Scottish Home Awards 2010: Winners Announced

Unlike calamity goalkeeper Robert Green's blunder spill goal versus the USA last week, the gong for Designer House of the Year at the 2010 Scottish Home Awards was in ‘safe hands'.

What House? editorial director Rupert Bates presented the award statue to this year's winner Studio Dub for a home in Craiglockhart, Edinburgh, at a sold out glitzy award ceremony in Edinburgh last Thursday night.

Studio Dub beat fellow shortlisted firms Red Door Cottages & McEachern MacDuff Architects and West Residential Ltd to win the accolade.

Around 450 housebuilders, architects, housing associations and members of the property media, celebrated the best new build homes in Scotland.

Miller Homes were triumphant collecting three awards, winning the ultimate accolade of the evening, the Gillespie Macandrew Scottish House Builder of the Year Award. They also collected the prize for Apartment of the Year for Ferry Village at Braehead, Glasgow and for Sales and Marketing Team of the Year.

Other major prizes went to Mactaggart and Mickel who won the Small Housebuilder of the Year Award and Bellway Homes for Large House Builder of the Year. Link Housing, the Edinburgh based housing association, won Large Housing Association of the Year.

Luxury House of the Year went to Forbes of Kingennie for their rural development Kingennie Fields, located on the outskirts of Broughty Ferry, Dundee. The award for Architectural Excellence went to WTArchitecture for their dramatic conversion of a New Town mews house in Edinburgh.

In the hotly contested House of the Year category, niche builder Story Homes fought off major rivals to win for their design for Summerpark Home in Dumfries, the judges impressed by its vernacular style.

All the winners received a specially commissioned award statue and a marketing pack designed to help boost sales.

Chair of the judging panel, Margo Macdonald commented: "It's very difficult to sell houses at the moment but hopefully our winners will now have the edge over the competition by showing their developments as truly award winning in a highly respected programme which has great support from the industry.

"It's also important to recognise achievements this year when housing businesses have really struggled to come to terms with the recession. Anyone delivering new homes in this environment is worthy of recognition but these winners have really excelled."

THE WINNERS

APARTMENT OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by ESPC

Meridian Homes, The Baird, Avon Court, Hamilton
Miller Homes, Ferry Village, Braehead, Glasgow
Oberlanders & AMA, Jex Blake House, Springside, Edinburgh
Springfield Properties PLC, Moravia Apartments, Elgin
Stewart Milne Homes, Ythan View, Ellon, Aberdeenshire
Studio DuB, Microflats 11 - 19 Peffermill, Edinburgh
Taylor Wimpey & Bett Homes, The Strada, Edinburgh

WINNER: Miller Homes, Ferry Village, Braehead, Glasgow.

ARCHITECTURAL EXCELLENCE AWARD - Sponsored by Ekco

JAMstudio Ltd, Little Maldron Mill, Torphins, Aberdeenshire
Lorn Macneal Architects, Greenhill Gardens, Edinburgh
Meridian Homes, Ardnablane, Dunblane
Nord Architecture, Tigh Na Gcearc, 1 Linthills, Lochwinnoch
OMI Architects, The Coach House, Falkirk
Red Door Cottages & McEachern MacDuff Architects, "Well House", Drum Farm, Kippen
RMJM, Park House, Glasgow
W. Burrell Homes Ltd, Lawside Meadows, Strathaven, East Kilbride
WTArchitecture, 33 Circus Lane, Edinburgh

WINNERS: WTArchitecture, 33 Circus Lane, Edinburgh

CITY APARTMENT OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Family

Dandara, gh2o, Glasgow
Gladedale Capital Ltd, Quartermile, Edinburgh
Manor Kingdom, The Palazzo, Merchant City, Glasgow
Miller Homes, Varcity, Type 21, Edinburgh
Oberlanders & AMA, Inglis Point, Springside, Edinburgh
RMJM, Park House, Glasgow

Winner, RMJM, Park House, Glasgow

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Shelter

R3 - Taylor Wimpey/Cruden Homes, Stirling Bridge, Raploch, Stirling
Springfield Properties PLC, The Glassgreen Centre, Elgin

Winner: Taylor Wimpey and Cruden Homes for Stirling Bridge, Raploch, Stirling.

CONVERSION OF THE YEAR

Crichton Wood Architects, 10 Orchard Road South, Edinburgh
Dumfries & Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP), Municipal Terrace & Millburn Avenue, Dumfries
Gladedale Capital Ltd, Quartermile, Edinburgh
GRS Homes, Easter Greenrigg Farm, Nr Falkirk
HBS Winston Barracks, Sandhurst Building, Lanark
JAMstudio Ltd, Little Maldron Mill, Torphins, Aberdeenshire
Ogilvie Homes Ltd, Dovecot Steadings, Haddington
The National Trust for Scotland, The Old Schoolhouse, Logie
Unicorn Property Group, Clock Tower, Dundee
W. Burrell Homes Ltd, Lawside Meadows, Strathaven, East Kilbride
WTArchitecture, 33 Circus Lane, Edinburgh

Winners - the judges presented two awards: JAMStudio, Little Maldron Mill, Torphins, Aberdeenshire WT Architecture 33 Circus Lane, Edinburgh

WATERSIDE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by ros.gov.uk

Dandara, gh2o, Glasgow
Manor Kingdom, Kip Village, Inverkip
Miller Homes, Ferry Village, Glasgow

Winner: Dandara, gh20, Glasgow

DESIGNER HOUSE OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by What House?

Red Door Cottages & McEachern MacDuff Architects, "Well House", Drum Farm, Kippen
Studio DuB, 9 Craiglockhart Loan, Edinburgh
West Residential Ltd, "Leanachan", The Braes, Kirkton of Auchterhouse, Nr Dundee

Winner: Studio Dub, 9 Craiglockhart Loan, Edinburgh

HOUSE OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Designer Contracts

ATD Developments & McEachern MacDuff Architects, "The Caprington" Fenwick Glade, Ayrshire
Bellway Homes Scotland, Glentress, Forest Walk, Callander
Meridian Homes, The Windsor at the Spires, Crossmichael, Castle Douglas
Miller Homes, Newton Park, The Jura, Cambuslang
Nord Architecture, Tigh Na Gcearc, 1 Linthills, Lochwinnoch
Redrow Homes, "Graemeslea", Aberuthven, Perth
Stewart Milne Homes, The Noblewood, Leathan Mews, Portlethen, Aberdeenshire
Story Homes, Summerpark, Dumfries
W. Burrell Homes Ltd, Cottage 3 - Lawside Meadows, Strathevan, East Kilbride

Winner: Story Homes, Summerpark, Dumfries

LARGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR

Cruden Homes (East) Ltd, Plots 20/20A Forthquarter, Granton
Dunedin Canmore Housing Association, Oxgangs Regeneration, Edinburgh
Oak Tree Housing Association & Cooper Cromar, Grieve Road/Wren Road Regeneration Project, Greenock
Port of Leith Housing Association, Goosander Place, Edinburgh
R3 - Taylor Wimpey/Cruden Homes, Stirling Bridge, Raploch, Stirling

Winner: Port of Leith Housing Association, Goosander Place, Edinburgh

LARGE HOUSING ASSOCIATION OF THE YEAR

Cube Housing Association
Dumfries & Galloway Housing Partnership
Hillcrest Housing Association
Link Group
Servite Housing Association

Winner: Link Group

LUXURY HOUSE OF THE YEAR - sponsored by Designer Contracts

Bett Homes, The Sandringham II at Bearsden, Glasgow
Forbes of Kingennie, Type 1 House, Kingennie Fields, Dundee
Manor Kingdom, The President at Keil School, Dumbarton
Meridian Homes, The Glamis at Ardnablane, Dunblane
Miller Homes, Graysmill Gait, The Lorimar, Edinburgh
Richmond Homes, Plot 19 & 20, Trynlaw, Cupar

Winner: Forbes of Kingennie, Kingennie Fields, Dundee.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Gillespie Macandrew

ATD Developments & McEachern MacDuff Architects, Fenwick Glade, Ayrshire
Bellway Homes Scotland, Forest Walk, Callander
Forbes of Kingennie, Type 1 House, Kingennie Fields, Dundee
GRS Homes, Easter Greenrigg Steading, Nr Falkirk
Meridian Homes, The Spires, Crossmichael, Nr Castle Douglas
Richmond Homes, Wood of Coldrain, Kinross, Perthshire
W. Burrell Homes Ltd, Lawside Meadows, Strathaven, East Kilbride

Winner: Richmond Homes, Wood of Coldrain, Kinross Perthshire

SALES & MARKETING TEAM OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by MCL

Bellway Homes Scotland
Gladedale Capital Ltd
Manor Kingdom
Meridian Homes
Miller Homes
Stewart Milne Homes
Unicorn Property Group

Winner: Miller Homes

SMALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR

Bield Housing Association, Pearce Street, Govan
Clyde Valley Housing Association, School Road, Stepps
Dunedin Canmore Housing Association, Fleming Place, Edinburgh
Hillcrest Housing Association, Kirk Street, Dundee
Margaret Blackwood Housing Association, 670 Argyle Street, Glasgow
Midlothian Council, Esk View Road, Midlothian
PARC Craigmillar, Collier Place, Edinburgh
Servite Housing Association, West Heather Road, Inverness

Winner: Servite Housing Association, West Heather Road, Inverness

SMALL HOUSEBUILDER OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by The Scotsman

Lomond Homes
Mactaggart & Mickel Homes
Meridian Homes

Winner: Mactaggart & Mickel Homes

LARGE HOUSEBUILDER OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Scotland on Sunday

Bellway Homes Scotland
Miller Homes
Taylor Wimpey

Winner: Bellway Homes

GILLESPIE MACANDREW HOUSEBUILDER OF THE YEAR 2010: Miller Homes