Date:
1st July 2009Contact:
Malcolm HankeyOrganisation:
Civic Trust Awards
The Civic Trust Awards scheme will continue its 50 year history, despite the loss of its umberella body, The Civic Trust.
The Civic Trust Awards was established in 1959 to recognise the very best in architecture, urban design, landscape and public art. Awards are given to projects of the highest quality design, but only if they are judged to have made a positive contribution to the local environment.
Following the loss of The Civic Trust, a National Charity that recently went into administration; there has been a tremendous groundswell of support for the continuation of the Civic Trust Awards, which holds a prestigious and highly respected position within the built environment community.
Malcolm Hankey, a former employee of The Civic Trust for the last four years, has successfully negotiated the release of the Civic Trust Awards from the administration process in order to secure its future. The scheme will continue to operate independently and will be registered as a Community Interest Company, retaining its impartiality whilst continuing reward projects which have a positive community benefit.
The transfer of the Civic Trust Awards also includes the commitment to preserve the 50 year archive of past winning projects, which forms the basis of the Built Environment Network (BE-Net) – the web based information resource which addresses a range of education needs for schools, higher education research, built environment practitioners and the general public.
Malcolm Hankey said “I am delighted to secure the future of the Civic Trust Awards, ensuring its continuation in recognising excellent architecture, planning and design for schemes that have made a positive impact on their local community. The scheme is hugely popular with built environment professionals and I am sure they will also be pleased to see it continue.”
Moving forward, the scheme has the continued support of the National Panel, together with an ongoing endorsement by the Royal Institute of British Architects. Tony Chapman, RIBA Head of Awards said “I am delighted to see that the Civic Trust Awards has been rescued. The RIBA will continue to endorse the awards and its members who help judge them.”
The support of the dedicated volunteer assessor teams will play a crucial role in the schemes continued success, in addition to the valuable contribution of members and sponsors.
This will come as welcome news to the built environment community who have long admired and supported the ethos of the Civic Trust Awards, whose vision is to encourage and reward better places for people.
The next application round will open in August 2009 so register your interest in the scheme, or to offer your support the Civic Trust Awards, please contact Malcolm Hankey on .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
