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heaters to Kensa’s networked heat pumps in 273 fl ats across three social housing towers. This initiative will signifi cantly reduce carbon emissions and lift residents out of fuel poverty.
The team delivered the large-scale renewable retrofi t project, installing highly effi cient ground source heat pumps, and saving 7,166 tonnes of carbon over 25 years. Residents have secured 66% savings on their heating and hot water bills.
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Portlands Place With two wins and a Highly Commended trophy, the team behind the Portlands Place project in east London also celebrated multiple award wins. Portlands Place, adjacent to the Olympic Park, “takes rental living to another level,” said the judges. Plot N06 is the latest addition to Get Living’s East Village build-to-rent redevelopment of the 2012 Olympic Athletes’ Village. It provides 524 homes across two towers of 31 and 26 storeys, linked together with a double-height skybridge, which contains the main communal amenity and rooftop terraces overlooking the Olympic Park to the west.
Get Living won the award for Best Tall Building Client of the year – and Hawkins\ Brown were crowned Best Tall Building Architect for the design of Portlands Place. Hawkins\Brown were also Highly Commended in the Best Residential Tall Building Project category. Get Living “strives to create places that bring people together and that are fi t for the future. Portlands Place does exactly that, with its market-leading amenity space and focus on social living.” It is situated in a prime location with extensive parks and wetlands on residents’ doorstep.
DAMAC Tower Winner of the Best Tall Building Facade & Fenestration Engineering Project for WSP and Highly Commended in the Best Tall Building Architect category for Kohn Pedersen Fox, DAMAC Tower in Nine
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Elms is a “vertical mixed-use community.” Offering market and affordable homes, retail, and offi ce spaces, the tower is a “sculptural composition of terracotta, reconstituted stone and glass.” The scheme consists of three distinct elements composed to create impressive views from every side. The all-electric building features a roof garden and a six-storey skybridge.
Best Sustainable Tall Building A ground source heat pump retrofi t project by Kensa Contracting and Thurrock Council, upgraded ineffi cient night storage
Best Tall Building MEP Services 21 Moorfi elds is a fl agship, high- specifi cation offi ce development situated over London’s Moorgate underground and rail station and the Elizabeth line ticket hall. Providing approximately 55,000 m2 of prime offi ce space across 14 fl oors, the development is supported by a substantially resilient services strategy, normally only seen in data centres. It has BREEAM ‘Outstanding’, LEED Gold ratings and is ‘WELL ready,’ and will serve as Deutsche Bank’s new UK and European headquarters. Winning Best Tall Building MEP Services Project for Cundall and MEP contractor Gratte Brothers – the team provided MEP, sustainability and vertical transportation analysis and design.
To discover more about the winning projects and the Tall Buildings Awards please visit:
www.radarbookingsystem.co.uk/tall- buildings-awards
Hawkins\Brown won Best Tall Building Architect for Portlands Place
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