The deadline for submission of entries to the Saltire Society Housing Design Awards 2012 has been extended to noon on Friday 27th April 2012.

‘Dick Cannon to Chair 75th Saltire Housing Design Awards...’ .

The Saltire Society has today launched its 75^th annual Housing Design Awards with the news that renowned Scottish Architect Dick Cannon will be the awards’ guest chair for 2012.

Mr Cannon succeeds fellow high-profile Scottish architects John McAslan and Malcolm Fraser to the post, which will see him chair the Society’s panel of industry leaders in their assessment of housing projects from all over Scotland.

The role will also allow Mr Cannon to award the Society’s prestigious Saltire Medal to his favourite scheme from the 2012 submissions; the year after Elder and Cannon – the practice co-founded by Mr Cannon in 1980 – received only the second-ever Saltire Medal for their ‘Botany Phase-One’ project In Glasgow’s Maryhill.   

Mr Cannon said of his taking up the role:   “I am honoured to have been asked to chair these awards, which are highly respected and recognised as a measure of real achievement throughout the architectural community in Scotland. The awards are an important vehicle for showcasing the work of which we Architects and House-Builders are most proud, but more importantly they present an opportunity for the industry at large to consider how to turn the debate on design quality into reality, and produce beautiful homes and environments”.

The Society also announced that Jane Paterson is set to become the new convenor of the awards this year, succeeding Simon Winstanley, who remains on the judging panel.  

Jane has not only been recognised by the Saltire Society in previous housing awards schemes, but also picked up a RIBA Award with Paterson Architects for their ‘House on the Hill’ in Aberdeenshire in 2010.    

Welcoming Dick Cannon to the annual chair, Jane Paterson said:

“As a member of the Saltire Society’s judging panel for the last 3 years, I have visited a number of Elder and Cannon’s residential projects. These projects have never disappointed the panel on any level; therefore it is with the greatest professional admiration that we have invited Dick Cannon to be this year’s guest chair.”

Entries are invited for the awards from all over Scotland, and for projects of all scales and intentions. The panel has previously awarded everything from single dwellings in the remotest reaches of the Highlands, to multi-unit developments in the country’s metropolitan centres.   

The Saltire Society is a unique, independent, non-political voice that supports, celebrates and advocates the importance of the full range of Scotland's cultural interests. Its Housing Design Awards were created in 1937 to promote and reward innovation in the creation of Scotland’s housing stock and urban residential spaces.  

The Society’s new Executive Director Jim Tough said: "We are delighted to see the launch of the Saltire Housing Awards for 2012. We are grateful for the support from a panel of committed and expert practitioners, and that they have succeeded in installing another highly respected chair in Dick Cannon. These prestigious awards continue to be an important mark of success amongst the architectural community"

The Society’s Housing Design Awards are supported by The Scottish Government, Homes for Scotland, and The Chartered Institute of Builders.   

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