Welcome!

The NDA National Design Awards has really taken off and we're receiving entries from all over the country!

We would like to give a warm welcome to students who have entered from Cambridge School of Art, Blackpool & Flyde College, Middlesex University, JJAADA Academy London, Southampton Solent University, KLC, and Gloucestershire College.

We wish all entrants the best of luck and look forward to see some fantastic design schemes.

If you fancy a challenge and want to be in with a chance of designing a £1 million penthouse, WINNING £3000and a load more, you can enter our competition by clicking HERE!

Good Luck everyone and keep an eye out for newly added pictures!

We're officially launched!

Hello everyone and welcome to the NDA National Design Award 2011 blog. Here you'll find all the information you need about this exciting competition!

If you think you have what it takes to be crowned NDA National Designer of 2011 check out the brief page at the top of the blog which outlines the terms and conditions of the competition, what you will be required to design and how to present it, who will be judging your entry and of course the amazing prize one lucky winner will receive.

To accurately create your penthouse design we've created a short 3D CAD video simulation of the penthouse which is also on YOUTUBE . As well as the video, there are photographs of the interior of the apartment, 3D exterior visuals and scaled floor plans of the rooms you need to design. If you want to print the floor plans you will need to visit our website www.nda.ac.uk/competitions. 

It's important the plans are printed in A3 otherwise the scaling of your designs will not be correct.

For further support, questions or queries you can email our dedicated competitions co-ordinater at designaward@nda.ac.uk   
 
We look forward see all your wonderful designs. Good Luck and bookmark us for regular updates and announcements!

Visuals to help with your design

We cant wait for launch day next week and if you're as excited as us I'm sure you'll want to get fully prepared for penthouse designing. Have a look at the video and photographs page above which shows a full 3D simulation of the penthouse, 3D exterior visuals, interior images, and floor plans.

These floorplans are for visual use only - for scale drawings to use for your design submission, please see the NDA website for downloadable PDF's which should be printed at A3