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Policy, publications and awards
Our guidance and policies are referenced as best practice within LLDC’s Local Plan to establish high quality design at the core of our approach to development. These standards ultimately support LLDC’s vision and expectations as to how high quality will be achieved, driving LLDC’s corporate approach to the procurement of design teams and development partners.
“For our area, high quality design is demonstrated by places that positively contribute to creating a better, healthier, more attractive, inclusive and sustainable piece of city.”
Design Quality Policy, Chapter 3 ‘Design Quality’
The LLDC believes in learning from others and in using precedents as a way of setting benchmarks for quality. We commission research to help inform our wider strategies and to develop more detailed briefs. We use precedent visits to learn from and share information with others about their experience of briefing, design team selection, planning, design development, development partner procurement and construction.
As part of the GLA family we are involved with city-wide design policy discussions and ongoing research in a number of fields including housing design standards, design framework panels, employment spaces, play spaces and healthy city studies. The LLDC is committed to embedding Good Growth principles within exemplar design policy, process, governance and delivery.
Wider project specific guidance is also available – some of our most recent and popular documents are below. If you cannot see what you’re interested in, please email CommunicationsTeam@londonlegacy.co.uk with details of your request and we will help where we can.
Policy
Policy
- Biodiversity Action Plan – This document builds on conservation work carried out and sets the direction for long-term habitat management to maintain and enhance biodiversity across Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
- Design Quality Policy – This document sets out LLDC’s vision for achieving high quality design across all of our developments. It sets out a delivery plan for design quality; identifying our key principles, processes and technical requirements.
- Engagement Policy – This document sets out LLDC’s approach to engagement and how we support growth of cohesive and sustainable communities, with an inclusive and entrepreneurial outlook, that are well connected to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park .
- Green Infrastructure Guide – This document is LLDC’s best practice guide for green infrastructure. It sets out our vision for integrated green infrastructure with key principles to consider in the design, construction and occupancy stages of development.
- Inclusive Design Standards – This document sets out LLDC’s vision for delivering inclusive places and neighbourhoods that can be used easily and enjoyed by everyone, equally. It sets out the standards that are expected across all development in the area.
- Park Design Guide – This document sets out how LLDC expects good design and biodiversity to be sustained across the parkland and wider park estate. It includes guidance to inform design decisions as well establishing place making principles.
- Preparing for a 1.5 Degree Future – This document sets out LLDC’s vision and aspirations for the built environment within the context of the climate emergency. It provides pragmatic guidance on the delivery of exemplar developments when preparing for a 1.5 Degree Paris Agreement proof future.
- Sustainability Policy – This document sets out LLDC’s how Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the venues and events which take place here respond to and tackle the significant environmental challenges of our time.
Publications and awards
Publications
- Arts and Culture Strategy
- Artists' Workspace Study
- Chobham Manor Phase 1 Post Occupancy Evaluation
- Co-Making Research
- Density Study
- Employment Space Study
- Latent Workspace in Hackney Wick and Fish Island
- Natural Capital Account
- Park Management Plan Executive Summary
- Post Games Transformation
- Urban Greening Factor x High Design Study
- Work-Live Study
- Youth Space
More will be added soon.
Awards
- Bobby Moore Academy
- SPACES Civic Building of the Year: Highly Commended, 2019
- Building Awards Small Project of the Year – The Pavilion, 2019
- Bow Riverside
- Waterways Renaissance Award for Innovation 2012
- Architects Journal Awards Public Realm 2012
- New London Architecture Award, Public Spaces 2012
- RIBA London Regional Award 2012
- London's Best New Cycling Facility 2011
- Carpenter’s Land Bridge
- Chartered Institute of Highways & Transport Awards winner 2020
- Chobham Manor
- New London Architecture Award, Mayor's Prize 2019
- Whathouse? Awards, Best Partnership Scheme Bronze winner 2019
- New London Architecture Multigenerational House Commendation, 2018
- National Housing Association Awards, Best Scheme in Planning 2015
- Greenway
- Design Council Designing for Champions Award 2013
- Building Design Awards 2012
- Architects Journal Awards Public Realm 2012
- CEEQUAL, Sustainability in the Public Realm, Whole Project Award 'Excellent' 2011
- Hackney Wick Central
- New London Award, Masterplans and Area Strategies 2016
- Hackney Wick Station
- Concrete Society Award 2019
- World Architecture News Award 2019
- RIBA National Awards 2019
- RIBA London Region Awards 2019
- New London Architecture Awards 2019
- ICE London Region Awards 2019
- Civic Trust Awards 2019
- Here East
- RIBA London Region Awards 2019
- BCO National Awards 2018
- AJ Retrofit Awards 2018
- AJ100 Awards Building of the Year 2018
- Hub 67
- Blueprint Awards Best Sustainable Project Winner 2015
- New London Architecture Awards, Mayor’s Prize Commendation 2015
- Lea River Park
- New London Architecture Public Spaces Award 2012
- Masterplanning Architect of the Year Building Design 2012
- International Urban Landscape Silver Award 2010
- Stratford Waterfront Masterplan
- New London Architecture Public Spaces Award – shortlisted 2019
- Timber Lodge and Tumbling Bay
- New London Architecture Award, Public Spaces, Winner 2014
- Landscape Institute Award, Small Scale Public Space, Winner 2014
- BALI National Landscape Award, Hard Landscape Construction, Winner 2014
- BALI National Landscape Award, Sports Grounds and Leisure Facilities, Winner 2014
- Civic Trust National Award, Winner 2014
- Selwyn Goldsmith Award for Universal Design 2014
- The White Building
- New London Architecture Awards, Commendation 2013
