A scheme by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has won the overall prize at this year’s Housing Design Awards.

The Icon project, developed by Crest Nicholson, is on a former factory site in Street, Somerset, owned by shoe manufacturer Clarks. The company stipulated homes built on the land must cater for all price ranges and be ecologically sound.

Awarding the title to Feilden Clegg Bradley, the judges said: “It is set to be the first real milestone in the evolution of layout, house and car parking since Poundbury.”

Other winners included an HFI Architects’ scheme in the shadow of Pentonville prison in north London. The judges commented: “Daylighting is boosted with four lights in the roof pitch, two of them remotely controlled powered ones which open for ventilation.”

Also picking up a gong in the completed winners category was a scheme by Jonathan Hendry Architects in the middle of Lincoln.

The development of two restored houses and 18 new apartments took its inspiration from the Georgian designs around the city.

The judges said: “Its excellence owes even more to the architect’s conviction that you can reproduce Georgian architecture’s fine points in an honestly contemporary style.”

And Stephenson Bell picked up a project award for its work to help transform the Shirecliffe estate in Sheffield.

Work involves building 79 units in 16 different pockets across the estate.

“By placing many in visible key locations, such as road junctions, the hope is that the council can make the most impact for the least outlay,” the judges said.

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