Enter now for the 2010 Building for Life awards
24 March 2010
Entries for this year’s Building for Life awards are now open. The awards celebrate the best new housing developments and set the standards that we should expect from all new schemes.
Last year’s awards gave cause for optimism, despite difficult market conditions. Seven schemes received Building for Life awards in 2009, selected from a record 36 schemes receiving a Building for Life standard.
And two of them – Lime Tree Square in Street, Somerset, and Cross Street South in Wolverhampton – earned the highest scores ever given to new housing developments since the Building for Life initiative began in 2002.
The awards are organised by CABE and the Home Builders Federation. All entries are formally assessed by some of Britain’s leading housing experts using the Building for Life criteria. They select outstanding schemes to receive a Building for Life award at a prestigious event later in the year.
If you have worked on, been involved with, or know about a new housing development that you think deserves recognition, enter it for the Building for Life awards now.
Wayne Hemingway, designer and chair of Building for Life, said:
‘Building for Life pushes developers, architects and planners to think a lot harder about what makes a good home, about what people want, wherever they are. Last year’s awards raised expectations for even better this year, so I’m looking forward to seeing more outstanding schemes – and more evidence that housing quality is on the rise.’
Stewart Baseley, Executive Chairman of the Home Builders Federation, added:
‘The Building for Life awards provide a clear demonstration of the progress developers continue to make with regard to design and I would encourage them to put forward their new developments for consideration.’
Deadline for entries is 28 May 2010.
