These awards were created to celebrate design excellence in Kent and were first staged in 2003 and are usually held every two years. They were then renamed 'Kent Design and Development Awards' in 2012. Then have stayed as the 'Kent Design and Development Awards' in 2014.
Commercial and Industrial Building winner - Holiday Extras HQ Building, Newingreen, Hythe
Public Building winner - Riverhead Infant School, Sevenoaks
Urban Design and Town Centre Renewal winner - St. Mildreds Lavender Mews, Canterbury
Best Individual House - Lynwood, Tunbridge Wells (private residence)
Housebuilding for Quality winner - Ingress Park, Greenhithe
Overall winner - Lynwood, Tunbridge Wells (private residence)
Highly Commended was Romney Warren Visitor Centre
Housebuilding for Quality winner - Vista (private residence), Dungeness
Public Building/Education winner - St Augustine's RC School, Hythe
Town and Village Renaissance - Horsebridge and Brownings Yard, Whitstable
Overall Winner - St Augustine's RC School, Hythe
Public Building winner - Trosley Country Park amenity block
Commercial, Industrial and retail winner - Kings Hill Village Centre
Housebuilding winner - Iden Farm Cottage, Boughton Monchelsea, near Maidstone
Building Renovation winner - The Old Gymnasium, Deal Cavalry Barracks, Deal
Best New Neighbourhood winner - Affordable village housing in Ash Grove, St Margaret's at Cliffe, near Dover.
Overall Winner - The Goods Shed, Canterbury
Also nominated was Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope museum, library and gallery, although misleadingly named as a winner on an architects brochure.
Commercial, Industrial and retail winner - Broadside (HQ of MHS Homes), Chatham
Housebuilding winner - Sandling Park (a residential scheme), Maidstone
Building Renovation (joint winners) - Pilkington Building and Drill Hall Library, within the Universities at Medway
Public Building winner - Parrock Street public toilets, Gravesend (Gravesham Community Project PFI)
Landscape category winner - Lower Leas Coastal Park, Folkestone
Overall Winner - The Pines Calyx, St Margaret's at Cliffe
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. Also nominated was Crossway Low Energy House, near Maidstone.
Conservation & Craftsmanship Category winner - The Darnley Mausoleum, Cobham
Town & Village Renaissance winner - Ashford Shared Space
Residential overall winner - The Quays (towers with the former Chatham Dockyard), Chatham Maritime
Residential (major development) winner - The Quays, Chatham Maritime
Residential (minor development) winner - El Ray, Dungeness
Commercial, Industrial & Retail winner - Deal Pier
Public Buildings (general) winner - Quarterhouse, Folkestone
Public Buildings (schools) winner - St. James the Great Primary & Nursery School, East Malling
Project of the Year - the Lord Sandy Bruce-Lockhart Award - The Darnley Mausoleum, Cobham
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).
94 nominees including Sevenoaks School Performing Arts Centre and Cornwallis Academy.
Commercial, Industrial and Retail winner - Rocksalt Restaurant, Folkestone
Public Buildings Education winner - Marlowe Theatre,Canterbury
Civils and Infrastructure winner - Dover Esplande, sea frontage
Environmental Performance winner - Hadlow College
Minor Residential winner - Hill House, Ulcombe
Major Residential winner - Rosemary Gardens, Park Wood
Public Buildings, Community winner - Turner Contemporary
Public Buildings, Education winner - Walderslade Primary School
Project of the Year (Sponsored by DHA Planning) - Rocksalt Restaurant, Folkestone
2014 Kent Design and Development Awards
Categories Include:
Residential
Commercial, Industrial and Retail
Civils and Infrastructure
Public Buildings
Environmental Performance
Overall winner ‘Project of the year’
The shortlist was announced in September;
Three Hills Sports Park, Folkestone
The Skinners' Kent Academy, Tunbridge
Goat Lees Primary School, Ashford
Cyclopark, Gravesend
Ambleside, Faversham
Armstrong Road, Maidstone
Centre for Environmental Technologies, Broadstairs
Farningham House Cottage, Forge Fields, Bethersden
Hadlow Tower
Hermitage Court Units (G+H), Maidstone
Horsted Park, Chatham
Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery, Maidstone
Maidstone High Street
Medway Crematorium
Pobble House, Romney Marsh
Sandwich Town Tidal Defences
St Michael's School, Otford
