award-contest: New London Architecture call for entries for Biennale Awards 2006

New London Architecture call for entries for Biennale Awards 2006

LONDON, ENGLAND--(CCNMatthews - May 08, 2006) - New London Architecture 
announces a call for entries for the London Architecture Biennale's 
Biennale Awards 2006 sponsored by Pipers and the Evening Standard Homes 
& Property. Architects and the public can nominate projects for the Best 
New Building by 17th May 2006 via the New London Architecture website 
www.newlondonarchitecture.org . Nominations are also sought via the 
website for the London Hero Award.

The Best New Building Award: nominations are sought for buildings of any 
size or type completed in London since June 2004. The winner will be 
selected through online voting.

The London Hero Award has been created to recognise the individual who 
has done the most in the past year to improve the quality of the 
environment in the capital. All nominations are welcome, from 
politicians to celebrities, activists to general enthusiasts. A winner 
will be selected by the London Architecture Biennale committee.

The public will be able to view projects, nominate heros and vote for 
their favourite building at www.newlondonarchitecture.org . Online 
voting for the Best New Building opens on the 20 May 2006.

The Biennale Awards 2006 winners will be announced by sponsors Nick 
McKeogh, Director, Pipers and Philippa Stockley, Deputy Editor, Evening 
Standard Homes & Property at 4pm on Saturday 17th June 2006 at St 
Bartholomew's Fair, a main event of the first weekend of the London 
Architecture Biennale.

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Nominations deadline for Best New Building: 17 May 2006
Voting commences for Best New Building: 20 May 2006

Pipers works alongside the UK's leading architects, developers, planners 
and property professionals in two key business areas. Pipers Models is 
the UK's leading architectural model making practice, with over 70 staff 
working across workshops in London and Ashford. Pipers Projects manages 
events, exhibitions and publishing across the property and architecture 
sectors, including New London Architecture at The Building Centre, The 
London Stand at MIPIM, UK Retail Property Stand at MAPIC and The London 
Property Review.
www.pipers.co.uk

New London Architecture at the Building Centre is a permanent, public 
exhibition space where you can find out what is happening in London in 
architecture, planning, development and the environment that is funded 
by companies and organisations with an interest in promoting high 
quality new design in the built environment in London to a public and 
professional audience. NLA has over 2000 visitors a week to the public 
exhibitions, events, talks and lectures that are organised to encourage 
constant debate, learning and networking across the profession and local 
communities. Its centrepiece is the Pipers London Model, on permanent 
display, which stretches from Battersea in the West to the Royal Docks 
in the East. www.newlondonarchitecture.org

The London Architecture Biennale is a major ten day celebration of 
diverse creative talent in London and looks at how that talent can be 
brought to bear on real issues which confront the city today. It 
includes over 170 architecture-related events including talks, walks, 
tours, film screenings,exhibitions and parties taking place along a 5km 
route from King's Cross to Southwark from 16-25 June 2006. 
www.londonbiennale.org.uk

For further information on the London Architecture Biennale please 
contact Lucy Wilson, Theresa Simon Communications, 020 7734 4800 
lucy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx