Environmental Awards

EVERY YEAR the public and our members are encouraged to select sites which they believe are an environmental improvement anywhere in Bristol. The nominations have to be made by 1 June and they refer to schemes completed in the preceding calendar year.

Awards are given for:

	New or renovated buildings
	Improvements in spaces between buildings, parks and open spaces
	New or renovated murals or monuments
	Imaginative use or adaptation of buildings no longer required for their original purpose.

Winners come to a presentation ceremony (usually in November) and receive a plaque and certificate.

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS 2007

Our 'panel'  selected 7 winners this year and the ceremony to celebrate was held at :The Paintworks, Bath Road, Tuesday November 13
at 11.0 a.m.

The winners were:
 

	The Paintworks, Bath Road
	The Vassall Centre, Fishponds
	Cabot Homes, Malvern Court, Redland
	Mina Road Park, St Werburghs
	The Withywood Centre
	6 Redland Court Road
	Hartcliffe Early Years

The ceremony was hosted by our Chairman, John Payne. Keith Warmington, BBC Radio Bristol, presented the awards to representatives from the winning sites. Our Sponsors, Bristol Water were present and the Evening Post reported on the event.

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS 2006

	Aldermans Park, Redland An unusual redbrick development by Acanthus Ferguson Mann
	Woodland House - Dominion Housing A warm italianate residential development replacing the University Sports Hall.
	Somerset House, Kingsdown A mixed-use development created from considerable community consultation.
	Circomedia Portland Square A sensitive conversion from St Pauls Church to a circus training centre. A fine building imaginatively reused.
	St Peters Court, Bedminster The PG group have created a new community of residents with affordable housing and market-led apartments, a GP surgery with a chemist attached, the Grant Bradley Gallery, a new library and a restaurant.
	Café - Blaise Castle Estate A city council success drawing a warm response from the Chairman of Blaise
	St Georges Heights, Redfield Seventeen apartments for those on housing benefit, a charity shop and St Peter’s Church offices, this PG Group project adds distinction to the area.
	The S.S Great Britain Yet another accolade for this maritime icon. Renovations and the innovative dry dock setting were carried out by the Alec French Partnership.

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS 2005

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS 2004

The Civic Society thank Bristol Water for their generous support and Bristol Zoo for hosting our Award Ceremony in their Terrace Theatre. We also thank Keith Warmington of BBC Radio Bristol for presenting the Awards.

 

	Bristol University’s Dorothy Hodgkin Building, named after its Nobel Prize-winning fifth Chancellor.
	St Anne’s Infants new nursery. Together with its adjoining Junior School it has now been listed Grade II by English Heritage.
	Bristol Zoo’s Terrace Theatre is a flexible, multipurpose facility, built to the highest standard of ‘green’ design.
	The George’s Square Atrium is in a building on the site of the former Courage Brewery.
	Adjacent to Welsh Back, the Victorian ‘Byzantine’ Granary has been restored and refurbished as city centre apartments.
	The St Paul’s Community Sports Academy is an outstanding success with over 70% use being by local residents.
	Thorne Security have provided a bright ‘lift’ to 29/37 West Street, Old Market as part of the regeneration of the area.
	An eye-catching modern mews house, 28 Kings Parade Avenue, off Whiteladies Road.
	Last, but very much not least, 7-12 Triangle South, Clifton, is a delightful surprise.

2003 ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD WINNERS

The Civic Society thank The Institute of Physics for their generous support.

	Brislington House - Ex Long Fox Manor
	St Mary's Church Shirehampton
	The Shade House, Riverside Garden Centre
	Hengrove Leisure and Wheels Park
	Capricorn Quay, Crosby Homes, Harbourside
	Bedminster Station, Murals and garden
	Bristol Legible City pedestrian Wayfinding System.

For further information about the Civic Society Environmental Awards, call or e-mail our Publicity Officer, Charles Fox. Phone (0117) 927 9578 or e-mail charles.fox1@virgin.net