Annual Awards

About The Ipswich Society Annual Awards

As an implementation of the Society's objectives, annual awards in the form of framed certificates are given for the projects which have made a notable contribution to the townscape, under the headings:

• new buildings;
• restoration or refurbishment of an existing structure.

Awards are made in two classes:

• • • private; 
    • commercial or local authority.

Schemes must have been completed in the preceding two years and be visible from the public highway, including footpaths, and the criteria for judging are:

architectural quality;

• work in character with the surroundings or forming a focal point;
• improvement to the original building or its setting;
• scale, detailing, colour and materials sympathetic, well considered and appropriate;
• good quality of workmanship and standard of finish;
• impact: does it set a good standard for others to follow?

The awards are in three categories:

• • • Commendation;
    • High Commendation;
    • The John Norman Award of Distinction.

After adjudication an album of the nominations is published on the society’s Image Archive in preparation for the Awards Evening.

On the evening a presentation of all the nominations is given with a commentary on the adjudication process before the awards are announced and the certificates are given to the client, designer and the contractor.

AWARDS WINNERS OF DISTINCTION IN 2022

4 College Street - the Benet Aldred House

Above: Councillor John Cook, Mayor of Ipswich with The Society Chairman John Norman present certificates to Hugh Bunbury – Nick Jacob Architects, Tom Smith – Ipswich Borough Council and Mark Heady – Universal Stone Limited. [Photo by Graham Smith]
 

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