Kent Design Awards

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Kent Design Awards
Awarded forTo celebrate the high quality development delivered throughout Kent
Country UK
Presented byKent Design Initiative (part of Kent County Council)
First awarded2003
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]

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2003

Highly Commended was Romney Warren Visitor Centre [4]

2004

2005/2006

2007/2008

Also nominated was Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope museum, library and gallery, although misleadingly named as a winner on an architects brochure. [11]

2010

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]

2012 (Renamed as 'Kent Design and Development Awards')

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]

2014 Kent Design and Development Awards

The shortlist was announced in September 2014; [27] Categories Include:

Overall winner ‘Project of the year’ - Goat Lees Primary School, Ashford, [28]

2016 Awards

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]

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