Waltham Forest Design Awards

Junction of Drayton, Southwest and Bulwer Roads, E11 1BX

HUT Architecture and HOS Landscapes have transformed a traffic island in the heart of Leytonstone into a vibrant community garden for residents to enjoy. The Forest Garden, completed in October 2020, has been designed to enhance the diversity of life and provide natural habitats for bees, bugs and butterflies.  The project has been adopted by a community of green-fingered local residents, who will tend to the garden over the coming years.

71-81 Sutherland Road, E17 6BH

Sutherland Road provides 59 affordable homes, a shared communal garden, and health centre on a site in Walthamstow, previously occupied by semi derelict industrial buildings. Following the residential-led development of other nearby sites, there was an opportunity to continue the area's regeneration and better serve local residents.

Waltham Forest Town Hall, Forest Road, E17 4JF

Waltham Forest’s Town Hall has been restored. The surrounding landscape has been sensitively transformed into a vibrant neighbourhood where council staff, local businesses, and residents can come together. The civic campus is a place where staff, residents, and visitors should always feel welcomed and involved.

2 Forest Road, Walthamstow, N17 9NH

The physical gap in the Lea Valley regional park map was also a gap in the mental map of local people. Many local people are unaware of the 200 hectares of reservoirs on their doorstep. For most people, the place's primary experience was of defensive high palisade fencing. The first step in opening-up the wetlands was to connect to surrounding areas, which have a deficiency in access to nature. Primarily this is done through a 1.7km north- south walking and cycling route from Coppermill to Blackhorse Lane and four new access points.

Cann Hall Road, E11 3NN.

The design concept was to create something truly unique that added a nod to the locality in the details. Working closely with local users, the designers have created a seamless blend of Scandinavian beauty and East London heritage. This is alongside bringing variety and function to its different activities.

128 Claude Road, E10 6NE

Built on a corner site in East London, Leyton House forms a new home for a filmmaker and writer. The narrow site sits at the end of a 1960s terrace that straddles two Victorian streets. The modern and contemporary house respects the spirit of the 60’s terrace whilst addressing the Victorian context of the neighbouring street.

Gurmeet is an Architect and the director of Office Sian Architecture + Design, based in Waltham Forest. He works on a variety of projects at different scales, from domestic to estate regeneration. In particular, he specialises in developing ideas and delivering projects in partnership with public bodies and local communities.

Nyima is a British-Tibetan architectural designer, curator, and filmmaker in London.

As Assistant Curator at Open City, Nyima produced 50 short architecture documentaries in the last year alone. These films were designed to open up spaces that the public can't access, and champion the diversity of London’s architectural spaces.

In 2021 Nyima joined N.A.W (New Architecture Writers) and started an architecture filmmaking mentorship programme with Jim Stephenson for People of Colour .

Nyima completed her bachelors degree in Architecture and Interdisciplinary. She studies at the Bartlett School of Architecture, and won the Bartlett Medal for her project on radical architectural education. She is currently undertaking a masters in Landscape Architecture at the Bartlett.
 

Born and raised in Waltham Forest, Remi Connolly-Taylor is an East London based designer, who founded REMI.C.T Studio in 2017. She has trained and practised on a local, European and global scale and brings an understanding of the built environment with the changing difficulties of lifestyle and well-being. 

Remi’s main ambition is to drive the conversation between art, design, and development into research. She aims to encourage people to invest in a design-led environment, and create sustainable lifestyles. 
 

A communications consultant based in Waltham Forest, Rob is dedicated to professional and cultural activities within the architecture community. He works alongside architects, designers, and institutions, with a career spanning books, exhibitions, concepts, thought leadership, profiling, and events. Rob is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Museum of Architecture. He is also a Committee Member of the London Society, a Board Director for the Blackhorse Workshop in Walthamstow, and a trustee of the DKUK gallery in Peckham. 

Will works across various sites, scales, and styles, from landscape design and urban interventions to small-scale architectural projects. The studio has established itself as a forerunner in designing vibrant urban spaces. Proving that through careful engagement with multiple stakeholders, the gap can be bridged between clients, government, and community. The practice specialises in high quality, flexible or temporary projects that engage new audiences.

Passionate about the natural and built environment, their projects help inform, influence, and inspire the potential of the future permanent public realm. They support public involvement, and feedback from the outset, thus enabling further project evolution. In 2019, Will was appointed by the British Council to lead the Reframing Spaces project in Caracas, Venezuela. His appointment led to the development of the Catalyst Cube. The project was selected as a finalist in the international Tactical Urbanism NOW design competition. 

In 2011 Will co-founded The Edible Bus Stop Design Studio where his role as Creative Director oversaw innovative approaches to meanwhile and socially led public realm activations. He recently stepped down to explore how he can integrate his specialist skills into larger masterplans and strategy projects. He is now an Associate at international Landscape Architecture and Urbanism studio, McGregor Coxall. Will also co-leads first year landscape architecture design studio at Greenwich University.

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Cann Hall Park, Cann Hall Road, E11 3NN

Cheney Row Park, E17 5ED

­1c The Drive, Walthamstow, E17 3BN

­3 Copeland Road, E17 9DB

Waltham Forest Town Hall, Forest Road, E17 4JF

Francis Road, E10

47 Gainsford Road, E17 6ZL

Lea Bridge Road, Waltham Forest, E10/E17

128 Claude Road, E10 6NE

Grove Green Road, Leytonstone, E11 4EN

­71-81 Sutherland Road, E17 6BH

Junction of Drayton, Southwest and Bulwer Roads, E11 1BX

Aldriche Way, London, E4 9LZ

2 Forest Road, Walthamstow, N17 9NH