{"id":14586,"date":"2016-12-30T16:17:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T16:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=14586"},"modified":"2016-12-30T16:17:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T16:17:39","slug":"civic-voice-design-awards-open-for-entries-includes-special-prize-celebrating-50th-anniversary-of-conservation-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14586","title":{"rendered":"Civic Voice Design Awards open for entries: Includes special prize celebrating 50th anniversary of Conservation Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The annual Design Award from Civic Voice \u2013 England\u2019s link body for Civic groups \u2013 celebrating well-designed new build, heritage and public realm projects, has been launched, with a closing date 14 February 2017, and to mark the 50th anniversary of Conservation Area legislation there will also be a special prize this year for a development within a Conservation Area.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Projects can be nominated by local community organisations to recognise those buildings, places and spaces that are loved by local people, for both their high-quality design and positive impact on the local community.<\/p>\n<p>Previous winners include the All Souls Church in Bolton, which won the Restoration category in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The categories are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New buildings<\/li>\n<li>Housing \u2013 less than 50 dwellings<\/li>\n<li>Housing \u2013 50 dwellings or more<\/li>\n<li>Historic buildings that have been reused, retrofitted or refurbished<\/li>\n<li>Public realm and open spaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To mark the 50th anniversary of Conservation Area legislation in 2017, there will also be a special prize this year for a development within a Conservation Area, which could be awarded from any of the above categories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.civicvoice.org.uk\/get-involved\/designawards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story and application details<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Design Award from Civic Voice \u2013 England\u2019s link body for Civic groups \u2013 celebrating well-designed new build, heritage and public realm projects, has been launched, with a closing date 14 February 2017, and to mark the 50th anniversary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14586\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14587,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14586\/revisions\/14587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}