Search is on for Kent's best buildings in design awards

Rocksalt won best project at the last awards (Paul Freeman)

KENT'S best buildings will be honoured at the Kent Design & Development Awards.

Mark Sargeant's Rocksalt restaurant in Folkestone, designed by Guy Hollaway Architects, scooped Project of the Year when the biannual awards last took place, and now nominations are open for new construction projects to come forward.

Projects are invited to enter one of five categories: Civils and Infrastructure; Commercial, Industrial and Retail; Environmental Performance; Public Buildings Education and Community; and Residential Major and Minor. Project of the Year is then selected from among the winners.

In 2012, Hythe-based Guy Hollaway Architects design for Rocksalt saw the restaurant win the Commercial, Industrial and Retail category before going on to take the overall prize.

Other winners were Dover Esplanade by Tonkin Liu, Hadlow Colleges Rural Regeneration Centre by Eurobuild, Rosemary Gardens by Golding Homes, Hill House by Hampson Williams, Turner Contemporary by David Chipperfield Architects, and Clay Architecture Ltds Walderslade Primary School.

Nominations for the 2014 Kent Design & Development Awards can be made via tthe KDDA Awards website before June 16.

Jointly organised and sponsored by DHA Planning, Kent County Council and PR agency Maxim and supported by CTP Consulting Engineers, Kent Construction Focus Group, Liberty Property Trust UK and The Woodley Coles LLP.

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Search is on for Kent's best buildings in design awards