WCS Care has won a national construction industry award for its £7.5m Woodside Care Village in Warwick.
The facility was been named winner of ‘Best Purpose Built Accommodation’ at the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards 2021 at a ceremony in London.
The care home was constructed by Midlands-based Deeley Construction and designed by Warwick-based Robothams Architects.
Completed in 2019, the care home offers a village-style experience for 72 adults including people with mobility needs, dementia and hearing loss.
Woodside Care Village features circadian lighting and night-time acoustic monitoring technology, along with its own spa, hair salon, cinema, shop, launderette, and gardens with a bike track, outdoor gym equipment and water features.
The features are all arranged around an outdoor plaza akin to a typical village square.
The national award comes after the care home took home the regional West Midlands prize in 2021, with Woodside Care Village one of three schemes to be shortlisted for the national prize.
“We’re delighted that Woodside Care Village has been recognised for its innovative design and construction nationally by winning LABC’s People & Place Award for New Housing – Best Purpose Built Accommodation,” WCS Care chief executive Ed Russell.
“A huge thank you to everyone involved in building and designing the care home including Deeley Group, Waldeck, CLB and Robothams Architects, as well as our staff and residents, who’ve made it a fantastic place to live and work,” he added.
“Design is fundamental to supporting us with our approach to care and we’ve challenged typical thinking about what a care home looks like. It means we’re able to really focus on quality of life, providing plenty of opportunities for people to continue enjoying what they’ve always done.”
