Housing Design Awards

Housing Design Awards

HDA News

HDA 2010 Winners Announced

13th July, 2010

The 2010 Housing Design Award winners were announced at a lunchtime ceremony at The Banqueting House, Whitehall, London on 8th July.
View the Winning Schemes pages for more detail.

Invitation RSVP closes

25th June, 2010

The deadline for RSVPs to this year’s Housing Design Awards ceremony has now passed.
Entry badges will be posted to confirmed attendees prior to the ceremony.
We will inform you no later than 29th June via email if additional guest requests can be accommodated.

Shortlist Announced

1st June, 2010

The shortlist for the 2010 Housing Design Awards was announced on Friday 28th May. Representatives from each shortlisted scheme will soon be invited to the lunchtime award ceremony at The Banqueting House in Whitehall, London on 8th July.

Shortlist UPDATE

22nd April, 2010

The official announcement of the Housing Design Awards 2010 shortlist will now be made after a new Housing Minister has been appointed in May.
Invitations to the awards ceremony on 8th July will be issued to shortlisted parties shortly after the announcement.

Entries now being processed

15th March, 2010

The 2010 deadline for entries has now passed and we are currently processing them ready for the judging. A record number of entries have been received and the quality of entries looks high. The shortlist will be revealed at the end of April and will form the Exhibition of Excellence to be showcased at the awards ceremony on the 8th July.

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.