Care home groups celebrate design win for person-centred homes

St Monica Trust, Hallmark Care Homes, Avery Healthcare Group, Caring Homes Group, Kingsley Healthcare and Willinbrook Healthcare Ltd were among those honoured at this year’s Pinders Healthcare Design Awards.

Celebrating their 20th anniversary, Pinders Design Awards promote and recognise the very best developments in all types of care-related properties. This includes recognising the needs and desires of the residents and incorporating these into the final design.

The award ceremony took place at The Royal Lancaster London Hotel and was attended by 650 guests where world cup legend Sir Geoff Hurst was the guest of honour.

Best Regeneration Project was won by The Chocolate Quarter in Keynsham, run by The St Monica Trust and designed by KWL Architects.

David Williams, chief executive of St Monica Trust said: “This prestigious award is a welcome acknowledgement of the importance of listening to the people using our services and placing the concept of community integration at the heart of The Chocolate Quarter’s design.

“It’s also testament to the skill and dedication of KWL architects and the Andrew Wilson Partnership in incorporating this concept into the final design and build of the development, which is now home to more than 320 residents and staff.”

Arlington Manor, run by Hallmark Care Homes won Best New Care Home - Elderly, designed by architects Tooley & Foster.

Hallmark Care Homes chair, Avnish Goyal said: “We are absolutely delighted that the hard work and vision of the past and present team has been recognised over the last ten years, having 11 care homes in the finals, winning Best New Care Home eight times.

“The team are really excited about continuing to innovate for the future and are looking forward to the next 10 years.”

Avery Healthcare Group along with DWA and TDC Architects won Best Independent Living Scheme for The Hawthorns in Northampton.

Adrian Doyle, director of developments at Avery Healthcare Group said: “Natta deserve much of the credit, with Alberto Gomez and Rob Winspear as major contributors to the development. They delivered us a stunning building for us and it’s great to see it win such valued independent sector recognition.”

Caring Homes, Riverside Place in Ware, along with ADG Architects, won Best Care for the Elderly (higher development budget).

Kingsley Healthcare scooped Best Design for Younger Adults with Glebe Farm in Upton designed by Feilden-Mawson.

Willowbrook Care Home in Birmingham, owned by Willinbrook Healthcare along with AP Architecture, took the prize for Best Care Home for the Elderly (lower development budget) with interior designs by dementia environment specialist, Little Islands.