{"id":16819,"date":"2017-09-29T17:46:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=16819"},"modified":"2017-09-29T17:46:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:46:31","slug":"national-churches-trust-shortlists-for-2017-church-architecture-awards-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16819","title":{"rendered":"National Churches Trust shortlists for 2017 Church Architecture Awards announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CCT_website290917.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16820\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CCT_website290917.png\" alt=\"NCT website 290917\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a>The Belarusian Memorial Chapel, the first wooden church built in London since the Great Fire of 1666; a new entrance for St Anne\u2019s church in Soho featuring sleek glass doors and stylish neon lighting; and the restoration of the cupola and tower of St Peter and St Paul church in Blandford Forum in Dorset are featured in the shortlists for the 2017 Church Architecture Awards, run by the Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association (EASA) and the National Churches Trust (NCT).<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image NCT website<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The NCT writes:<\/p>\n<p>Winning entries will be revealed at an awards ceremony to be held at St Mellitus College, London SW5 on Thursday 26 October 2017. The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO ARIBA will announce the 2017 winners\u00a0of the Presidents&#8217; Award for new church architecture and for the reordering, extension or alteration to church buildings. Prince Nicholas von Preussen will announce the 2017 winner of the King of Prussia Gold Medal for repair and conservation architecture.<\/p>\n<p>The Church Architecture Awards are run by the Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association (EASA) and the National Churches Trust.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Claire Walker, Chief Executive of the National Churches Trust said: \u2018I\u2019m delighted at the quality and range of the projects entered for the 2017 Church Architecture Awards which show clearly how church architecture makes a major contribution to the visual landscape of villages, towns and cities. This year our shortlist includes stunning modern buildings, highly creative solutions to repair and conservation work, and projects which reinterpret and bring back to life existing churches.\u00a0 Our judges really are spoilt for choice and I look forward to the winners being announced on 26 October 2017.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Presidents&#8217; Award \u2013 New Church Buildings category<br \/>\n<\/strong>Four entries have been shortlisted for the New Church Buildings Category.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Belarusian Memorial Chapel, Woodside Park, London &#8211; Spheron Architects.<\/li>\n<li>Crossway URC Church, Elephant and Castle, London &#8211; Van Heyningen &amp; Haward Architects.<\/li>\n<li>Donhead School Chapel, Wimbledon, London &#8211; Phillips Tracey Architects.<\/li>\n<li>St John the Baptist, Burford, Oxfordshire (new church hall) &#8211; Acanthus Clews.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Presidents\u2019 Award \u2013 reordering, extension or alteration to church buildings category<br \/>\n<\/strong>Three entries have been shortlisted for the reordering, extensions or alteration to church buildings category.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emmanuel Church, West Hampstead, London &#8211; Creation of community space &#8211; Donald Insall Associates.<\/li>\n<li>St Anne, Soho, London &#8211; New entrance &#8211; Upchurch Associates, including students at Central St Martins Sherief Al Rifa&#8217;i &amp; Lina Viluma.<\/li>\n<li>St Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent &#8211; New kitchen, toilet, and access &#8211; Thomas Ford and Partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The King of Prussia Gold Medal for church conservation or repair work<br \/>\n<\/strong>Five entries have been shortlisted for the King of Prussia Gold Medal for church repair and conservation architecture.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All Saints, Nunney, Somerset \u2013 Replacement of historic waggon roof &#8211; Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects.<\/li>\n<li>St Cuthbert, Kentmere, Cumbria \u2013 Complete re-roofing\u00a0 &#8211; John Coward Architects.<\/li>\n<li>St Mark, Leeds, Yorkshire \u2013 Interior restoration and fabric repairs &#8211; Richard Crooks Partnership.<\/li>\n<li>St Pancras, London \u2013 Restoration of terracotta portico &#8211; Arts Lettres Techniques and Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects.<\/li>\n<li>St Peter and St Paul, Blandford Forum, Dorset \u2013 Conservation and repair of cupola\u00a0 Benjamin + Beauchamp Architects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalchurchestrust.org\/news\/2017-church-architecture-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More details<\/a> including a photo gallery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Belarusian Memorial Chapel, the first wooden church built in London since the Great Fire of 1666; a new entrance for St Anne\u2019s church in Soho featuring sleek glass doors and stylish neon lighting; and the restoration of the cupola &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16819\">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-16819","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\/16819","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=16819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16821,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16819\/revisions\/16821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}