Happy to announce this year’s Housing Design Awards HAPPI winner
We are pleased to advise that Arcadis’ Englishcombe Lane supported housing development has won this year's Housing Design Awards HAPPI prize. With an increasing focus on designing for neuro-diversity across all ages, the scheme delivers much-needed supported housing accommodations in Bath for individuals with autism, learning disabilities, and mobility issues.
At yesterday’s awards ceremony at Coin Street, London, 11 recipients received a national Housing Design Award, including Arcadis for this HAPPI-inspired affordable supported housing development for Bath & North East Somerset Council. Now in their 77th year, the Housing Design Awards unite major built-environment institutions (RICS, RIBA, RTPI) with government and housing agencies to spotlight the best new residential places. Established in 1948 to improve quality through information, the awards offer a rich, detailed, freely accessible database of case studies and films.
Speaking at the awards ceremony, the Housing LIN’s CEO, Jeremy Porteus, said:
"We are delighted to support the HAPPI category at this year’s Housing Design Awards and to see so many shortlisted schemes meeting the HAPPI design principles. Following the Older People’s Housing Taskforce report, which recommended creating age-friendly communities in local design and spatial planning, it demonstrates the sector’s commitment to designing age-inclusive, care-ready housing and what can be achieved. Congratulations , Arcadis for winning this award."
For more about their Englishcombe Lane supported housing development for Bath & North East Somerset Council and to watch the film made by Design for Homes shown at the Awards ceremony on 4 September, click here (opens new window).
Other notable schemes that won awards this week include:
Hazelmead, located on the outskirts of Bridport within the Dorset AONB, is the largest completed cohousing development in the UK. We were pleased to feature this community-led project comprising 53 climate-resilient homes, a common house, and shared green space in this Housing LIN case study.- Another cohousing development, with 2 assisted living apartments at Angel Yard (opens new window) in Norwich by Archio with Town, was a completed project winner
- Clover House (opens new window), a homelessness and supported housing in Manchester by former HAPPI winner, DK-Architects, for Jigsaw Homes North, was a completed project winner
Congratulations also go to Housing LIN sponsors PRP architects and Clarion for Ashmere Phase One (opens new window) in Ebbsfleet, which won an award on the night.
For more about Englishcombe Lane, watch Housing LIN sponsor, Arcadis’ presentation at last year’s Housing LIN HAPPI Hour webinar on Transforming Living Places to be Healing and Caring Spaces.