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The presentation of the UK's premier architectural award took place at a glittering award ceremony on Saturday at the Arena and Convention Centre, Liverpool, and was televised live on Channel 4.
The judges commented: "This is high density housing at its very best, demonstrating that volume house-builders can deliver high quality architecture - and that as a result they can improve their own bottom line. The whole scheme is about relationships: between architect and developer/contractor/client; between three very different firms of architects - Feilden Clegg Bradley, Maccreanor Lavington and Alison Brooks Architects; and between private and public external spaces, providing a new model for outside-inside life with interior rooftop spaces, internal courtyards and large semi-public community gardens.
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"The development proves that good modern housing sells, that a committed local authority can have a very positive influence on the design, that a masterplan with a range of architects can be successful and that the very best architecture does not need to rely on gimmicks. It has already won numerous awards: Housing Design Awards - overall winner (2006); Building for Life Awards: Gold Standard (2006); National Homebuilder Design Awards (2006); Civic Trust (2007). It is a project that will be much referred to and used a future case study. It is architecture which gives hope for us all for the future."
(CD/JM)
