Nominations now open for Hackney Design Awards 2024
The Hackney Design Awards return this year, with nominations now open for the best new buildings and public spaces in the borough.
The biennial awards, launched in 2004, celebrate and showcase the best architecture and design projects in Hackney. Anyone can nominate a new building or public space, including extensions, restorations and landscaping projects in streets and parks that inspire and impress. This includes any buildings or design projects, big or small, for residential, commercial or community use.
Specialist categories for Climate Change & Sustainability, Heritage & Restoration, as well as the People’s Choice Award will return again this year.
The Climate Change & Sustainability Award is for innovative projects which support Hackney’s pledge to tackle the climate crisis and become a net zero carbon borough by 2040, while the Heritage & Restoration Award is for restorations, buildings or extensions within a heritage setting that respect and celebrate the historic environment and show local distinctiveness.
The long-standing People’s Choice Award, launched in 2010, gives residents an opportunity to vote for their favourite project from all the shortlisted nominations. More information about the voting process will be available when the shortlisted entries are announced in November.
The previous winner of the People’s Choice Award in 2022 was the family home, 208 Cassland Road. Other winners in 2022 include the Yorkton Workshops restoration of dilapidated Victorian stables; 16 Chart Street retrofit of a 1930s furniture warehouse in Hoxton; and the Taylor Court, Chatto Court and Wilmott Court new homes developments.
To make a nomination, visit hackney.gov.uk/designawards, or email designawards@hackney.gov.uk
Nominations close on 30 September 2024.
Nominations will be shortlisted and judged by an independent panel of architects and urban design experts and the awards will be announced in December.
To be eligible for an award, buildings or projects must have been completed in the last two years (no earlier than 26 August 2022). They must be fully functioning by the close of nominations on 30 September 2024.
The Hackney Design Awards are an opportunity to celebrate the quality and variety of new developments in design across the borough. From private homes to open spaces, and small to large developments, these well-designed buildings and public spaces are integral in creating the vibrant, liveable neighbourhoods that Hackney is known for.
We encourage everyone to nominate their favourite new buildings or public spaces and help us celebrate the best in Hackney’s design.
Cllr Guy Nicholson, Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Delivery, Inclusive Economy and Regeneration