National Housing Design Awards 2025 shortlist announced

Design for Homes, the organisers of the National Housing Design Awards (HDA), have announced that 48 have been shortlisted for this year’s awards, including a selection of retirement homes/extra care housing developments, supported housing developments, cohousing developments and one shortlisted scheme that specifically refers to some homes for intergenerational living.
The shortlisted schemes are:
- 2 Hospital Lane in Bridport, by Barefoot Architects for Bridport Cohousing
- Angel Yard Cohousing, Norwaich by Archio for Sussex Street CIC with TOWN
- Avon Park in Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire, by PRP for Retirement Villages Group
- Clover House in Ardwick, Manchester by DK-Architects for Jigsaw Homes North
- Englishcombe Lane, Bath, by Arcardis for Bath & Noth East Somerset Council
- Highgate Newtown Community Partners by RCKa for London Borough of Camden
- Hope Street in Southampton by Snug Architects for One Small Thing
- Retirement Community Chigwell in Epping Forest by RCKa for Retirement Villages Group
- Rowan Court in Haringey by Satish Jassal Architects for London Borough of Haringey
- Wycliffe Park in Horsleys Green by PRP for Audley Group and Royal London Asset Management
Commenting on the announcement, the Housing LIN’s CEO, Jeremy Porteus, stated:
"The Housing LIN is proud to support the Housing Design Awards again this year. It is great to see nearly a fifth of all shortlisted entries in the year’s awards incorporating HAPPI design features across a wider range of housing choices for older people and households with people with varying needs. We also will be featuring Barefoot Architects in our first HAPPI Hour of our Spring/Summer season and you can find out more about Arcadis’ project at last year’s HAPPI Hour session on supported housing."