of the residents’ clubhouse, residential development of which includes squash courts, live/workspace that the judges found swimming pool, private cinema and commendable. a virtual golf suite.

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BEST RETIREMENT DEVELOPMENT

GOLD GOLD also contribute towards a carbon contemporary feel with understated Audley Cooper’s Hill, Waterton Green, Walton, neutral future. Another outstanding elegance and includes a attraction with Waterton Green is table-service restaurant, lounge Englefield Green, Surrey Yorkshire that there are no transfer fees, low and separate coffee lounge, Audley Group LIFEstyle by ENGIE cost management fees and a therapy suite, activities/fitness peppercorn ground rent that is studio and hairdressing salon. It is impossible to ignore Audley. Waterton Green is an outstanding not collected. Most of the 50 spacious There is a frisson of excitement when scheme, with an ethical approach to Linking housing, health and social apartments have balconies or it launches a new village. Every one age-exclusive living for those on a care, LIFEstyle by ENGIE’s first patios and they are competitively of its retirement schemes to date has fixed income. retirement scheme is impressive, priced – ranging from £139,000 for been packed with wow factor. Each LIFEstyle by ENGIE has created offering much-needed affordable a one-bedroom apartment to one different from the last. an innovative development of 129 retirement housing options while £434,500 for a three-bedroom unit. Cooper’s Hill is no exception; it is homes in the village of Walton near demonstrating innovative digital There’s a 24/7 onsite team and exceptional. Wakefield, offering a variety of housing technology; contributing to emergency call system available to The interiors are so uplifting and housing options from single-storey its wider community while creating a every homeowner when needed stunning with a vibrant colour palette two-and three-bedroom bungalows, blueprint for a lower carbon future. and care provision is flexible with a that combines a lavish film set with a to dormer bungalows, houses, and variety of buy-in services. ‘at homeness’ designed to make luxury apartments. SILVER The scheme also has a good owners feel special and happy. And The scheme really puts the The Folds, Romiley, range of other facilities such as a in a post-Covid world this is key if owner at the centre of everything. Stockport mobility scooter store, bicycle you are selling to wealthy retirees Innovative technology such as store, car park and electric car who may well be spending a lot interchangeable level worktops in Adlington Retirement Living charging points. A landscaped more time in their new environment. the kitchens and a hidden capacity garden adds to the development’s Audley has renovated an imposing to enable single-transfer hoist from An idyllic waterside setting with overall attractiveness and offers 19th-century building that was part of bedroom to bathroom shows that views over the Peak Forest Canal homeowners another outdoor Brunel University as the centrepiece real thought has gone into Waterton and towpath walks is one of the |area where they can go for a of the village and built further Green. There is also onsite support highlights of Adlington Retirement stroll or just sit and relax. Location buildings in keeping, to create 128 provided by the LIFEstyle team. Living’s The Folds in Romiley near wise, The Folds is within easy apartments within 67 acres of the Waterton Green is a fantastic Stockport. walking distance of Romiley historic Magna Carta park. example of an inclusive development The judges were impressed town centre and on the edge Unashamedly luxurious, Audley that not only integrates with the local by the interior, which has been of the Peak District and four has paid extraordinary attention to and wider community but reaches thoughtfully designed to blend a conservation areas. detail to wellbeing and care services out and has provided much-needed and something that pleased judges facilities where few are available. was the inclusion of ergonomically Its dementia-friendly community designed furniture, masking any hub, which houses a library, is hint that its scheme is designed for open to locals. There is also older people. space available for a pharmacy, a Apartments are generous, podiatrist, or beautician. The hub ranging from 74m² to 130m² with has also attracted visits from school all mod cons to keeping owners children, some of whom have been safe. There are pressure mats in inspired to consider a career in the bedrooms and en suites that can housing industry. These visits also detect if someone has fallen over benefit residents, who love having and so automatically alerts the the youngsters around. Audley Care team, if necessary. Waterton Green will also soon Cooper’s Hill is also Audley’s first launch the UKs first automated EV village that will be powered by green car share service, offering vehicle energy by 2021. A stunning entry access by the hour at an affordable and outstanding winner. price to avoid social isolation and

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SILVER Audley, renowned for its high which the local river and canal flow. BRONZE Audley Stanbridge Earls, standards of care and in-house This 3.6-hectare green space Dundee House, Midhurst, Romsey, Hampshire training of its staff, is now going includes a sensory garden, West Sussex that step further by creating swimming pool, bowling club, Audley Group nutritional menus and bespoke tennis courts and a children’s play Lilyford fitness programmes. Listening to area. Fitzford Lodge is thoughtfully Audley Stanbridge Earls near what residents want is evident too: conceived and constructed, with Newcomer developer Lilyford’s Romsey in Hampshire is set linking the wifi to key fobs, so much attention to detail and many Dundee House in Midhurst, at the around a handsome Grade II owners can be unobtrusively imaginative touches. heart of the South Downs National listed manor house and 32 acres checked how much they have been A sensitive regeneration of a Park, is a well-thought-out of grounds. Typically, Audley has moving around the village, has derelict care home, the scheme’s scheme of 16 one- and picked a building rich in history to been suggested by residents and stylish interiors blend subtle two-bedroom apartments. work its magic – one of the main Audley is going full-steam ahead to colours with spacious and practical This vibrant development wins house’s more prestigious owners making it happen. design. The owners’ lounge points for its light and airy good in the 18th-century was Florence features doors to the landscaped looks, with pale wooden flooring Nightingale’s father. BRONZE gardens and a café-style coffee throughout communal areas. The development is packed Fitzford Lodge, Tavistock, bar. All the apartments, priced The owners’ lounge has a coffee with the Audley wow-factor, with a Devon from approximately £220,000, bar and there is also a separate palette of bright, sunny colours overlook outdoor space and shared kitchen to further encourage and a grand estate feel. One of Churchill Retirement Living many have balconies or patios. socialising. Facilities include cycle the most outstanding communal There is a choice of one- and and mobile scooter stores, as well features is the bar, designed in This new development of 48 one- two-bedrooms. as an honesty pantry for times brass to be freestanding to protect and two-bedroom retirement Facilities include a mobility when residents need essential the original Tudor panelling. apartments in the charming scooter store, home internet items but don’t want to leave Statement lighting and rich, Devonshire market town of shopping service and 24-hour the building. colourful hues create a cosy yet Tavistock has been Churchill’s careline support system, while The apartments, which start from modern feel. Everything about fastest-selling site of 2020. the mayor of Tavistock has £300,000, have a contemporary Stanbridge Earls oozes opulence Fitzford Lodge is on the edge of observed that Fitzford Lodge has open-plan design, underfloor and luxury as well as an at-home Dartmoor and also opposite The already become an integral part of heating and designer kitchens ambience. Meadows public park, through the community. by Stolz. Lilyford, a local firm, The 32 acres of woodland, has clearly taken a thoughtful including a lake, make this one of approach to every level of detail – the most generous in the Audley from keeping the heating system portfolio in terms of outside space. simple to operate, to making This was a godsend for residents all apartments ready for superfast during lockdown and continues to broadband. be vital for health and wellbeing. Homes on the top-floor of Audley has made this an important Dundee House have views over focus and plans to create a the South Downs National Park. woodland agility course. Opposite is a leisure centre with Stanbridge Earls is clearly swimming and other sports designed for those who love the facilities, while also within walking outdoors and don’t mind not being distance is the Cowdray Estate, walking distance from the village. which provides acres of green But they have plenty of space space. The Goodwood Estate, inside too: even the smallest home to a number of historic motor apartment measures a generous racing and horse racing events, is 85ft², rising to 112ft² for the largest. just 15 miles away.

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BEST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

and training centre, and the other has GOLD SILVER been converted into a wildlife reserve, Fairbrook Grove, Faversham, Woodberry Down, Finsbury hosting large quantities of migratory ME13 Park, London N4 birds as well as permanent wildlife in Gold Property Berkeley Homes many forms. The Coal House cafe, a Developments small converted building onsite, has Woodberry Down is an extraordinary become a popular local spot to visit This development by Gold Property project, a complex regeneration after a walk through the park linking Developments is exemplary for a of a difficult part of north London the development to the reservoirs. number of reasons. The developer that had required investment for The landscape design has worked and its architect, InsideOut, have many years. Berkeley Homes won very well since its inception, and expended considerable effort to the project competitively and the play facilities, public art and the demonstrate the highest level of understood the long-term value of wildlife reserve are all linked by a sustainability credentials. A lot of the site, with good transport linear park running alongside the New work has gone into the detailed connections and two reservoirs on River, which passes the site. The new design of the building fabric, and the its southern side. buildings on the project have been construction of the buildings has Many of the new buildings overlook designed by a number of high-profile been researched thoroughly before these reservoirs, which provide architects and the design continues starting onsite. stunning views and leisure amenity. to set the bar for regeneration The effort has been put where it One reservoir has a sailing activity projects in London. matters, into the basic fabric of the building, which, when completed, will meet the exemplary Passivhaus standard. In addition, the design of the homes is of the highest quality, and a lot of consideration has gone into the typologies to ensure that they are appealing to customers, without having a large negative impact on the planet. The layout of the scheme, using shared surfaces for cars and pedestrians and a carefully designed landscape, creates a heart to this small new community and will help neighbours to get to know each other, even in these socially distant times. The project is forward looking, using heat pumps in a development of homes for sale in advance of new regulations banning new gas connections, and the approach is one that larger developers should follow if we are to meet our collective desire to limit climate change.

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construction methods and feature flexible and contemporary layouts. With outright ownership, Help to Buy, shared ownership and rental options available, Places for People and Urban Splash are helping people from all backgrounds. Planning is due to be granted imminently on the next phase, which will include the first apartments at the scheme, as well as Mansion House, which will use MMC and cross laminated timber.

BRONZE GOLD heating, whole-house ventilation and The simplicity of the design has Burrstone Gardens, private outside space to many homes. provided a blank canvas for artists to Merstham, Surrey Chapel Riverside, Creating cohesion as a new add their own colour. Because of this, Southampton community and with the surrounding Fish Island Village has an air of Raven Homes Inland Homes city and river is key to the project. The authenticity not typically seen in new development has transformed the schemes. The partnership with The Part of Merstham estate, identified as A former derelict brownfield city area already, with long-term plans for Trampery has laid the foundation for one of the most deprived areas in centre site, Chapel Riverside is a positive, lasting legacy for the local an inclusive, sustainable community. Surrey, Burrstone Gardens was becoming a thriving waterfront community. formerly a parade of deteriorating destination thanks to Inland Homes. SILVER local shops with flats above and The site is central to Southampton’s SILVER Port Loop, Birmingham associated garaging. Raven Homes regeneration objectives, as one of set out to establish strong pedestrian Fish Island Village, Hackney Urban Splash & Places for seven ‘VIP’ sites forming the Itchen Wick, London E3 connections; create safe, clean Riverside project. Developed as a joint People streets; and provide high-quality, venture between Inland Homes and Hill & Peabody affordable family homes. Southampton City Council, this Described as an exciting new island The result is a collection of 50 new complex regeneration project will In many ways, Fish Island Village community for Birmingham, Port homes, comprising 17 one- and ultimately deliver 457 homes, public feels less like a community and more Loop is taking shape on a formerly two-bedroom apartments and 33 amenity space, retail units, improved like an independent nation. This redundant urban island, encircled attractive two- and three-bedroom flood defences and commercial waterside development in bohemian by Birmingham Canal’s Old Main houses, providing quality homes for buildings specifically reserved for Hackney Wick is a complete Line and New Main Line. first-time buyers and growing families. marine-based businesses. ecosystem, featuring homes, social Joint developers Urban Splash and Working with contractors Stack Inland Homes committed to raising areas and workshops that showcase Places for People, in partnership with London, Raven Homes has provided the site level and funding the first the work of its creative residents. In landowners the Canal & River Trust spacious, airy homes combining section of a new £2.5m sea wall to the East End, the Thames and its and Birmingham City Council, are considered design and contemporary protect the city in the future. This area man-made tributaries served as vital transforming the space, creating a specification. Kitchens are well was identified as having a medium to arteries in a bygone industrial area; 43-acre waterside neighbourhood equipped, and flooring is provided as high risk of flooding, with Chapel this network of canals was brought with more than 1,150 new homes, standard throughout. Parking courts Riverside sitting at the lowest point, back to life by the 2012 Olympics, workspaces, parks, green spaces are served by bollard lighting as are so defences on the site boundary with and the developers have ensured and community facilities. the walkways traversing the scheme, the river are significant for the city. that they will now be enjoyed for At the beginning of the project, the creating safe access for residents. All The developer also arranged for generations to come. JV published a manifesto for how Port houses have their own gardens, while archaeological excavations to be Rather than redesign the area, Loop would be a blueprint for future many apartments have a private carried out at the northern extent of Peabody and Hill have used the development: promoting green and terrace or balcony. the site and, running concurrently with area’s rich history as a blueprint for a blue spaces, challenging the existing The designs are sympathetic to the Phase 3, it is also carrying out unique neighbourhood. Industrial- norms of how people live and surrounding properties, enhancing the extensive remedial works, as the style architecture is a nod to the past, questioning how homes can be better overall appeal of the area. Merstham former Town Depot left a legacy of while local artwork celebrates the designed for modern use. This Community Hub sits alongside disused buildings, contaminated community’s creative spirit. The flats manifesto is now coming to life. Some Burrstone Gardens and provides ground and surface water tanks that come with generous outside space, of the new island ‘rules’ include ‘play support to the local community and is required demolition, decontamination sleek interiors and room to entertain. out til tea’ and ‘live well by accident’. home to a library and café. and relocation underground – a major More than 50 homes have been civil engineering undertaking. delivered so far with 105 properties The design of the one- and due to be completed by March 2021. two-bedroom apartments responds to The first phase of homes, which is existing building heights and uses now complete, comprises four rows of recessed decorative brick, framed 10 terraces; all customisable, factory- windows and projecting balconies to built townhouses. All these are sold, break elevations and highlight key with a further 28 modular townhouses architectural features. Built using recently launched. Construction is MMC, including light gauge steel underway on 37 brick houses, which frames, benefits include underfloor are being built using traditional

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GOLD Skeel Library sold for £6.5m within Farrow & Ball paint shades has been relaxes the mind and crafts a superb Skeel Library, Hampstead days of launch, proving that attention handcrafted by Richstone’s own family home, using wallpaper by Manor, Hampstead, London to detail and a desire to do things team. The bedrooms make the Romo and bold summer colours to NW3 differently really pays dividends. most of the location, using delicate reflect the country location. The main furnishings taking inspiration from bedroom, with its clean masculine Mount Anvil SILVER Richmond Park. Subtle traditional touch, features a padded wall in deep Holford House, Roehampton, accents that brings out the blue with an inset bed with touches Skeel Library is part of the very London SW15 characteristics of the architecture. of deep grey. The lighting used in popular Hampstead Manor scheme This is not an interior design the bedroom is inspiring, with a from Mount Anvil. Built in 1903, Richstone Properties scheme gleaned from design five-globe statement chandelier and the Grade II listed Edwardian studios in Chelsea Harbour but each glass-topped bedside tables. The Baroque-style library of 5,200ft² has This is a wonderful and very pretty piece of furniture, each rug, the judges liked the use of duck-egg blue been converted brilliantly into a five-bedroom house of 5,457ft² with marble and paint choices have been and stone-grey bed with black piping. four-bedroom home. perfect architectural proportions designed and purchased to create The children’s bedroom features It would have been so easy to get built on the floorplate of an existing an interior that matches the superb polar bear wallpaper, penguin blinds this project horribly wrong, but Mount house and located on the edge of architecture of the house. and a desk for homework. Anvil says that “walking into this Richmond Park. The kitchen with its large larder home is an adventure” and the final If you love the clean lines of BRONZE cupboard is particularly impressive, result by Suna Interior Design is an classic French chateau and Swedish Radstone Gate, Stelling along with its good-sized standalone intertwining of the original restored decoration then this is the home for Minnis, Kent breakfast bar with very comfortable library features into a home. you. It just oozes French class and chairs and a design that ensures The interior design complements so it should, as many of the items Pentland Homes much-needed additional storage. the building’s architecture perfectly. were selected especially for the Pentland Homes has installed the In the impressive 40ft reception room house. The purchaser bought the Located in the village of Stelling latest energy-efficient technology, Suna has not been afraid to use house for £6.25m within days of the Minnis in an area of outstanding including real log burners, larders, deep jewel colours throughout the launch and was very specific that natural beauty, local architectural double glazing and many other apartments, in particular in the main they wanted “everything”, right down firm On Architecture has designed features to make you never want to reception room where emerald to the magazines on the table. this Pentland scheme that blends leave home or the village. This greens and ruby-shade sofas gleam David Rich-Jones, CEO of beautifully into the village three-bedroom detached house and glow above deep parquet Richstone Properties, is obsessive environment. oozes value for money at £650,000, flooring. The amazing high ceiling about detail and it shows throughout Phoenix Interior design has created and offers everything a family with the mezzanine floor above this house, with timeless and a clean, decluttered space that would need. creates a magnificent but also very classical interiors in calming neutral functional space. Deep oyster tones. In the main hall, the 18th shades have been used for the chairs century mirrors have been cut into in in the dining room. the skirting boards and the light All this richness is soothed by a fitting stretches from the roof down reading room, with clever touches into the hall, bathing the entrance such as using beautiful wallpaper to this magnificent home with a framed by panelling, which welcoming glow. enhances the use of warm amber This is a home where you just tones flowing through the room. The want to put your feet up, with bedrooms are mini masterpieces in wonderful, soft-washed rugs or themselves and the cool decor of kilims, comfortable chairs and sofas the guest suite is comfortable, and exquisite art sourced in France. attractive and very homely. This is Hand-painted, bronzed Crittall where your guests can stay, enjoy doors lead into the kitchen/breakfast and never go home. room, where Tulipwood joinery in

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Lyons Place

Lyons Place

GOLD Lyons Place, London, W2 Almacantar

This scheme of apartments and townhouses by architect Sir Terry Farrell has a strong and vibrant identity, characterised by the giant filling station pump motif, which gives the building a powerful street presence. In a world where tasteful and restrained modernism dominates, the building dares to be different and creates a sense of place. The subdominant upper floors have been carefully considered with a varying brick tone to Lambton Park has the same lead establish a rhythm of smaller designer as Tornagrain, and it is blocks to break up the mass of the no coincidence that the scheme building, and the overall result is expresses the same aspirations colourful and playful. and virtues. While in a very To the rear, the building is more different context, with decorative subdued with a plain white façade, brickwork in a rural setting, it broken up with a composition of achieves the same level of inset porches and balconies, giving convincing materiality and detail an overall scale and articulation that to create a set of buildings that relates well to the residential context. sit timelessly and comfortably in their setting. SILVER Set within the Lambton Estate Tornagrain, Inverness and overlooked by Lambton Castle, the ancestral seat of the ZeroC, part of Places for earls of Durham, the scheme People mirrors the character of its unique surroundings, with the existing The overall sense of place and residential buildings on the estate the careful attention to traditional providing architectural inspiration detailing gives this scheme a strong Materials have been carefully a high quality traditional scheme is for the new apartments and sense of timeless quality. All too chosen, and the attention to apparent in the completed build bespoke homes, as seen in the red often schemes that are designed well-articulated window reveals and and is to be commended. brick detailing, sash windows and with a traditional aesthetic will glazing bars and varied traditional decorative ridge tiles. lose their identity in the transition forms have created a sequence of BRONZE Creating new buildings that to modern construction and streets that are entirely convincing Lambton Park, maintain the scale of detailed regulations, but here the design with a sense of timeless belonging Chester-le-Street, County articulation and grain of historical team have managed to achieve a that is rare in a new development. buildings is by no means easy, and sense of authentic traditional The commitment of the entire Durham architects Ben Pentreath should be harmony and form. design and development team to Miller Homes commended.

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SILVER iconic Wembley Way approach to the Wembley Park, Wembley, famous football stadium. London HA9 Quintain BRONZE Brooklands Square, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Wembley Park will run to 8,500 homes once complete, adding Places for People further lustre to the area’s landmark sport and entertainment reputation. This scheme will be 2,500 homes in Public realm runs through it too, with total, with schools, shops, leisure gardens, squares and boulevards – facilities and green spaces to ensure all part of a £2bn investment to date. biodiversity and sustainability across It is a big scheme, but low-density, a mixed-tenure development. and the development’s layout with half being public realm, including With placemaking at its core, GOLD makes full use of the woodland a new seven-acre public park and Places for People has put Hayfields, Southmoor, behind it. New hedgerows and lake. The public realm will come alive infrastructure first here, creating Oxfordshire wildflower meadows have also to a host of events and festivals. amenity and retail and, with them, Hayfield been planted. Trees are a strong biodiversity gain jobs. There is a primary school, Resident bats have been paid due for the area and the public realm nursery and gym, as well as shops This is a deeply impressive template respect too and where necessary comes in four defined ‘districts’. and restaurants, with a public square for establishing and delivering relocated to new bat barns and Wembley Park is packed full of a fulcrum for the community. public realm in the confines of a boxes on the scheme under expert retailers and restaurants to support Lautier Park is developing into a new home development, without ecological guidance. the residential numbers, with social recreational area, as well as providing vast acres and community assets The properties play their part cohesion, community engagement green space, with avenues of trees to deploy. emphatically, blending and and activities key to its evolution, and hedges acting as sheltered Hayfields is a £27m scheme on interacting, with the street scenes supported by the appointment of a walkways. an 11-acre former hotel site in an every bit as important in the cultural director and an expanding The new homes include a mix of Oxfordshire village. The 74 homes public realm. collection of public art. properties at affordable rent, shared are part of an ‘ecology-led’ project, Pedestrians take priority as part Sustainability is another ingredient, ownership and low-cost housing to designed around public open of a ‘walkable new community’, be it battery power, rainwater capture, ensure a range of tenures, with a space, landscaped areas and while offsite contributions include a or cycle networks and a lot of eyes strong focus on family living and biodiversity. host of sports facilities in the area. are on the transformation of the flexible accommodation. The design of the homes came next, working with the trees and landscape, as well as the architectural vernacular. Trees such as oak, blue cedar and giant sequoia were retained practically and aesthetically by Hayfield – not as the result of any Tree Preservation Orders – and the housebuilder appointed an arboricultural clerk of works. There is manicured, as well as natural elegance, to deliver a sense of place and arrival, as well as creating two new swales. There have been new trees planted

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JOHN ASSAEL Rory and his team are responsible contemporary private houses, tutor at the University of Strathclyde, John is chairman for the sustainability consultancy on residential and mixed-use schemes, the University of Westminster and an and co-founder of some of the UK’s highest profile mostly in and around London. The RIBA judge. She is a Liveryman of award-winning Assael housing projects. He represents practice has been widely published the Worshipful Company of Architecture. He specialises in HTA at conferences regularly and is and has won numerous awards. Chartered Architects, a judge for the residentially led mixed-use projects, on the Advisory Board of the Active Jake also has extensive development IBP Journalism Awards and panel with a particular interest in the House Alliance. experience and runs a parallel member of Design South East. regeneration of urban brownfield development company that builds sites and conservation of listed and BRIDGET CORDY high-quality residential and OZ LANCASTER historic buildings. He has judged the With over 20 years’ mixed-use schemes, based on a Oz is the founder of OS RIBA Regional Awards, WhatHouse? experience of selling and simple strategy of creating value Designs. She has an Awards, British Homes Awards and marketing property, through design quality. interior architecture & WAN Awards and continues to Bridget has worked alongside many design degree and a master’s search for and reward examples of of the country’s top developers. A SIMON GRAHAM degree in furniture design from one great design year after year. John is graduate of the Chartered Institute of Simon is director of Blue of the leading furniture design recognised as one of the industry’s Marketing, her career started as a Sky, a freelance housing programmes in the UK. Her diverse top employers, being passionate trainee negotiator in Surrey followed consultancy established skills allow her to look beyond about the profession and looking by the roller-coaster markets of in 1995. He has worked in the just the furnishing of a room; she after the next generation of London’s Docklands during the late residential property industry for over also has a strong architectural architects. He is also a nationally 1980s, where she got the taste for 25 years, including holding senior background allowing her to design elected member of the RIBA Council new homes. This led her to gain a sales, marketing communications and further develop the architectural and its Honorary Treasurer, a Trustee broad experience in new homes and corporate strategy posts with and structural elements of the of the Architects’ Benevolent Society agency before joining the developer housing associations and a private projects undertaken by the and the Master of Students at The side of the business. After six years development company. Simon company. Oz has successfully Worshipful Company of Chartered at director level with Charles Church specialises in research, marketing worked on the most exclusive Architects. and then Centex, Bridget is now a and public affairs projects. His developments in London and also freelance property writer and a clients include many of the largest across the continents as well as RUPERT BATES regular columnist for Show House housing associations in the country, within the innovative world of Rupert, one of the magazine. trade bodies and a range of public aviation and yacht design. leading property and private sector organisations. He journalists in the country, CHRIS DYSON is also a trained journalist and has ISLA MACFARLANE is editorial director of Show House Chris established written a monthly column for Show Isla is editor of and What House Digital and is a his award-winning House since 1995, focusing on showhouse.co.uk. co-founder of the business, having architectural studio in government policy, the housing She has worked on covered the new homes industry 2003. Based in Spitalfields, London, market and social housing issues. magazines and websites across the and presented the WhatHouse? the practice has a reputation for UK, south India and the UAE Awards for over 25 years. intelligent conservation work, STANLEY HAINES covering topics ranging from Rupert has appeared regularly on sensitive building design and Stanley studied business and banking to property national television and radio, giving creative collaborations with artists. architecture at the and construction. Isla moved to his views on the housing market and Chris and his team undertake Welsh School, Cardiff, Dubai in 2008 as the editor of Private has chaired and facilitated many challenging projects of all scales, qualifying in 1977, and is now senior Equity and Hedge Funds Middle industry events both at home and including historic listed buildings. partner of Haines Phillips Architects East. She spent the next few years abroad. He also writes the property He is also a design advisor to the based in central London. He has producing business and financial column for The Field magazine. London Borough of Tower Hamlets been involved with housing design content across a variety of platforms Alongside his magazine and online and the City of London Corporation. throughout his career and has been including websites, magazines, journalism, Rupert wrote for The Current projects include a awarded numerous RIBA, Civic e-newsletters, books, events, Telegraph for 20 years and has large-scale development for the Trust and local awards and broadcast and contract publishing. covered five Rugby World Cups. Whitechapel Estate, a conservation commendations for his housing She has reported on property, and new build housing scheme work. His practice specialises in all construction and financial markets RORY BERGIN within the Bishopsgate Goodsyard, aspects of housing and undertakes across Europe, the Middle East, Rory’s role is to and a new café for Crystal Palace projects for housing associations, Africa and South-East Asia. develop excellence Park. The practice has won several volume housebuilders, smaller in sustainable and RIBA Awards for its Architecture developers as well as retirement GEORGE OLDHAM innovative design, enabling and Environmental design including housing specialists. Stanley is George is a graduate of multidisciplinary design consultancy a regional Civic Trust Award and formerly an assessor for the Civic Manchester University, HTA to achieve its objective of Sunday Times British Homes Trust and a design assessor for where he was awarded leading the field in sustainable Awards. Hertfordshire County Council. the Manchester Society of placemaking. He has an impact on Architects Student Medal. He many of HTA’s projects, overseeing JAKE EDGLEY SORAYA KHAN enjoyed a 25-year career in the the practice’s implementation of Jake founded Edgley Soraya is a director at public sector, becoming city sustainable design and the use of Design in 2004 – an Theis + Khan whose architect of Newcastle upon Tyne, appropriate sustainability tools. architecture and mixed-use development winning several national design, He leads a team of sustainability development practice based in Bateman’s Row in Shoreditch was energy and conservation awards. In consultants, advising clients and Clerkenwell, focused on craft shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 1989, he became chief architect for certifying projects in the commonly and innovation in architecture. 2010 and was RIBA London Building Barratt Developments, later setting used sustainable design standards. The practice has built many of the Year 2010. She was visiting up Oldham Associates, combining

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He’s always keen to While studying, he joined a course design and writing, with two WhatHouse? and Show House and ensure that their historical qualities design studio in the East End of books on the subject and golf remains a regular contributor to are retained while being developed London, converting industrial and magazine columns. Show House. He writes about UK into properties suitable for today’s warehouse buildings into live/work and overseas property for a wide contemporary living. units, bars and restaurants. Pascal GILL OLIVER range of magazines, newspapers then became a freelance architect, Gill is a professionally and websites. TRICIA TOPPING converting and adapting private trained digital and print Tricia is the founder of homes in and around north London journalist specialising in JANE SLADE Carlyle Consultants and before joining EPR Architects. His property, business, finance and tech. Jane Slade is the has built a reputation for projects range from bespoke, She’s written for many newspapers, founder of Retiremove, understanding all aspects of the one-off houses to large, mixed-use magazines and digital publications a leading retirement property industry nationally and developments and inner city urban including the Daily Mail’s business property and lifestyle website. internationally. From planning to initiatives. section This is Money, the Press She also writes about retirement penthouses, this knowledge has Association, Woman magazine, Show property for The Daily Telegraph, also been instrumental in assisting MATT WHITE House magazine and The Oxford Daily Mail, The London Magazine suppliers to the industry develop Matt established MATT Times and Oxford Mail newspapers. and Mail on Sunday. Her other strategies to benefit their Architecture in 2012. Gill also writes websites, blogs and passion is music. She plays the businesses. Tricia also runs Luxury The studio is based in annual reviews for clients such as viola in the Hounslow Symphony Topping, focusing on the business Leicester Square and enjoys a Oxford University Hospitals Trust, Orchestra and is a member of the of luxury. This understanding is London-focused reputation for UCAS, Kingfisher City Guides and the Battersea Choral Society. She is now combined with a growing designing award-winning projects Conran Design Group. also the press officer for The Really knowledge of the luxury goods that unlock the potential of the most Big Chorus. market encompassing interior complex and constrained sites – KEITH OSBORNE design, fashion, jewellery, art with intelligent, generous and, Keith is the editor of DAVID SMITH and how these disciplines can frankly, opportunistic architecture. WhatHouse.com and David had a long and influence the new homes market Projects include one-off houses in Show House Jobs. He highly successful career at every level. In 2018, Tricia was the UK and Europe as well as has been involved in the new homes in property development. awarded Marketing Firm Director regeneration and redevelopment industry for over 15 years, both in He started in the middle market of the Year from the A1 Influential work. Matt’s residential experience the consumer and B2B sectors. He sector, but then moved in the 1980s Businesswoman Awards. includes multi-unit central London has provided and edited online and to what was, at the time, a young schemes for Candy & Candy as in print for a range of property start-up developer that believed CAROLYN TREVOR well as his own house, Number 23, websites and publications. For there was future potential in top-end Carolyn is director of which won the Daily Telegraph’s several years he worked in the new build. He moved through Trevor Lahiff Architects Residential Design and Innovative overseas property industry, writing various roles during his four alongside her husband Home awards in 2013. His own new for Homes Overseas magazine and decades at the company’s Surrey Patrick. Their practice, founded house in Sussex has featured on on the judging panel for the Homes headquarters, initially managing in 1995, specialises in one-off, Channel 4’s Grand Designs. Overseas Awards. sales, then moving into marketing, high-end residential projects for both advertising and PR for all the private clients and developers. TLA’s MICHAEL PHARE company’s operating regions. The bespoke houses and interiors are Michael is principal of many years of experience gained informed and stylish, attributed to OPUS Architecture and while being involved with these key Carolyn’s extensive experience Design. He specialises responsibilities has resulted in David working as both architect and interior in high-quality residential projects, having a critical eye for detail, designer. The studio has previously working closely with developers and design and value for money. won the UK & International Property individual clients on a wide range of Design Award for the best new projects, from small studios to MARTIN TAYLOR residential development and the substantial country houses. His Martin is an interior Design & Architecture awards work has been regularly featured designer with 25 years’ from Design et al. Projects range in national property magazines. In experience reorganising from extensions, to large-scale addition to practising as an space, primarily for private clients refurbishments and to new build architect, Michael is a director in the residential market. Initially and refurbishments of country of a property investment and trained as a theatre set designer, houses in the UK and abroad. development company. Martin began his working career as an in-house interior designer for two architectural practices, before starting his own company in 2000.

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