Native wins Building Excellence Award

Summer 2009

York architects Native have continued their winning streak with an award at the 2009 North & East Yorkshire LABC Building Excellence Awards. The firm was commended in the Best Sustainable Project category for its work on Welburn Village Hall near Malton. The success follows their two accolades at last year's York Design Awards where, at their first attempt, the firm won an award in the New Build Residential category as well as the Lord Mayor's Award.

The LABC (Local Authority Building Control) organisation, which represents council building control departments, organises the annual competition in England and Wales with regional winners going through to a London final in October. The LABC's mission is to ensure that buildings are healthy, safe, sustainable and accessible for all users and tenants whether domestic, commercial or public service. Native, whose offices are at Crockey Hill, near York, were commended for "their high standards of construction and workmanship" on the Welburn project.

The timber frame village hall incorporates many eco-friendly technologies to help attract initial funding as well as reduce the building's future running costs and carbon footprint. These include a recycled aluminium roof insulated with recycled newsprint material, good natural lighting and ventilation, sun pipes, a heat pump and timber cladding from sustainable sources.

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