Royal Arsenal Riverside Awards
Royal Arsenal Riverside has received many key industry accolades which demonstrate Berkeley's commitment to excellence at every level.
What House? Awards 2011 - Best Development - Silver Award
One of the most prestigious regeneration sites in the capital, Berkeley's Royal Arsenal Riverside SE18, has been awarded the What House? 2011 Silver Award for Best Interior Design.
The award recognises the excellence of interior design at the Target Living Collection, at The Armouries, designed in collaboration with acclaimed designer Tara Bernerd.
Considerate Constructors Scheme Annual National Site Awards 2011
Royal Arsenal Riverside has won a Silver Considerate Constructors Scheme National Award for excellent standards of consideration towards its workforce, neighbours and the environment.
The development was particulary commended for the high standard reached in the following categories: Considerate, Environment, Respectful, Responsible, Accountable, and for exceptional achievement in the categories of Cleanliness, Neighbour and Safe.
Estates Gazette Green Awards 2010
Royal Arsenal Riverside has won the Estates Gazette Green Award for Regeneration Scheme of the Year. These unique awards are designed to highlight and reward excellence in sustainable development and to raise environmental awareness.
Estates Gazette Awards 2010
The Estates Gazette Awards bring together the most influential decision-makers in the property industry. On 22 November 2010, Royal Arsenal Riverside was presented with the award for Sustainable Initiative of the Year.
HCA Awards 2010
Royal Arsenal Riverside has won the prestigious Quality of Place category at the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) Awards 2010.
The HCA's awards scheme has been running since 2003, formerly as the Deputy Prime Minister's Award for Sustainable Communities and latterly as the Creating the Future Awards. The 2010 awards were held in conjunction with Regeneration and Renewal magazine and included ten categories designed to recognise successful developments and community-based projects across the UK.
Evening Standard Awards 2010
Evening Standard Awards - Highly Commended - Best Regeneration Project - Royal Arsenal Riverside
London Planning Awards 2009/10
The London Planning Awards are run jointly by the Mayor, London First, the Royal Town Planning Institute, and London Councils. The awards recognise excellence and showcase examples that are leading the urban renaissance in London. On 29 March 2009, Boris Johnson presented Royal Arsenal Riverside with the award for 'Best Historic Building Management'. This prestigious award recognises Berkeley's commitments to addressing the planning challenges of bringing new uses to the listed historic buildings on site, as well as improving their environmental performance.
What House Awards 2009
The Awards, in their 28th year, are the most prestigious and longest established in the housebuilding industry. Royal Arsenal Riverside has won the Best Brownfield Development category 2009, for demonstrating 'a commitment to the inner city and urban renewal, or rural regeneration, including new build on derelict land and refurbishment of existing housing stock'. What the judges said: " Such is the quality of the regeneration of one of the largest concentrations of listed buildings, that it is now promoted by English Heritage as an exemplar of best practice to other historical sites in Malta, Spain and Estonia. What is particularly marked is the skill in which the seamless transition from the sympathetic restoration of historic buildings to confident modern architecture is handled. However, while the high quality of the architecture and its admirable sustainability credentials are indisputable, it is the benefit to a community of features such as the new riverside walk and transport links by the new DLR station and the Thames Clipper stop which capture the imagination and make this scheme gold standard".
Homes and Communities Academy Awards 2009
The Homes and Communities Academy Awards celebrate projects that have combined innovation and dedication to improve communities, making them more sustainable. The Armouries at Royal Arsenal Riverside was accredited as a finalist for the Low Carbon Development category.
CABE Building for Life Awards
2008 Building for Life Award, awarded by CABE and the Home Builders Federation. The Building for Life standard is the government-endorsed benchmark for well-designed housing and neighbourhoods in England. It is awarded to new housing projects that demonstrate a commitment to high design standards and good place making. Royal Arsenal Riverside was recognised as an outstanding project and honoured with an award.
BURA Awards for Best Practice in Regeneration
Berkeley Group was awarded a 2008 BURA Award for Best Practice in Regeneration for the first phase at Royal Arsenal Riverside.
Green Apple Awards
International Green Apple Awards 08 - Silver - Grand Store, Royal Arsenal Riverside. These awards for the Built Environment and Architectural Heritage were launched in 2000 and recognise and reward those who have made a positive contribution to the built environment or helped to preserve architectural heritage.
Evening Standard Awards
Evening Standard Awards 06 - Winner - Best Conversion - Grand Store, Royal Arsenal Riverside.
What House? Gold Award for Best Partnership
Berkeley was praised by What House? for its 'pragmatic and constructive approach' to a project that was far from straightforward. 'Dealing with challenges such as contaminated land and sensitive conservation issues, it approached the historic site in a caring and respectful manner'. The judges highlighted that the award had attracted a high standard of entrant and that Berkeley had proved a 'great partner to work with'.
Hot Property Gold Award for Best Generation
Berkeley was awarded the Best Generation Award for Royal Arsenal Riverside and praised for successfully combining building on brownfield land and the refurbishment and sensitive conversion of old and disused historic buildings, whilst working together with the local council on a comprehensive area wide regeneration project.
Your New Home Highly Commended Award for Best Conversion
Each of the refurbished properties at Royal Arsenal Riverside has been carefully integrated into the fabric of the original architecture, using a combination of new and historic features. Wherever possible, construction materials has been recycled on site or derived from sustainable sources. Architectural details such as sash windows, timber joist and architraves have been carefully restored and re-used. Meanwhile, additional internal features that reflect the building's rich heritage include lantern roof lights, staircases, exposed bricks, cast iron columns and timber floor boards.
Pamada Highly Commended Award for Best Regeneration Brochure
These awards have been designed to raise standards of advertising, marketing and design across the property industry, promoting quality and excellence. Competing in a strong category, the specific Royal Arsenal Riverside brochure was successful because of its effective use of images, allowing the character of the site to come through and showing how regeneration can affect the lives of ordinary people.
