Local residents are being asked if they have noticed a new building or a redevelopment project in Wilmslow and completed in 2022 which they consider to be a good design.
Wilmslow Civic Trust are asking people to put forward their nomination for the design award or commendation.
Nominations will be referred to the judging panel of Ray Acton, a lifetime resident of Wilmslow and a local historian, along with David Cash, Chris Fasciato and Martin Hoyle who are all retired architects.
Building will be assessed by the following five criteria:
- Overall Design Quality
- Context (how well the building relates to its setting and neighbours)
- Materiality (the choice of materials used and how well the building has been constructed)
- Innovation (the extent to which the building's design demonstrates original new concepts and sets higher standards
- Sustainability (the extent to which the building responds to the green agenda including an approximate evaluation of its carbon footprint)
The award scheme started 10 years ago. To date, only one award (as opposed to a commendations) has been made - to the Waters building on Altrincham Road in 2014 . Last year the panel commended the design of Meadowend on Hollin Lane in Styal. The project replaced a dilapidated 2-storey arts and crafts style house and garage with two new brick clad houses of timber frame construction, each with five bedrooms.
Christopher Dodson, Secretary, Wilmslow Civic Trust, said "We seek to recognise the best new buildings within Wilmslow which make a positive contribution to the urban landscape and set a standard to which other new buildings in the town should aspire. In particular, we are looking for exciting contemporary designs. If a solution is more traditional, it needs to have been well-considered and have qualities which raises it above the norm and make it special."
Christopher added "Architecture is the most public of the arts. We don't have to go to a concert or visit an art gallery or a theatre but we all have to walk cycle or drive along the street. Wilmslow Civic Trust is trying in a very small way to encourage more of the buildings in Wilmslow we pass to be of a pleasing design."
Details of nominations should be to [email protected] by Saturday 30th April.
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