Guildford Design Awards 2023 Winners
The 2023 Guildford Design Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, 24 November.
The 2023 Guildford Design Awards Judging Panel
- Peter Coleman (chair of the judges), Architect, Guildford Society
- Nic Allen, Architect, Guildford Society
- Joanne Bell, Director of Estates and Facilities, University of Surrey
- Martin Giles, Editor of the Guildford Dragon News
- Dawn Hudd, Strategic Director of Place, Guildford Borough Council
- Gerry Lytle, Architect, Guildford Society
- Marilyn Scott, Arts and Heritage consultant
Award Winners and Commendations
The winners in each category are:
Commercial Building
Award Winner: White Lion Walk, Guildford
Designer/ Architect: Corstorphine & Wright
Client: Redevco
Commendation: Pembroke House, Mary Road, Guildford
Designer/ Architect: Child Graddon Lewis
Client: Investra Properties Ltd
Small Commercial Building
Award Winner: The Boathouse, Millbrook, Guildford
Designer/ Architect: Martin Johnson: Executive Architect: Mitchel Evans
Interior Designer: Raw Clay
Client: Soulspace
Commercial Building: New Shop and Hospitality Project
Commendation: The Ivy Asia, Tunsgate, Guildford
Designer/ Architect: Pump House Design
Client: Troia UK Restaurants Ltd
Commendation: Megans by the Castle, High Street, Guildford
Designer/ Architect: Megan's Inhouse Design Team
Client: Megan's
Individual Town House
Award Winner: Devon Bank, Guildford
Designer/ Architect: Mark Hillier
Client: Annabel and Chris Agace
Commendation: Fort Road, Guildford
Designer/ Architect: Lytle Associate Architects
Client: Mandy and Chris McAleese
Individual Suburban House
Award Winner: Ledgers, West Horsley
Designer/ Architect: Monica Heilpern Architect
Client: Monica Heilpern
Multiple Housing: 30 Homes and Over
Award Winner: Bankside Student Living, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford
Designer/ Architect: 5plus Architects
Client: Sladen Estates &Peveril Securities
Commendation: Riverside House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford
Designer/ Architect: Stelling Properties Ltd
Client: Unilife , Stelling Properties, Big Sur Properties
Multiple Housing: Up to 30 Homes
Award Winner: Alvaston, Clandon Road, Guildford
Designer/ Architect: SCD Architects
Client: Runnymede Homes
Major Conservation Project:
Award Winner: The 'Old Laboratory' RHS, Wisley
Designer/ Architect: Philip Hughes Associates
Internal Exhibition Design: Agenda Design
Client: The Royal Horticultural Society
Small Conservation Project
Award Winner: The Guildhall, High Street, Guildford.
Surveyor/ Architect: Mark Graham MRICS Assets and Property Team Guildford Borough Council
Client: Guildford Borough Council
Special Conservation Project
Award Winner: The Bowes Lyon Pavilion, RHS Wisley.
Original Architect: Derrick Lees ARIBA: Conservation Surveyor: David Alexander
Client: The Royal Horticultural Society
Regeneration Project
Award Winner: Cathedral Hill Industrial Estate, Guildford
Designer/ Architect: Savills Building & Project Consultancy Team
Client: FTSE 100 Corporate Pension Fund
Commendation: Founders Studio, Milbrook, Guildford
Planning Architect: Chrysalis Design Ltd: Interior Designer: Ra Ra Designs Ltd
Client: Emmaus Road Community Church
New House, Art Space, Fays Passage, Guildford
Designer: Dominique Frazer, Newhouse Art
Client: Newhouse Art
2&4 Genyn Road, Guildford
Designer : David Strudwick
Client: David Strudwick Design and Build
Public Realm
Award Winner: Walnut Bridge, Bedford Road, Guildford
Designer/ Architect: Knight Architects
Client: Guildford Borough Council
Commendation: New Garden Space, Old Laboratory, RHS, Wisley
Client: The Royal Horticultural Society
Public Art
Award Winner: Host, Guildford Station Subway, Guildford
Designer/ Artist; Julie Hoyle
Client: Julie Hoyle TBC
Commendation: Abbot's Hospital Ceramic Panels, Jeffries Passage, Guildford
Designer/ Artist; Aluna Ceramics- Carlos Espana and Liliana Montoya
Client: Abbots Hospital
Environmental Art
Award Winner: Habitat Project, University of Surrey, Guildford
Designer/ Artist; Russell Jakubowski, Amy Haigh, Will Nash, Livia Spinolo
Client: Surrey Hills Arts
Guildford's Favourite Building
This year's new category
Winner of the public vote: Guildford Cathedral