Sheffield Design Awards

Sheffield Design Awards 2024

 

The Sheffield Design Awards (SDAs) are a biennial event recognising high architectural standards in buildings and spaces in the Sheffield City region.

Join us at the 2024 launch event where we introduce the categories for this year's awards, the entry and judging process, and welcome our guest speakers -

 

Emily Pieters - Architect driving the regeneration scheme at Harmony Works which promises to breathe new life into a pivotal border of the city centre. Read more about the scheme here and join us at the launch event to hear more.

Matt Hutton - CEO of Bond Bryan Architects, previous winners of the Large Project and People's Choice Award with the UoS Engineering Heartspace. Read more about the project here and join us to hear more about what makes an SDA award winning scheme.

If you're considering entering or supporting the awards, or just want to celebrate excellence in architecture and design in our region, we hope you'll join us. Tickets are free but must be prebooked no later than Sunday 19 May - click HERE to book your place.

 

5.30pm - drinks and nibbles
6pm - speeches
6.45pm - networking
7.30pm - close

 

Background to the Sheffield Design Awards

The Sheffield Design Awards were established for the benefit of the public and City of Sheffield and its region, with the following objectives:

1. To promote high standards of building and open spaces that have excellent architectural standards and make a substantial contribution to the local environment principally through the promotion of an Awards scheme.

2. To educate and inform the local population in the qualities of good planning and architecture which respect the needs of the public, as well as the concerns of planners, developers and users of significant buildings and open spaces in the area of benefit.

3. To encourage by publications, presentations and making awards the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features of historic or public interest in the area of benefit.

The judges award buildings and open spaces that demonstrate high architectural standards and make a substantial contribution to the local environment. The winners will be announced at the award ceremony in November.

More information on the Awards is at www.sheffielddesignawards.org

The Sheffield Design Awards (SDA) were set up by the then recently established Civic Trust in 2006 to recognise quality and high standards in buildings and public spaces in Sheffield and the City Region.

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They have been awarded in alternate years ever since with the exception of 2020, for the usual reasons. In order to maximise the possibilities of sponsorship and ensure their independence, SDA began working in collaboration with the Sheffield Society of Architects and then became an independent charity in 2018.

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One particular aspect of these awards of which we are proud is the People’s Choice Award, in which the public are invited to nominate and choose their favourite buildings or spaces.

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Entries are judged by experts in the field, and the judging and Awards Ceremony take place in the Autumn, preceded in the biennial cycle with a formal launch in late Spring, with a publicity event a year ahead of the Awards.

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Past notable winners have included the Q Park, the bird hide at Chatsworth Farm, the Leopold Square redevelopment, the Peace Gardens, Sellers' Wheel Cafe, the Olympic Legacy Park, Women of Steel statue, the Grey-to-Green landscaping on Castlegate, the Sheffield Flood Memorial at Lidl, Malin Bridge. These are all contributing to our enjoyment of Sheffield and our local area. We see the awards as an important way in which we can encourage quality design for the future.

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