Kent Design Awards | |
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Awarded for | To celebrate the high quality development delivered throughout Kent |
Country | UK |
Presented by | Kent Design Initiative (part of Kent County Council) |
First awarded | 2003 |
Website | Kent Design Initiative |
These awards were created to celebrate design excellence in Kent and were first staged in 2003 and are usually held every two years. [1] They were then renamed 'Kent Design and Development Awards' in 2012. Then have stayed as the 'Kent Design and Development Awards' in 2014. [1]
Highly Commended was Romney Warren Visitor Centre [4]
Also nominated was Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope museum, library and gallery, although misleadingly named as a winner on an architects brochure. [11]
30 projects were shortlisted in seven categories from more than 60 entries. The Medway Building at the University of Kent as part of the Universities at Medway, was nominated for Best Public Building. [18] Also nominated was Crossway Low Energy House, near Maidstone. [19]
Jointly organised and sponsored by 'DHA Planning' (town planning and transport consultancy), Kent County Council and Ward Homes (public housing management). [22]
94 nominees including Sevenoaks School Performing Arts Centre and Cornwallis Academy. [23]
The shortlist was announced in September 2014; [27] Categories Include:
Overall winner ‘Project of the year’ - Goat Lees Primary School, Ashford, [28]
Twenty-three developments were shortlisted for the eight categories; Winners:
The Wing for the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust at Capel-le-Ferne was named Project of the Year. [29]
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the northwest, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the southwest, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces the French department of Pas-de-Calais across the Strait of Dover. The county town is Maidstone. It is the fifth most populous county in England, the most populous non-metropolitan county and the most populous of the home counties.
Chatham is a town located within the Medway unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Kent, England. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Gillingham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham.
Folkestone is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Ashford is a town in the county of Kent, England. It lies on the River Great Stour at the southern or scarp edge of the North Downs, about 61 miles (98 km) southeast of central London and 15.3 miles (24.6 km) northwest of Folkestone by road. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,405. The name comes from the Old English æscet, indicating a ford near a clump of ash trees. It has been a market town since the Middle Ages, and a regular market continues to be held.
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