Assist Architect

The greenest social housing organisations in the UK were honoured at a glittering awards ceremony in London last week, hosted by Jon Snow, Channel 4 news anchorman and organised by Inside Housing magazine and its sister-publication Footprint.

Our project at 9/11 Gilmour’s Close was the winner of the Sustainable Social Housing Refurbishment Project of the Year beating stiff competition from around the country.  

Philippa Ward, the editor of Footprint, said: “In tough economic times, it is crucial that the housing sector continues to lead the way on green issues. These awards illuminate the great work on sustainability coming from social landlords and their partners. I am delighted that the number and quality of entries has been so high once again. There is a lot to learn from and admire in those shortlisted - and even more so in the impressive set of winning entries.”

Inside Housing and Footprint organised the event in association with the Chartered Institute of Housing, and it was sponsored by Axis, Breyer Group, EPS, NHBC, Profile 22 , SitexOrbis,  Tarmac and United House.

Almost 600 people gathered for the celebrations at the prestigious London Hilton Hotel on Park Lane on 23 October and enjoyed a specially selected ‘green’ menu and a terrific presentation by Jon Snow.

The judges included some very distinguished experts including Robert Napier the Chairman of the Homes and Communities Agency; Neil May, Managing Director of Good Homes Alliance; Jon Lovell, Head of Sustainability at Drivers Jonas; Simon Mcwhirter, the Head of Campaigns at WWF Homes and Alan Yates, Director of Regeneration at Accord Housing Association.

More information about the project can be found on our website:
www.assistarchitects.co.uk/projects/project_sections/project_detail.aspx?pjsid=45&catID=2

For more information about the awards visit Inside Housing’s website: www.insidehousing.co.uk.

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