Awards Base

The Awards Base displays winning schemes from the Civic Building of the Year Awards and is sponsored by NPS Property Consultants Ltd.

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The SCALA Civic Building of the Year Award is a celebration of the cream of public sector architecture selected from the submissions accepted for the Yearbook. The aim is to inspire and promote the high quality of work carried out in the public sector and as evidence of the depth of design and management skills available to create such stylish and practical solutions.

NPS Property Consultants Ltd (NPS powerpoint presentation 6.6mb). are both sponsors of the Award and main sponsors of this website who with SCALA promote high standards of architecture and construction in local authorities by sharing knowledge and experience through partnership initiatives such as these. The winning schemes on display show how attractive and innovative solutions can be found to resolve the challenges faced by all those involved in public architecture.

SCALA Yearbook / Civic Building of the Year Award

If you are involved in the provision of publicly funded buildings, you will be interested to know of the SCALA Yearbook and the Civic Building of the Year Competition. Each year SCALA publishes a Yearbook containing photographs of around 60 publicly funded schemes, and also makes an award to the client and designers of the best building project selected for entry to the Civic Building of the Year Competition. The objective of publishing the Yearbook and organising the Competition, is to promote the construction of high quality public buildings and formally honour excellence in design and construction.

Submissions

Submission / entry of projects is open to all members of SCALA, or its partnering organisations such as the ACA, FPS etc. Photographs of the projects must first be submitted for publication in the SCALA Yearbook. The schemes must have been completed between the October of one year, and the October of the following year , and have received a substantial amount of public funding.

Submissions by post

Initially, just send a small but select number of good quality photographs, together with brief project details (name, value, description, contact no./Email address etc. ) by early December of each year to:

David Kimmins,
SCALA Yearbook Editor
39, Main Street,
Keyworth,
Nottingham,
NG12 5AA

Download submission form in pdf format: cboy_entryform_2008.pdf

Submissions online

The closing date for submissions is Friday 14th December 2007.

Shortlist for the 2008 Civic Building of the Year Award

The Short List

  1. Waverley Court for the City of Edinburgh Council
  2. Sharrow Primary School for Sheffield City Council
  3. The Kenrick Centre for Birmingham City Council
  4. Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre for Wiltshire CC
  5. Nottingham Old Market Square for Nottingham City Council
  6. Pinewood Infant School for Hampshire County Council
  7. Manchester Civil Justice Centre for Dept. of Constitutional Affairs
  8. Short Wood Primary School for Telford & Wrekin Council
  9. The Tiled Hall & Library for Leeds City Council

An Award Ceremony takes place at the President’s Dinner at the SCALA Conference held in the autumn of each year. The winner receives a handsome engraved glass plaque for mounting on the building. Highly Commended and Commended Certificates are also awarded to worthy projects. The shortlist for 2006 follows below.

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SCALA Civic Building of the Year 2007

Winner of the New Build Category

Winner of the Alteration or Extension Category

Highly Commended

Commended

Winners 2004 - 2006

Details of previous winners are all available from the previous winners pages

Role of Winners

The first award was made at the President’s Dinner after the Conference held in Newcastle in the Autumn of 2003.

2003

2004

2005

2006