In early 2005 Eden District Council launched its first Annual Design Awards Scheme for projects completed within the preceding five years. The aim is to recognise, encourage and promote good architectural design throughout the Eden District and to raise awareness of the special contribution that good design can make to the quality of the built environment.
The awards are built around three distinct areas of design for the built environment:
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New build: new or primarily new construction
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Conservation: work centred on the preservation of an existing, architecturally variable structure; and
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Natural Environment: the enhancement of the landscape
The Design Awards play an important part of the continuing process of encouraging and promoting better standards of design in the built environment within Eden.
As users of buildings and the landscapes that surround them, good design matters to us all. For a relatively small input of time, care, thought and resource, good design creates buildings and spaces that are sustainable, marketable and most importantly, will be enjoyed by people over time.
Previous award winners include:
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New Build
- Summer House, Jubilee Nature Park, Kirkby Stephen
- Gamblesby Village Hall
- Heughscar Close, Pooley Bridge
- Health Care Centre, Appleby
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Conservation
- Morland Hall
- Steele's Mill
- Sunbeam Farm, Dacre
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Natural Environment
- Balancing Pond, Eden Business Park
- Maulds Meaburn Fish Pass
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Special Recognition
- 'Bojangles', Bridge Street, Appleby
- Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency Training Centre, Redhills, Penrith
