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Architect Sadie Morgan named New Londoner of the Year 2017 Sadie Morgan, founding director of dRMM and member of the National Infrastructure Commission, has been named New Londoner of the Year 2017 at the New London Awards today, a celebration of the very best new architecture and development in the capital. Organised by New London Architecture (NLA) and supported by the Mayor of London, additional top prizes went to Wickside masterplan in Tower Hamlets by BUJ Architects and Ash Sakula, named Overall Winner; the Central Parade Creative Hub in Waltham Forest by Gort Scott Architects, awarded the Mayor’s Prize; and the Belarusian Memorial Chapel in Woodside Park by Spheron Architects, which won the public vote to take the People’s Choice. From a shortlist of over 150 projects, a total of 31 winning schemes were celebrated across all sectors of London’s built environment, ranging from Housing to Offices, Education to Transport & Infrastructure, and Public Spaces to Masterplans & Area Strategies. Each scheme was selected by a prestigious international jury, advised by London-based experts, for having both the highest design quality and most positive social and economic impacts for London. Sadie Morgan was honoured as New Londoner for her work in championing the importance of design at the very highest political level. Alongside reporting directly to the Secretary of State as Chair of the Independent Design Panel for High Speed Two, she is also a commissioner for both the National Infrastructure Commission led by former Cabinet Minister Lord Adonis, and the Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission. Peter Murray, Chairman of New London Architecture said: “Architects, and built environment professionals generally, have not been very good in recent years in helping to set the political agenda. Sadie Morgan is an exception. She has key advisory roles addressing important environmental issues of the day. dRMM were the very first winners of the Pipers Next Generation Award in 2003, and under Sadie’s leadership, have gone on to deliver with the steadfast belief in the importance of design that connects back to people and place.” Speaking at the ceremony Sadie Morgan said: “When you're surrounded as I am in the roles that I do - I sit on the National Infrastructure Commission, the Thames Estuary Growth Commission, I chair the independent design panel for High Speed 2, and I'm a professor at Westminster - all of those things need an independent voice and a voice that asks government in particular why so often, people and place aren't thought about. As a creative industry one thing that we're incredibly good at is thinking about the future because we're innovative and we come at things laterally. Design isn't just about aesthetics, it's about problem solving, and those are the kinds of people that you need really early on in the process, be it policy-making, be it building. If you integrate design early on it doesn't cost money, it saves money because it helps you anticipate not only the problems but the opportunities. If we can learn to take risks, we can learn to put our head above the parapet, then we will start to reimagine our built environment which is I think one of the most extraordinary opportunities that we have.” This year’s Overall Winner, the best of the best, was given to the masterplan for Wickside in Tower Hamlets by BUJ Architects and Ash Sakula, a 3.4 hectare canal-side development on the edge of London’s Olympic Park. Occupying the site of a former

refuse yard, the scheme will deliver new creative industry employment and over 470 new dwellings. As central London increasingly risks losing its industrial uses to redevelopment, the scheme was commended by the international jury for creating “a proper piece of city” with a genuine mix of typologies and uses that retains much of the area’s post-industrial character. The Mayor of London awarded the Mayor’s Prize to Central Parade Creative Hub in Waltham Forest by Gort Scott Architects for LB Waltham Forest, the transformation of a 1960s former council office into a mixed-use creative hub, hosting a variety of independent retail, co-working, studio and exhibition space. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “Central Parade is a worthy winner of this award. This former 1960s council office building has been reborn as a unique and valuable new asset for the local community, including much-needed space for people working in the creative industries. I’ve seen first-hand how the project is sensitive to the building’s heritage and I’m confident this is the latest step in the transformation of Walthamstow’s town centre.'' And in conjunction with the London Festival of Architecture, over 4,000 votes were cast over the month of June for the People’s Choice, with the winner awarded to the Belarusian Memorial Chapel in Woodside Park by Spheron Architects. The chapel was built for the Belarusian diaspora community in the UK, dedicated to the memory of victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and is the first wooden church built in London since the Great Fire of 1666. Additional winning schemes all categories included the New Cancer Centre at Guy's Hospital by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Stantec (Ashden Prize for Sustainability); Poplar Baths in Tower Hamlets by Pringle Richards Sharratt (Conservation & Retrofit); The Bartlett School of Architecture by Hawkins\Brown (Education); Boxpark, in Croydon by BDP (Meanhwile); and Deptford Market Yard by Pollard Thomas Edwards and Farrer Huxley Associates (Retail). END Press and interview requests

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Notes to editors Image credits from top: Sadie Morgan Belarusian Memorial Chapel, © Joakim Boren Central Parade Creative Hub, © Dirk Linder Wickside masterplan, © Forbes Massie New Cancer Centre at Guy's Hospital, © Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners Polar Bath, © Edmund Sumner Boxpark, © Filthy Media

New London Awards jury members: Peter Murray, Chairman, New London Architecture Dominique Alba, Director, l’Atelier Parisien d’Urbanisme David J Burney, Professor of Planning and Placemaking, Pratt Institute School of Architecture, New York City Riccardo Marini, Founder, Marini Urbanismo Monica von Schmalensee, CEO, White Arkitekter

Expert assessors: Matthew Dearlove, Head of Design, Knight Dragon Simon Erridge, Director, Bennetts Associates Kathryn Firth, Urban Design/ Masterplanning Consultant Emma Foster, Director, Mount Anvil

Tanvir Hassa, Director, Donald Insall Steve Kennard, Director of Regeneration, Hadley Property Group Simon Kincaid, Director, Conran + Partners Rosemarie MacQueen MBE, Consultant / Lecturer Laura Mazzeo, Partner, Farrells Jo McCafferty, Director, Levitt Bernstein Sheila McCusker, Director, MSMR Sadie Morgan, Co-founding Director, dRMM Tiffany Neller, Director, EPR Rob Partridge, Director, AKT II John Robertson, Principal Director, John Robertson Architects Rachel Shaw, Director, ArchitecturePLB Catherine Staniland, Director, New London Architecture Ziona Strelitz, Founding Director, ZZA Responsive User Environments Debbie Whitfield, Deputy Chair, New London Architecture Katie Wood, Director, Operations Consulting, Arup Sponsor Information: The New London Awards are supported by the Mayor of London and sponsored by Airflow, AluK, Ashden, Broadgate Estates, designjunction, Internation Fire Consultants Group (IFC Group), Urban Space Management, WICONA; and media partner OnOffice. FULL LIST OF NEW LONDON AWARDS 2017 WINNERS AND COMMENDED PROJECTS: NEW LONDONER OF THE YEAR SADIE MORGAN, Founding Director, dRMM Sadie is a Founding Director of dRMM and industry leader. Her steadfast belief in the importance of design that connects back to people and place is a central influence in our practice. Over her 20-year career Sadie has had an increasingly significant role in the advocacy of design and architecture through her professional practice and her advisory roles. Sadie reports directly to the Secretary of State as Chair of the Independent Design Panel for High Speed Two. She is a commissioner for both the National Infrastructure Commission led by former Cabinet Minister Lord Adonis, and Lord Heseltine’s Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission. Sadie has been appointed as a Professor at the University of Westminster, London and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the London South Bank University in 2016. Sadie became the youngest and third ever-female President of the Architectural Association in 2013. She joins previous New Londoner Award recipients Tony Pidgley CBE (2016), chairman of Berkeley Group; architect Dame Zaha Hadid (2015); Roger Madelin CBE (2014), then managing partner of Argent; architect Lord Richard Rogers (2013); Irvine Sellar (2012), founder of Sellar Property Group; and David Higgins (2011), then chief executive of Network Rail and former chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA). OVERALL WINNER Wickside, E9 by BUJ Architects and Ash Sakula for McGrath Bros. ltd. MAYOR’S PRIZE Central Parade Creative Hub, E17 by Gort Scott Architects for LB Waltham Forest ASHDEN PRIZE New Cancer Centre at Guy's Hospital, SE1 by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Stantec for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust

PEOPLE’S CHOICE Belarusian Memorial Chapel, N12 by Spheron Architects for The Holy See of Rome CATEGORY WINNERS CONSERVATION & RETROFIT Unbuilt Winner Bracken House, EC4 by John Robertson Architects for Obayashi Corporation Built Winner Poplar Baths, E14 by Pringle Richards Sharratt for Guildmore Ltd and LB Tower Hamlets Commendations 30 Cannon Street, EC4 by Delvendahl Martin Architects for Romulus Construction Limited Quest House, CR9 by Stephen Davy Peter Smith Architects for Family Mosaic New Scotland Yard, SW1 by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris for Metropolitan Police Station CULTURE & COMMUNITY Unbuilt Winner Portobello Scheme, W10 by Stiff+ Trevilion Architects for Westway Trust Winner Tara Theatre, by Aedas Arts Team for Tara Arts Commendations Belarusian Memorial Chapel, N12 by Spheron Architects for The Holy See of Rome The Design Museum, W8 by OMA and Allies and Morrisson for The Design Museum St Margaret the Queen, SW2 by Mikhail Riches for St Margaret the Queen Parochial Church Council & Broadchurch Ltd EDUCATION Winner The Bartlett School of Architecture, WC1 by Hawkins\Brown for UCL Estates and The Bartlett School of Architecture Commendation The Laboratory, Dulwich College, SE21 by Grimshaw Architects for Dulwich College HOMES Unbuilt Winner Stour Wharf, E3 by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris for H. Forman & Son Built Winner The Courtyard House, W6 by De Rosee Sa Commendation Barretts Grove, N16 by Groupwork for Cobstar Developments HOTELS & HOSPITALITY Unbuilt Winner Cadogan Café, SW3 by Nex— for Cadogan Estate Built Winner Borough High Street Hotel, SE1 by LTS Architects for King's College London Commendation

The Lighterman, N1 by Stanton Williams for King's Cross Central Limited Partnership HOUSING Unbuilt Winner Croydon Smaller Sites Programme, CR0 by HTA, Mae, Pitman Tozer, Stitch, Mikhail Riches, Coffey and vPPR for Brick by Brick and LB Croydon Built Winner Silchester Estate, W10 by Haworth Tompkins for Peabody & RB Kensington & Chelsea Commendations Dalston Lane, E8 by Waugh Thistleton Architects for Regal Homes Dujardin Mews, EN3 by Karakusevic Carson Architects and Maccreanor Lavington Architects for LB Enfield MASTERPLAN & AREA STRATEGIES Winner Wickside, E9 by BUJ Architects and Ash Sakula for McGrath Bros. ltd. Commendations Co-operative Local Investment Plans (CLIPs): Supporting Good Growth, SW9 & SW4 by Social Life & Kaizen Partnership for LB Lambeth Meridian Water, N18 by Karakusevic Carson Architects for LB Enfield

MEANWHILE Unbuilt Winner Meridian Works, N18 by Karakusevic Carson Architects for LB Enfield Built Winner Boxpark, CR0 by BDP for Boxpark Commendation Central Parade Creative Hub, E17 by Gort Scott Architects for LB Waltham Forest MIXED-USE Unbuilt Winner Wickside, E9 by BUJ Architects LLP and Ash Sakula for McGrath Bros. ltd. Built Winner Holy Trinity School and Vibe, E8 by Rock Townsend and Stockwool for London Diocesan Board for Schools Commendations 145 Kensington Church Street, W8 by SPPARC Architecture for 145 Kensington Management LLP Islington Square, N1 by CZWG Architects LLP for Sager Group and Cain Hoy (Joint Venture - JV) OFFICES Unbuilt Winner Black and White Building, EC2 by BuckleyGrayYeoman for The Office Group Built Winner 8 Finsbury Circus, EC2 by WilkinsonEyre for Mitsubishi Estate London and Stanhope Plc Commendations

Ansdell Street, W8 by Studio Seilern Architects for BB Energy C2 Wood Wharf, E14 by Pilbrow & Partners for Canary Wharf Group plc PUBLIC SPACES Unbuilt Winner West End Public Realm, WC1, WC2, W1 by DSDHA for LB Camden Built Winner Woodhouse Urban Park, NW6 by Erect Architecture and Allen Scott for LB Brent Commendation Peckham Rye Station Square, SE15 by Landolt + Brown for LB Southwark RETAIL Unbuilt Winner Bruce Grove Yard, N17 by Landolt + Brown for Network Rail & LB Haringey Built Winner Deptford Market Yard, SE8 by Pollard Thomas Edwards and Farrer Huxley Associates for U+I & LB Lewisham Commendation 131 Sloane Street, SW1 by Stiff+ Trevilion Architects for Cadogan Estate TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE Unbuilt Winner CS3 East West Cycle Superhighway, various postcodes by Transport for London and Conway Aecom Built Winner SUDS in London - A guide by J L Gibbons and Civic Engineers for Transport for London Commendation Go Cycle Kingston: Portsmouth Road, KT1 by Atkins and RB Kingston upon Thames for RB Kingston upon Thames WELLBEING Unbuilt Winner Go Cycle: Kingston Station, KT1 by Buro Happold Engineering, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, OKRA Landscape Architects and TOMATO for RB Kingston upon Thames Built Winner New Cancer Centre at Guy's Hospital, SE1 by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Stantec for Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust Commendation Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood by Westminster City Council WORKPLACES Unbuilt Winner Spring Place, NW5 by Piercy & Company for Fora (Brockton Capital llp) Built Winner Sky Central, TW7 by HASSELL, AL_A and PLP Architecture for Sky Commendations Google Pancras Square, N1 by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris for Google Uk

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