Kent Design Awards
awards in design excellence
These awards were created to celebrate design excellence in Kent and were first staged in 2003 and are usually held every two years. They were then renamed 'Kent Design and Development Awards' in 2012. Then have stayed as the 'Kent Design and Development Awards' in 2014.
2003
Commercial and Industrial Building winner - Holiday Extras HQ Building, Newingreen, Hythe
Public Building winner - Riverhead Infant School, Sevenoaks
Urban Design and Town Centre Renewal winner - St. Mildreds Lavender Mews, Canterbury
Best Individual House - Lynwood, Tunbridge Wells (private residence)
Housebuilding for Quality winner - Ingress Park, Greenhithe
Overall winner - Lynwood, Tunbridge Wells (private residence)
Highly Commended was Romney Warren Visitor Centre
2004
Housebuilding for Quality winner - Vista (private residence), Dungeness
Public Building/Education winner - St Augustine's RC School, Hythe
Town and Village Renaissance - Horsebridge and Brownings Yard, Whitstable
Overall Winner - St Augustine's RC School, Hythe
2005/2006
Public Building winner - Trosley Country Park amenity block
Commercial, Industrial and retail winner - Kings Hill Village Centre
Housebuilding winner - Iden Farm Cottage, Boughton Monchelsea, near Maidstone
Building Renovation winner - The Old Gymnasium, Deal Cavalry Barracks, Deal
Best New Neighbourhood winner - Affordable village housing in Ash Grove, St Margaret's at Cliffe, near Dover.
Overall Winner - The Goods Shed, Canterbury
2007/2008
Also nominated was Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope museum, library and gallery, although misleadingly named as a winner on an architects brochure.
Commercial, Industrial and retail winner - Broadside (HQ of MHS Homes), Chatham
Housebuilding winner - Sandling Park (a residential scheme), Maidstone
Building Renovation (joint winners) - Pilkington Building and Drill Hall Library, within the Universities at Medway
Public Building winner - Parrock Street public toilets, Gravesend (Gravesham Community Project PFI)
Landscape category winner - Lower Leas Coastal Park, Folkestone
Overall Winner - The Pines Calyx, St Margaret's at Cliffe
2010
30 projects were shortlisted in seven categories from more than 60 entries.
The Medway Building at the University of Kent as part of the Universities at Medway, was nominated for Best Public Building. Also nominated was Crossway Low Energy House, near Maidstone.
Conservation & Craftsmanship Category winner - The Darnley Mausoleum, Cobham
Town & Village Renaissance winner - Ashford Shared Space
Residential overall winner - The Quays (towers with the former Chatham Dockyard), Chatham Maritime
Residential (major development) winner - The Quays, Chatham Maritime
Residential (minor development) winner - El Ray, Dungeness
Commercial, Industrial & Retail winner - Deal Pier
Public Buildings (general) winner - Quarterhouse, Folkestone
Public Buildings (schools) winner - St.
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