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The Mail on Sunday
British Homes Awards 2007
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DESIGN. THE KEY TO A BETTER PLACE
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ARCHITECTS CHALLENGED TO DESIGN NEW
HOME FOR THE FUTURE
To inspire homebuilders to reconsider
their mainstream house type, a new Awards programme, sponsored
by NHBC,
has been created. In addition to recognising design excellence
in specific categories, The Mail on Sunday British Homes Awards
provide an unrivalled opportunity for architectural practices
to showcase their design vision for the family home for the
future.
In partnership with the National
Centre for Excellence in Housing, BRE
(Building Research Establishment), Building
Design, Real
Estate TV and VELUX,
the Awards challenged architects on the register of the ARB
and homebuilders to create an eco-sensitive design for tomorrow’s
mainstream house type. Working to a brief developed in consultation
with RIBA, that has addressed today’s critical environmental
issues and encouraged the use of innovative products and technologies,
architects were invited to present their design solutions.
The nine most imaginative and deliverable designs short-listed
by The Panel of Judges, chaired by Michael Manser, CBE, RA,
PPRIBA and Chairman of The Manser Practice, together with
the winning design
can be viewed by clicking this link.
Readers of The
Mail on Sunday, who published a supplement on the short-listed
candidates on April 29, voted for the winning design - GREEN
HOUSE - which was announced by RIBA President Jack Pringle
at the Award’s presentation on May 31 2007 at The London
Marriott, Grosvenor Square where GAUNT FRANCIS ARCHITECTS
received a £5000 prize presented by VELUX.
Recognising that the winning design will become a benchmark
prototype for our future high density housing, GREEN HOUSE
will be built as a demonstration house on the BRE Innovation
Park at Garston, by Britain's
Largest House-Builder, Barratt Homes, where it will stand
for two years and form part of BRE’s training and education
programme.
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