Featured in the Stratford Herald – March 2010:

“Good building designs rewarded”

The winners of annual awards recognising outstanding building quality in the Stratford distrct were announced on Friday. Among them were the Island Café in Stratford, now Bernadette’s and the new classrooms at King Edward VI School, Stratford. Stratford District Council’s Built in Quality awards celebrate buildings that have achieved construction standards beyond the normal expectations.

All completed projects which the district council’s building control worked on in the last three years were eligible for the awards, which included a variety of categories ranging from small domestic extensions through to multi-million pound commercial developments. The winners were: Small domestic extensions, Bramley, The Green, Warmington; large domestic extensions, 83 Evesham Road, Stratford; major domestic work, Stonecrop, Campden Hill, Ilmington; loft conversions, Dickens Orchard, Cherington; barn conversions, Apple Barn, Oversley Green, Alcester; new build single dwellings, Orchard House, Chapel Street, Warmington; new build multiple dwellings, Loxley Heights, Banbury Road, Stratford; public buildings (small works), Upton House, Upton; public buildings (major works), King Edwards VI School, Stratford (classrooms); social buildings (major works), Tiddington Fields; commercial buildings (small works), Island Café, Stratford; major commercial works, The Wellbeing Centre, Gaydon; sustainability award (domestic), New Barn Farm, Whichford; sustainability award (non-domestic), Gaydon Test Centre design studio.