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Welcome to the Norwich Society
A Voice in the City

2011 Design Awards for New Buildings

This year 21 buildings were given awards or commendation for excellence by the Norwich Society at our Design Awards ceremony on October 4th at the Assembly House, Norwich.

Peter Bodie and David Ford, both architects and both on the  Planning Appraisal Committee, gave the critical commentary with illustrations and the certificates were handed out by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Jenny Lay, assisted by Mary Ash, Chairman of the Planning Appraisal Committee.

St John’s Cathedral Narthex won the Sir Bernard Feilden Conservation Award which was presented to Father James, Dean of St John’s., by Lady Tina Feilden (see above).

Peter Studdert, Cambridge-based architect and planner, gave a lively and apposite  talk on:

Valuing the Past – Visioning the Future:
The challenge of managing growth and change in our historic cities • Design Awards

Top of the Agenda

• Bringing Back Boats to the River City - A Discussion Paper
• November 2011 Newsletter
• Our Local Heritage - Local Listing
• Norwich Society Design Awards 2011
• New Patron for the Society
• 50 All Saints Green
• Local Listing
• The Society's 2010 Annual Review
  

Planning Issues

• Review of Planning Applications (January 2012)(Archive)
• Norwich Society Response to the Local Development Framework Management Plan
• Northern City Centre Plans- Are the same mistakes being made twice?
• Joint Core strategy- Can Norwich cope?

Norwich Society Events

• Norwich Society Winter Lunch - Wed, 18 January
• Society Morning Third Wednesday Lecture - Wed , 15 February
• Society Morning Third Wednesday Lecture - Wed, 21 March
• Carrow Abbey

Corporate Events

• The next Business Breakfast is at The Strangers Club
  Wednesday 2 November 2011 • 7.45am for 8.00am
  Business Breakfast - Strangers Club Invitation
  Strangers Club Booking Form
  Contact: Vicky Manthorpe • email  •  Tel: 01603 765606
  Corporate membership form?

The Norwich Society invites you to join us in caring for this fine old City.

George Borrow (1803-1881), born in Norfolk but a wide-ranging traveller, lived here and wrote of Norwich that it was “a fine old city…view it from whatever side you will”.

The Norwich Society aims to keep it that way by championing the best buildings from the past and promoting the best architectural design and planning for its future.

We do this by:

• Watching planned city development to encourage the highest possible standards Identifying planning and development needs and arguing for them with the relevant authorities
• Gathering evidence of problems and concerns and making the case for change Explore our Website to see who we are, what we do, and how you can join in our work.
• Our Annual Report 2009 can be viewed here • Membership form?