Entries for this year’s awards have now closed – thank you to all those who submitted. The winners will be announced at a high-profile event in September; entries received since 31 March will be retained and considered for the 2009 Awards
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Building for life celebrates excellence in housing design
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2008 Awards – entries now closed
2007 award winners
Winners of gold awards at the 2007 Building for Life awards included:
an exemplary sustainable scheme in Somerset
a sensitively built project in the Cotswolds an inner-city London warehouse site
Assessing quality before planning
Evaluating housing proposals step by step helps design teams use Building for Life at the pre-planning stage. It shows how to address the 20 Building for Life criteria.
Delivering great places to live
A guide to the Building for Life Standard, helping developers and local authorities to deliver the best new homes featuring twenty questions you need to answer.
Building for Life is led by:
In association with the Civic Trust, Design for Homes, English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation.