Competitions, tenders and awards

2009 Winner, invited competition, Inderhavnen Openable Bridge, Copenhagen ( with Flint and Neill Ltd ).
2008 The IStructE Centenary Year Structural Awards 2008 / Award for Transportation Structures, Commendation for Swansea Bridge.
2008 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Environment Award 2008 – New Building Category ( one of two awarded ) for Washboard House, Simon Close, London W11.
2008 38 Gloucester Road House, London SW7 named by Mail on Sunday as one of five best one-off houses in the UK.
2008 RIBA Award 2008 for 38 Gloucester Road House, London SW7.
2008 The Structural Steel Design Awards 2008 Commendation for high standard of design ( as the only bridge shortlisted ) for Swansea Bridge.
2008 The 2008 European Convention for Constructional Steelwork Certificate of Merit for Swansea Bridge.
2007 One of three winners in an invited competition involving a 13,000m2 ice arena, health club and an urban park in Warsaw, Poland.
2007 A winner in first stage of a competition involving a 320m bridge over a gorge in Iran, the project seems to have stalled since April 2007.
2006 Winner – CITYSCAPE / ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW global award for community projects in emerging world ( over 250 submissions ) ( Kariobangi Project, Nairobi ).
2006 Shortlisted – RIBA Sustainable Communities by Design ( Kariobangi Community Project in Nairobi ).
2005 Winner - limited invited competition involving a new bridge over listed South Lock, Roath Basin in Cardiff ( with Flint & Neill Partnership ).
2005 Winner - limited invited competition involving a new bridge linking Cornwall and Devon at Tamar Valley Mining World Heritage Site ( with Flint & Neill Partnership ).
2005 Winner - limited invited competition involving a E8 million pedestrian/cyclist bridge linking Sèvres with Ile Seguin in Paris ( with Flint & Neill Partnership ).
2005 Nene Pool and Community Pool and Centre won one of two commendations in 2005 Health and Safety Awards, Designer Category.
2005 Winner - high profile invited social housing competition in France run by the French Ministry of Culture jointly with CABE ( with Explorations-Architecture, Paris ).
2004 Winner - invited competition for a pedestrian, cycle and bus bridge in Swansea ( with Parsons Brinckerhoff ).
2004 Winner - Tram Spaces and Places, an invited urban design competition involving space syntax analysis and urban/structure design for an area covering 18 km2 of central London along the route of proposed new Cross River Tram.
2003 Winner - Commendation for the Kent Messenger Millennium Bridge, Excellence in Concrete, the Concrete Society.
2003 Winner - Commendation for the Kent Messenger Millennium Bridge, the American Institute of Architects Design Excellence Awards 2003.
2002 Winner, private, invited limited competition for a 350m2 contemporary new built house at 38 Gloucester Road, London South Kensington.
2002 Winner, Fédération Internationale du Béton, 2002 fib Awards for Outstanding Concrete Structures - nomination for Kent Messenger Bridge in Maidstone.
2002 Winner, invited competition for a bridge in the port of Portsmouth ( with Buro Happold ).
2002 Winner, invited competition for a landmark road Bridge in Helsinki, Finland ( with Flint & Neill Partnership ).
2002 Winner, 2002 RIBA Award for the Kent Messenger Millennium Bridge at Maidstone, the world’s first cranked stress ribbon bridge 2002.
Winner, 2002 Structural Steel Design Awards Scheme Certificate of Merit for the BLUE ART BEAM Millennium Bridge at Maidstone.
2001 Winner, The MANSER MEDAL 2001, for the best one-off house built in the UK in the preceding three years.
2001 Winner, The Rector’s Prize, Invited competition for a complex of five auditoria for the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland ( with Buro Happold ).
2000 Wellingborough Leisure Centre / Swimming Pool project study, won in a limited tender.
2000 Sport England, Standardised Sports Hall project, won in a limited tender.
1999 Building Services Environmental Initiative of the Year Prize for the Haileybury College Swimming Pool.
1999 Winner, Kensington & Chelsea Environment Award 1999 for Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park, North Kensington.
1999 Britain in Bloom Environmental Improvement Award for Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park, North Kensington.
1999 Nene Community Centre and Swimming Pool, won in a limited competition.
1999 Winner, Limited Facility Flyovers and Tunnels, a two year study project for the UK Highways Agency, limited tender for research concept / cost.
1999 Civic Trust Commendation for the Haileybury College Swimming Pool.
1999 Winner European Solar Prize, The Solar Office.
1999 Winner and study contract, National Grid Company design for innovative 400kV electricity transmission towers / RIBA short listed tender ( with Flint & Neill Partnership ).
1999 Winner swimming pool and sports complex for the American Community School, in Cobham won in a country-wide search for architects involving all UK practices with swimming pool experience.
1999 Third prize and commission - system pedestrian bridges for 2000 Historic Rome/ international open competition ( with Arup ).
1998 The Solar Office ( building integrated photovoltaics ) selected as a Millennium Product.
1998 First prize, Hadrian’s ( Millennium ) Bridge, two stage RIBA competition, Carlisle ( with Techniker and Prof Strasky ).
1998 Winner British Construction Industry Award for the Haileybury and Imperial Service College Swimming Pool.
1997 Third prize, international poetry competition, Poland.
1997 Winner East Herts Rural Design Award for the Haileybury and Imperial Service College Swimming Pool.
1997 Finalist two stage limited bridge design competition for pedestrian bridge at Maidstone Lockmeadow ( with P Fink, Techniker, Kvaerner Technology).
1996 Finalist ( 6 teams ) Financial Times Millennium Bridge for London open world - wide two stage competition ( with P Fink. T Macfarlane, Trafalgar House Technology ).
1996 Finalist, Crystal Palace Park two stage competition ( with EDAW ).
1996 Special Mention + Excellent Technical Assessment, LIVING IN THE CITY Remodelling of Apartment Block ( Poland ), ECDGXII For Science and Development, European Competition ( with S Billings and OAP ).
1996 Finalist, Battersea Park Millennium Design two stage competition ( with EDAW ).
1995 Highly commended entry in Poole Harbour Bridge Open, International Design Competition ( 700 m, with Sir William Halcrow and Professor Rene Walther ).
1995 Second prize, a three stage competition to design Materials Gallery, Science Museum, London ( with P Fink and B Baxter).
1995 Winner, Tottenham Hale Urban Identity, London, limited competition ( with ZD and P Fink ).
1995 Winner, North Kensington City Challenge, Kensal Road Environmental Improvement Programme, including Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park, London, limited competition ( with P Fink ).
1995 First prize, MOMI / National Film Theatre Landmark, open competition ( with P Fink ).
1995 Runner up, Royal Victoria Dock bridge, London, LDDC limited competition ( with Dr B Brown, P Fink, Dr S Craig, T Macfarlane ).
1993 First prize, Thames Footpath Bridge, open competition.
1990 Outright victory, Place des Arenes, Nimes, open international competition.
1988 Winner, Billingham Recreation Centre Ice Rink refurbishment, a limited developer / architect competition, UK.

Between 1995 and 2001 Cezary Bednarski was the founder-director of Studio E Architects Ltd, competitions, tenders, awards and exhibitions during this period relate to SEA Ltd