All Building articles in Awards Events 2007 – Page 4
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Masterplanning Architect of the Year
The firm has been involved in a number of masterplans, the most significant of which are King’s Cross Central, a 25ha quarter in central London, and the Olympic Park in the Lower Lea Valley with Edaw. Other major projects are at Cricklewood, Hemel Hempstead, East Grinstead, Winchester and Oxford Westgate. ...
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Office Building Architect of the Year
In a sector which is too often bereft of new ideas and imagination, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands shone through with buildings that have character, great light, and space. The judges were particularly impressed with the Asticus building on a very restricted site next to listed buildings in a conservation area in ...
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Private Housing Architect of the Year
Much of BDP’s work involves high-density urban housing in mixed-use regeneration areas. It is involved in Waterfront City, a new quarter in Melbourne, while Witham Wharf in Lincoln, the refurbishment of a 1970s office building into 120 high-quality apartments, is just completing. The judges were particularly impressed with the Abito ...
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Public Building Architect of the Year
The winner turned in an impressive body of work including the refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank, and the planetarium and centre for modern astronomy at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The judges said it was clear that public buildings remain at the heart of Allies & ...
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Public Housing Architect of the Year
Over the past 10 years, Peter Barber Architects has blazed a trail through the UK public housing scene with radical and innovative projects, from the large scale including Tanner Street Gateway, Barking, and Donnybrook Quarter in east London, to beautifully crafted projects like the Cedars Road Pavilion in south-west London.The ...
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Single Dwelling Architect of the Year
The judges felt the practice had used the one-off house in a very particular way, which had led to the development of three different house typologies. Nevertheless, each house was a careful and well judged response to the restrictions of the site, and the judges felt this was just as ...
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Industrial/R&D Architect of the Year
The judges praised the winner for the range of projects it was tackling, from huge masterplans and complexes requiring production facilities, to small light industrial workshops. The judges said the work was “thoughtful and worthwhile”, and noted that the practice was proud of working in a sector that lacks a ...
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Retail Building Architect of the Year
The judges said that the winner had “managed to pull off a series of contextual buildings that really raised the bar in this sector”. While the judges were critical of the general standard of retail design, they said John McAslan & Partners was working on projects that demonstrated “the positive ...
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Feilden Architect of the Year Award
Allies & Morrison’s work varies in range from conservation to commercial offices but is utterly consistent in its quality, said the judges on their decision to award the practice the 2007 Richard Feilden Architect of the Year Award. In looking for the “best of the best”, the judges wanted to ...
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World Architect Award
The practice is working in 27 countries and its percentage of work abroad has risen from 57% to 70%.The international network of satellite and project offices has increased from 16 to 21, adding Copenhagen, Milan, Moscow, St Petersburg and Abu Dhabi, as well as new permanent offices in Dublin, Istanbul, ...
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NewsArchitect of the Year Awards 2007
This year's Architect of the Year Awards recognise all those who are helping to improve design standards. Our coverage includes full details of all the winners, images of their work, comments from the judges and a video report of the awards ceremony on November 1.
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NewsYoung Architect of the Year Awards 2007
Carmody Groarke has beaten a strong shortlist to win Young Architect of the Year, now in its tenth year.
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QS Project/Program Management Firm of the Year
Winner Turner & TownsendIts turnover grew 365% and its staff increased 238% over the past five years – with these outstanding numbers, it is easy to understand why Turner & Townsend’s project team has made such an impact in the sector recently.But this firm is about more than just growth. ...
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QS Employer of the Year
Winner John Rowan + PartnersJohn Rowan and Partners has a truly impressive range of initiatives to support its employees. The consultant provides staff with financial support, advice and study leave to complete MSc degrees and postgraduate diplomas and has a training programme and mock interview system in place for all ...
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Specialist Contractors Safety Programme
Sponsored by: The Health and Safety PeopleWinner and finalists:Cementation Foundations Skanska is rewarded this year for reducing the risk in one of the most potentially hazardous specialisms: ground engineeringCementation Foundations SkanskaThe statistics speak for themselves. Last year, unplanned-event reporting at piling and ground engineering company Cementation Foundations Skanska rose by ...
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QS Champion of the Year
Winner Ian Cook , EC Harris The QS Champion of the Year award goes to an outstanding professional. Many people overcome personal setbacks to achieve their career goals, but few have had to cope with more than Ian Cook, a lead project manager at EC Harris. In January 2004, Ian, ...