Build Architecture Awards 2016

2016 Architecture Awards Build During construction, 7500 people worked on site with 78% from Wales. Over 183 contracts were awarded to Welsh companies. Jonathan Taylor, European Investment Bank Vice President, commented on the project at the time, stating: “Swansea stands out as a genuine flagship that provides a model for leading institutions across Europe to follow.” Our Enquiry by Design (EbD) process is one of the Prince’s Foundation’s key planning tools, and the method by which we translate our values into sustainable development and regeneration. Another tool we have developed is an online toolkit called BIMBY which is free for people to use. It condenses our decades of experience of working with communities to provide guides on how they can participate positilvey in the planning process, to create development they would welcome in their neighbourhood: ‘Beauty In My Back Yard’. 
 Ultimately, we prioritise working together with communities and stakeholders to design and create places that are welcomed by all. Our work is guided by ten key principles which we find as universal in their application to creating robust, harmonious design: place, scale, hierarchy, enclosure, decoration, materials, harmony, art, signs and lights, and community.