About the Awards
2017 saw the launch of the Worcestershire Architecture Awards by the Worcestershire Society of Chartered Architects.
The awards have been set up to recognise good architecture in Worcestershire, engage with the public and promote the value that using an architect can bring to the local environment. A jury consisting of architects and non-architects judged the submissions.
A free exhibition, open to the public was held at The Guildhall, Worcester on Saturday 25th August 2017 from 10am until 4pm. This was followed by the awards reception.
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This celebration of local architects and architecture coincided with the end of the successful Worcester Festival.
The exhibition was also exhibited at the Saw Yard Gallery, Bewdley Museum from 3 March – 29 April 2018.
Worcestershire Architecture Awards 2017 - exhibition at Saw Yard Gallery
Entries and Winners
The Worcestershire Architecture Awards 2017 were announced after the open public exhibition at The Guildhall Worcester on 26th August 2017.
Details of all of the entries in each category along with winners and commendations are below. Click on the entry name to view the full entry board as a pdf.
Categories 1-6 were judged by a panel of three judges. Entries were assessed on the basis of the extent to which they demonstrated, in the opinion of the judges, fitness for purpose, elegance of design and the contribution they make to the built environment.
The judges were:
Aaron Chetwynd – RIBA Regional Chair and Architect
Kevin Singh – Head of Architecture BCU & Architect
John Wilson – Deputy Editor Newsquest, West Midlands
Category 1 – Private House, Worcestershire – Built
Hewn House - Vivid Architects
Entries:
Redhill – Glazzard Architects CATEGORY WINNER
Halfkey Farmhouse – Osbornes Architects. COMMENDED
Hewn House (Phase 1) – Vivid Architects
Twyning Road – Matthew Gullick Architects
Category 2 – Private House, Worcestershire – Unbuilt
The Links - Vivid Architects
Entries:
The Fold – Vivid Architects CATEGORY WINNER
Category 3 – Worcestershire – Built
Graingers Porcelain Works - Glazzard Architects
Entries:
Stanbrook Abbey Hotel – Howl Associates CATEGORY WINNER
Roback Mews – Draw Architecture COMMENDED
The Keyes Building – Associated Architects COMMENDED
St. Johns Medical Centre – One Creative Environments
Rigby Hall Special School, New Block – Jacobs UK (Worcester)
St Andrew’s CE First School – Jacobs UK (Worcester)
Graingers Porcelain Works – Glazzard Architects
Infill Housing – DJD Architects
31 Bridge Street, Pershore – Create.iF
Category 4 – Worcestershire – Unbuilt
Trinity House - KKE Architects
Entries:
Green Skywalk, Worcester – One Creative Environments CATEGORY WINNER
Christopher Whitehead Performing Arts Building – One Creative Environments
Trinity House – KKE Architects
Category 5 – Outside of Worcestershire, Worcestershire Entrant – Built
Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry - One Creative Environments
Entries:
Stepping Stone House – Hamish and Lyons CATEGORY WINNER
St David’s Hospice, In Patient Unit – KKE Architects COMMENDED
Domestic Extension – Peter Hunt Architects
Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry – One Creative Environments
Eastnor Landrover Experience – Osbornes Architects
Uttoxeter Hermitage Palliative Care Hub – KKE Architects
Wheelchair Housing – DJD Architects
Category 6 – Outside of Worcestershire, Worcestershire Entrant – Unbuilt
Elephant House - Vivid Architects
Entries:
Huntingdon Crematorium – Howl Associates CATEGORY WINNER
Elephant House – Vivid Architects
Four Winds, Replacement Dwelling – Studio 27
Valley Hotel Extension – Osbornes Architects
Thorford Hall Farm – KKE Architects
Vulnerable Persons Extra Care Facility – One Creative Environments
People’s Choice Award in Association with Newsquest West Midlands
Newsquest West Midlands publish local newspapers across Worcestershire. 8 projects from across all of those entered above were selected by the editorial team, and published in the papers in print and online. An online vote was organised through the newspaper websites with members of the public voting for their favourite project.
Green Skywalk, Worcester – One Creative Environments
St Andrew’s CE First School – Jacobs UK (Worcester) PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNER
Christopher Whitehead Performing Arts Building – One Creative Environments
Green Skywalk, Worcester – One Creative Environments
Rigby Hall Special School, New Block – Jacobs UK (Worcester)