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The deadline for submitting nominations for the Waltham Forest Design Awards 2024 has now closed.
Thank you to everyone who has submitted a project! We'll be in touch in due course with information about the status of your submission and the projects that have been shortlisted.
At Waltham Forest, we are pioneering an Exemplar Design approach. This will ensure new buildings and places in the Borough look great and also consider fully the needs of all the people who will use them – like making sure they are safe and inclusive to all, support the delivery of 15 minute neighbourhoods and help us address the Climate Emergency.
Exemplar Design is more than what a development looks like, it also considers the interrelated principles of:
Human value – community safety, comfort, health, privacy, access for all
Social value – local character, connectivity, inclusivity for all, equitable distribution of the benefits of planned growth,
Environmental value – net zero carbon, trees and biodiversity, improving air quality, reducing the risk of surface water flooding and
Financial value – affordability, high quality workspace and good jobs, whole life cost, resource efficiency, value creation.
At this submission stage entries should refer to the Exemplar Design principles above but do not need to be submitted against any specific category.
Submissions could relate to any of the following themes:
Housing
Mixed-use
Heritage
Civic, cultural or community infrastructure
Industrial and workspace
Landscape / Green and blue space
Single home
Small sites
Medium or large-scale development
Tall building
Retrofit
To enter the Waltham Forest Design Awards 2024:
The project must be in Waltham Forest
The project should be substantially complete
Only projects from June 2021 onwards will be considered (i.e. the previous Waltham Forest Design Awards submission date)
The project must not have previously been submitted for the Waltham Forest Design Awards
The deadline for entries closed on Monday 15 January 2024
The shortlist for the Waltham Forest Design Awards 2024 will be announced in the Spring along with voting for a People’s Choice Award.
The Design Awards will be announced at a special event at the William Morris Gallery on Wednesday 26 June 2024
The deadline for submitting nominations for the Waltham Forest Design Awards 2024 has now closed.
Thank you to everyone who has submitted a project! We'll be in touch in due course with information about the status of your submission and the projects that have been shortlisted.
At Waltham Forest, we are pioneering an Exemplar Design approach. This will ensure new buildings and places in the Borough look great and also consider fully the needs of all the people who will use them – like making sure they are safe and inclusive to all, support the delivery of 15 minute neighbourhoods and help us address the Climate Emergency.
Exemplar Design is more than what a development looks like, it also considers the interrelated principles of:
Human value – community safety, comfort, health, privacy, access for all
Social value – local character, connectivity, inclusivity for all, equitable distribution of the benefits of planned growth,
Environmental value – net zero carbon, trees and biodiversity, improving air quality, reducing the risk of surface water flooding and
Financial value – affordability, high quality workspace and good jobs, whole life cost, resource efficiency, value creation.
At this submission stage entries should refer to the Exemplar Design principles above but do not need to be submitted against any specific category.
Submissions could relate to any of the following themes:
Housing
Mixed-use
Heritage
Civic, cultural or community infrastructure
Industrial and workspace
Landscape / Green and blue space
Single home
Small sites
Medium or large-scale development
Tall building
Retrofit
To enter the Waltham Forest Design Awards 2024:
The project must be in Waltham Forest
The project should be substantially complete
Only projects from June 2021 onwards will be considered (i.e. the previous Waltham Forest Design Awards submission date)
The project must not have previously been submitted for the Waltham Forest Design Awards
The deadline for entries closed on Monday 15 January 2024
The shortlist for the Waltham Forest Design Awards 2024 will be announced in the Spring along with voting for a People’s Choice Award.
