PHT & Sunday Times British Homes Awards launch EcoHaus Design Competition for waterfront Passivhaus
In partnership with Passivhaus Trust, Habitat First Group, Kingspan Insulation and the AJ, and sponsored by Homebase, the 2014 Sunday Times British Homes Awards annual design competition launches 10th February 2014.
Submissions are invited from registered UK Architects to an open design competition for “EcoHaus” - a waterside holiday home designed to Passivhaus standards in a managed nature reserve located at Silverlake near Warmwell, Dorset.
Designs are encouraged to embrace innovative products and concepts while ensuring the submission is buildable, replicable and compliant with building regulations to conform to NHBC/Premier Guarantee standards.
Artists impression of BHA 2013 Winner – Lifetime dwelle.ing
Competition Format:
Up to 10 designs will be shortlisted and published in The Sunday Times in June 2014. The scheme that receives the most reader and online votes will be declared the winner of the competition. The winning design is planned to be built in multiple units at one or more of the Habitat First Group’s sites.
BHA 2013 Winner - Lifetime dwelle.ing
The Brief
Judges are looking for proposals of stunning architectural merit that are environmentally smart and offer a healthy environment for the occupants. Designs are invited for both the individual home and group of homes demonstrating how the design is capable of combining private and public space for a site owned by the Habitat First Group.
A full brief will be published on the 10 February 2014. For further details please visit:
How to Apply:
Please direct any queries to:
Mike Gazzard Hon FRIBA, Director of The British Homes Awards
Any questions which competitors wish to ask concerning the design brief and Passivhaus standards should be addressed before 28 March 2014.
To be eligible for participation in the competition all entrants must notify the promoter of their intention to submit a design by 4 April 2014. The registration fee is £100 + VAT with cheques accompanying the submission to be made out to Tee to Green Marketing Limited.
Submissions will be due by 2 May 2014
Shortlist announced June 2014
For further information and detailed timetable please visit:
10th February 2014
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