Ealing Civic Society – Awards and Plaques

• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• 1999
• 1998
• 1997
• 1996
• 1995
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AWARDS ARCHIVE

2008

Northala Fields, Kensington Road, Northolt – Highly Commended
A dramatic new park which impressed because it makes innovative use of waste materials (from the demolition of the old Wembley Stadium and the construction of Westfield shopping centre) and because it was self-funded using waste disposal charges.

Northfields Library, Northfields Avenue – Commended
A remodelling of an existing library which provides a welcome addition to the streetscape, with a very effective and eye-catching front elevation providing good disabled access.

2007

Cloister Road Surgery, Cloister Road Acton W5 – Highly Commended
A new doctors' surgery designed for Ealing Primary Care Trust by Penoyre & Prasad LL. Good use of materials, lighting and external landscaping which creates a co-ordinated and welcoming mood.

'The Street' at Thames Valley University campus, St Mary's Road, Ealing W5 – Commended
An interesting side extension to the main 1950s college building. Designed for Thames Valley University by Nick Evans Architects on a narrow site in the form of a street layout.

Horizons Centre, Cherington Road Hanwell W7 – Commended
A training and support centre for young people which was imaginatively converted from two derelict Victorian warehouses. Designed by Ealng Council Architects Department it won the London Project of the Year for Community Benefit in the 2008 RICS awards

Mount Carmel School, Little Ealing Lane, South Ealing W5 – (People's Award telephone poll in Ealing Gazette)
Extensive contemporary additions to this Catholic school, which remains in keeping with the original 1960s buildings.

2006

2 Castlebar Road, Ealing W5 – Commended
An innovative conversion and extension of a Victorian home formerly a doctor’s surgery which is sympathetic to the immediate conservation area. Designed by De Matos Storey Ryan.

Woodlands Park, Acton High Street Acton W3 – Commended
The attractive modernisation of a small public park hidden behind Acton High Street. The design by Richard Denney and Richard Pudney provides a sympathetic backdrop for the old icehouse, the only surviving building from the mansion demolished in 1903.

43 Mount Park Crescent, Ealing – Commended
The contemporary updating and extension of a large Victorian house in a conservation area. Designed by Wiliam Tozer Architecture & Design.

William Mudge Block, Twyford High School, Acton – (People's Award telephone poll in Ealing Gazette)
A modern addition designed by NBT Partnership contrasting with the various periods of the other buildings of the Church of England school.

2005

Oddfellows Hall, Fletcher Road, Acton W3 – Highly Commended
The inventive conversion of a small meeting hall into an attractive modern home designed by the owner Penny Croal together with Thomas de Cruz, Architects.

36 Cowper Road, Acton W3 – Commended
An innovative but sympathetic renovation of a Victorian terraced house designed by the owners Peter and Fleur Wadley.

Ravenor Primary School, Greenford – Commended
Designed by Ealing Schools Partnership and Seymour Harris Keppie & Kajima

Ealing Gateway, Uxbridge Road, Ealing W5 – (People's Award telephone poll in Ealing Gazette.)
A restrained and relatively stylish new office block in the commercial corridor of central Ealing designed by HGB Design.

2004

St. Mary's Church, Ealing W5; interior restoration – Award
The sensitive and positive refurbishment of St. Mary's Church interior designed for the Parochial Church Council by Thomas Ford and Partners.

Horsenden Hill Farm Environmental Play Area; and Brent Lodge Park Animal Centre Playground – Commended
These playgrounds were designed for the London Borough of Ealing by Anna Harrison, Parks and Countryside Service, LBE.

Notting Hill and Ealing High School West Wing, Ealing W13 – Commended
A sympathetic addition to the school, in keeping with the existing buildings. The wing which includes a concert hall, swimming pool and sixth form accommodation was designed for the Girls' Day School Trust by Chris Benson.

2003

Sikh Gurdwara Temple, Havelock Road, Southall – Commended
(e-award from Ealing Times Newspaper readers)
This temple, one of the largest outside the Indian subcontinent, was designed by The Architects Co-Partnership.

Farnell Place, Pierrepoint Road, Acton W3 – Commended
An unobtrusive back land development on the site of former garages designed for Michael Shanley Homes.

2002

Christ the Saviour Hall, New Broadway, Ealing W5 – Commended
A strikingly modern addition designed by PCKO Architects to the Grade II listed C19 church, whose original architect was Sir George Gilbert Scott.

Himalaya Palace Cinema, Southall – Commended
A major restoration of a 1930s picture palace originally designed by architect George Coles. It had been used as a market hall and then suffered a serious fire

8, Castlebar Hill, Ealing W5 – (e-award from Ealing Times Newspaper readers)
Home of Mr and Mrs Bishop, the house has been sympathetically restored and extended by the architects, Associates.

2001

Brooke Coombes House, 52 Mountfield Road, W5 – Award
A modern building designed by Burd Haward Marston Architects that manages to stand well in a conservation area where many of the other houses are a lot older.

St Andrew's Church Centre, Mount Park Road, W5 – Commended
This scheme, designed by Nicholson GDA Architects, comprises a remodelled church and community centre with a two-storey building connecting the existing halls and church to a number of rooms used by both the church and local charities.

2000

Willow Tree Primary School, Northolt – Award
A new school designed for the London Borough of Ealing by Unicorn Architects

Ealing Abbey (Cloisters), W5 – Award
A new extension to the original abbey by Sir William Whitfield & Partners comprising new cloisters and completion of the existing nave damaged by wartime bombing.

The Japanese Garden, Ellen Wilkinson Foundation School, W3 – Commended
A new garden design by the staff and students of the school.