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William Sutton Prize 2022 Winner
10 March 2022
Mole Architects crowned winners of Clarion?s William Sutton Prize
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The William Sutton Prize for Sustainability and Placemaking Winner in 2022
Clarion Housing Group has revealed the winners of the fourth William Sutton Prize at an awards ceremony which took place last night, 9 March.
The winner of The William Sutton Prize for Sustainability and Placemaking in its inaugural year is Mole Architects for their proposal for a zero-carbon homebuilding system designed to support the development of Group-Build community housing. The system sets out a step-by-step approach from land purchase to completed building, facilitating community-led housing and tackling associated barriers, with the aim of enabling greater numbers of people to come together to build their own homes. The aim is to use the £20,000 prize fund to contribute towards the development of an illustrated document and website, forming a toolkit that sets out the approach to engage landowners, local authorities, politicians, and future residents. It will also help fund initial design work on a modular housing system, comprising a building system and engagement model.

The winning concept will also be trialled on one of Clarion?s upcoming development sites, with the Mole Architects team also benefiting from expert s...