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Online entry facilities now live

5th February, 2010

The new Housing Design Awards website is now fully functional with online entry and payment facilities available from today. Users can purchase scheme entries, fill out entry forms and upload A1 board artwork directly through the site.

Gareth Capner appointed chair of the HDAs

14th January, 2010

Gareth Capner has been appointed chair of the Housing Design Awards. He replaces Graham Pye who died suddenly in 2009.  Gareth was the first planning associate to join architects Barton Willmore in 1979, helping grow the practice when he became senior partner to become one of the country’s largest multidisciplinary housing specialists employing more than 300 staff. Gareth has been chosen for his awareness of the role both architecture and planning play in new housing.

London Development Agency and Design for London partner with the Housing Design Awards

14th January, 2010

London Development Agency and Design for London have joined the Housing Design Awards as a new partner. The organisation will sponsor a special London award and plans an exhibition of 2010 submissions later in the year.

RICS partners with the Housing Design Awards

14th January, 2010

RICS, the housebuilding’s largest professional institution, has joined the Housing Design Awards as a partner.
The RICS will stand alongside RIBA and the RTPI so that surveyors, architects and planners are all represented in the Awards by their professional institutions.

Department of Health launch HAPPI award

13th January, 2010

The Department of Health rejoins the HDAs in 2010, some 62 years after it launched them.
It is supporting a new award for housing the over 55s, in response to the recent report conducted by HCA into how we need to expand the options for housing our ageing population.