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Heartlands High School wins architectural design award

Publication date: Wednesday 11 July 2012

Haringey’s first newly built school in over a decade was announced as the overall winner in the borough’s prestigious design awards last week (Thursday 5 July).

Lightwells bringing daylight deep into the main corridor of the new Heartlands School

A panel of independent judges led by design expert Paul Finch OBE said Heartlands High School was a ‘high-quality’ project which prospective developers should be taken to see ‘to show what is expected in terms of architecture’.

The specialist visual and media arts school in Station Road, Wood Green was also named ‘Best Green Design’ and ‘Best New or Improved Space’ at the council-run awards held at the Sixth Form Centre in Tottenham.

Other winners were 38 Connaught Gardens in Muswell Hill; a new development built on a tricky sloping site, for ‘Best Built Project’ and the Lighthouse scheme in Fairfield Road, Crouch End, for ‘Best Home’.

The ‘Best Heritage Project’ award went to the Haringey Mortuary in Church Lane Tottenham for its use of old and new which sets an ‘example of how history and modernity can work in concert’.

Cabinet Member for Housing and design champion Cllr John Bevan said:

“These awards underline our commitment to encouraging and supporting the very best architecture in the borough.

“Each of the award-winning schemes demonstrates not only high-quality design but also the positive benefits of such projects for the people who live and work in the borough.”

Paul Finch is deputy chair of the Design Council trustee board and chair of CABE (Design Council Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment).

He was joined on the panel of independent judges by architects Stephen Davy, Deborah Denner and David Kells.

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Notes

The Haringey Design Awards are one of the main ways in which Haringey Council seeks to encourage good quality design of buildings and neighbourhoods. The awards recognise excellence in design in developments across the borough – with categories covering homes; green building; community; regeneration, place, and landscape.

Previous Haringey Design Awards were granted in 2005 and 2008. Previous awards have been in several different categories, covering public and private, new build and refurbishment; the names varying each time. One overall award winner is then declared.

The previous overall winners were; the Alexandra Park School arts, drama and science extensions in 2005, Finsbury Park improvements in 2008. They are administered by Planning Regeneration and Economy and judged by the independent Haringey Design Panel.

Nominations were open from March until May this year, via the council’s website. Over fifty valid nominations were received.

  • Photos and information about the shortlisted schemes can be seen on our design awards page.
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Judges

The judges were:

  • Paul Finch OBE, Chair
    Paul is deputy chair of the Design Council trustee board and chair of the Design Council Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). He has more than 35 years experience as an architectural journalist, including as editorial director of the Architectural Review and Architects’ Journal - and was awarded an OBE in 2002 for services to architecture.
  • Stephen Davy – BSc (Hons), Dip Arch, RIBA
    Stephen is an award winning chartered architect and has been a director of Stephen Davy Peter Smith Architects since 1995. He has extensive experience of working in the residential sector and has been working closely with the RIBA and is a Civic Trust assessor.
  • Deborah Denner - BA (Hons), Dip Arch, MArch, ARB
    Deborah is a qualified architect with 15 years experience both in the private sector, and providing design advice on planning applications through CABE. She currently provides a design and conservation service for local authorities and clients, working with Fortismere Associates.
  • David Kells – BSc (Hons), Dip Arch, ARB
    David is a registered architect who has worked for architects including Gollifer Langston, Nick Evans and Union North. He has over 15 years experience designing and running projects in the sports, education, residential and leisure sectors.
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  • Photo shows lightwells bringing daylight deep into the main corridor of the new Heartlands School

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