More than 300 guests celebrated the Oxfordshire property industry on Thursday (September 12) and recognised those who have stood out.
The OxPropFest Awards at Keble College, the annual black-tie presentation evening to reward the stars of the industry, gave guests an evening of fun and networking while marking the industry’s successes. It was the seventh year of the programme and the third at Keble College.
Moderator for the evening was multiple Olympic gold-medal winning rower Dame Katherine Grainger, chair of UK Sport, while UK Property Forums managing director Matthew Battle was host.
The winners are as follows:
Deal of the Year (sponsored by Morgan Lovell)
Winner – Oxford United FC (new stadium development)
Highly Commended – ARC Harwell (UK Space Agency relocation)
Architect of the Year (sponsored by Milton Park)
Winner – TSH Architects
Joint Highly Commended – Adrian James Architects
Joint Highly Commended – FJC Studio
Contractor the Year (sponsored by Vail Williams)
Winner – Morgan Sindall Construction
Highly Commended – Beard
(Responsible) Employer/Team of the Year (sponsored by Blake Morgan)
Joint Winner – Kingerlee
Joint Winner – SRA Architects
Highly Commended – Ridge
Residential Development of the Year (sponsored by DevComms)
Winner – Bridges Cross, Oxford
Highly Commended – Tun House, Uffington
Commercial Project of the Year (sponsored by Freeths)
Winner – Begbroke Science Park, Begbroke
Highly Commended – ARC Oxford
Highly Commended – New England Biolabs, Milton Park
Low Carbon Project of the Year (sponsored by Bidwells)
Winner – Reuben College – University of Oxford, Oxford
Highly Commended – Tun House, Uffington
Project of the Year (sponsored by Mills & Reeve)
Winner – Rhodes House, Oxford
Highly Commended – Gradel Quadrangles at New College, Oxford
NextGen of the Year (sponsored by Oxford North)
Winner – Cecilia Badiale, Ridge
Highly Commended – Amy Evans, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Highly Commended – Tom Green, Ridge
MattBatt Award
Winner – Sultan Nazrin Shah, Worcester College, Oxford
This award was voted for on the night from a shortlist of previous winners of the Project of the Year Award.
The full shortlist for this award is:
- 2018 Sultan Nazrin Shah, Worcester College, Oxford
- 2019 Beecroft Building, University of Oxford
- 2020 HB Allen, Keble College, Oxford
- 2021 CABI, Wallingford
- 2022 The Wing, Henley-on-Thames
- 2023 Cheng Yu-tung Building, Oxford
Leader of the Year (sponsored by Morgan Sindall Construction)
Winner – Richard Venables, CBRE
The judging of scores of entries took place in June and winners’ names remained under wraps until Thursday’s celebration.
Mr Battle said: “This year was another high in the evolution of this awards programme which seems to consistently get better. It’s now firmly established in the Oxfordshire calendar and, since 2018, we have raised well over £40,000 for our nominated charity, Access Sport.”
That figure includes £5,000 raised at Thursday’s event.
See our gallery of images from photographer Aurelien Langlais.
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