2015 Awards Announced
The Saltire Society Housing Design Awards 2015 were announced at a ceremony at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation with guest of Honour Margaret Burgess, Minister for Housing and Welfare presenting the accoldates.
The results were as follows;
The Saltire Medal
Architect: Paper Igloo Limited
Client: Ken & Grace Grant
Contractor: Self Build
This brave, self-build refurbishment of an existing farmhouse has been beautifully designed and constructed to create an elegant family home. It fluently combines three disparate forms to address the contours of the site, particular views and landscape. Internally and externally the quality of detail and workman.
About the Saltire Medal: Winners of the Alterations, Renovations and Extensions; Single Dwelling New Build; Multiple Housing; and Landscape in Housing are judged for the coveted Saltire Medal. Decided by the Award's Annual Guest Chair.
Innovation in Housing
Award
Architect: Proctor & Matthews
Client: Mactaggart & Mickel Homes
Contractor: Mactaggart & Mickel Homes
Innovation in Housing
Commendations
Architect: Kraft Architecture
Client: BRE
Contractor: Cruden Building and Renewals
Architect: MAST Architects
Client: Scottish Veterans Residences
Landscape in Housing Awards
Architect: Malcolm Fraser Architects
Landscape Architects: HarrisonStevens
Client: 21st Century Homes for Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
Contractor: Hart Builders (Edinburgh) Ltd
Architect: Elder & Cannon Architects
Architect: Page \ Park Architects
Client: New Gorbals Housing Association
Contractor: McTaggart Construction
Landscape in Housing
Commendation
Architect: CDA
Client: S1 Developments LTD
Contractor: S1 Developments LTD
Multiple Housing Developments Awards
Architect: Malcolm Fraser Architects
Client: 21st Century Homes for Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
Contractor: Hart Builders (Edinburgh) Ltd
Architect: Elder & Cannon Architects
Architect: Page \ Park Architects
Client: New Gorbals Housing Association
Contractor: McTaggart Construction
Architect: Sutherland Hussey Architects
Client: EASTACRE Investments
Contractor: Ogilvie Construction Ltd
Multiple Housing Developments
Commendation
Edinburgh
Architect: CDA
Client: S1 Developments LTD
Contractor: S1 Developments LTD
Alterations, Renovations and Extensions
Awards
Architect: Paper Igloo Limited
Client: Ken & Grace Grant
Contractor: Self Build
Architect: WT Architecture
Client: Private
Contractor: Lawrie Construction Ltd
Architect: A449 LTD
Client: Format Scotland LTD
Contractor: Truebuild Trade Services LTD
Alterations, Renovations and Extensions
Commendations
Architect: Richard Murphy Architects
Client: Raheela Murray
Contractor: Hutton & Read Ltd
Architect: Sutherland Hussey Architects
Client: Michael & Patricia Armstrong
Contractor: ESH Borders Construction
Single Dwelling, New Build
Awards
Architect: Richard Murphy Architects
Client: Richard Murphy
Contractor: Inscape Joinery
About the Awards
The 2015 Saltire Housing Design Awards are launched in March by the Saltire Society, recognising design excellence across five categories – including a brand new ‘Landscape in Housing’ award.
The awards have been running since 1937 and are open to projects completed in Scotland over the past five years. Aside from the new ‘Landscape in Housing’ award, the four other categories are:
- Alterations, Renovations and Extensions
- Innovation in Housing
- Multiple Housing Development
- Single Dwelling
Last year’s winners included the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village Meanwhile, PassivTEN, a unique study by John Gilbert Associates aimed at eliminating fuel poverty from Glasgow tenement housing scooped the Innovation in Housing award and a cash prize of £1,500 from the Scottish Government.
North Gardner Street Glasgow 2014 PasivTEN
Commonwealth Games
Athletes Village
The Scottish Government will sponsor the ‘Innovation in Housing’ award once again in 2015. The deadline for applications is 25th March 2015
Winners in each category will be selected from a shortlist by an expert Judging Panel including this year’s Guest Chair, renowned Glasgow-based visual artist Toby Paterson.
Supported by British Council Scotland, the 2015 Student Bursary for Travel is also now open for applications from architecture students to enable them to travel abroad to work on a housing-related project. The winner of the 2015 Bursary will also be announced at the 2015 Saltire Housing Design Awards ceremony.
The awards ceremony is due to take place at the Centre for Carbon Innovation in Edinburgh on the 22nd June 2015.
Jude Barber, Convener of the Saltire Society Housing Design Awards, said:
“On behalf of the Saltire Society and the Housing Award Panel, I am delighted to launch this year’s Call for Entries for our Housing Awards and Innovation Award.
“I am also pleased to announce a new award for Landscape in Housing, which recognises the importance of space between and immediately around our homes. We hope to receive a wide and varied set of entries for the new award.
“We are particularly pleased to welcome Toby Paterson to the role of Annual Guest Chair. Toby is a prestigious artist with a strong interest in architecture and the built environment. He is well versed in the important role that housing plays in cultural life and will stimulate creative debate and discussion.
“I would encourage clients, academics, tenants’ groups, architects and housing developers to submit any recently completed projects which identify original thinking and imagination in housing design and development in Scotland.”