Nursery World - Designs win over neighbourhoods

Anew booklet showcases the winning designs of the Government's Neighbourhood Nurseries design competition. The booklet, The Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative Design Competition, published last week, features the four winning designs and seven commended entries by 11 teams who had been shortlisted to develop concept designs for three sites in the London borough of Bexley, Bury in Greater Manchester and Sheffield, south Yorkshire. The winning architect practices are Birds Portchmouth Russum (Bexley), dsdha (Bury) and both Panter Hudspith Architects and Walters and Cohen (Sheffield).

The booklet, The Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative Design Competition, published last week, features the four winning designs and seven commended entries by 11 teams who had been shortlisted to develop concept designs for three sites in the London borough of Bexley, Bury in Greater Manchester and Sheffield, south Yorkshire. The winning architect practices are Birds Portchmouth Russum (Bexley), dsdha (Bury) and both Panter Hudspith Architects and Walters and Cohen (Sheffield).

The competition was jointly organised by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) in April 2001. It received 98 submissions from architectural practices.

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