To ensure a ‘level playing field', the template for all entries was the kitchen space in the Stoneguard C-60 Research House, sponsored by Stoneguard Limited, which is being built on Nottingham University campus as part of the Creative Energy Homes Project. Competition entrants were encouraged to give free rein to their creativity while, at the same time, taking into account such practical considerations as sustainable materials, low carbon impact, energy use and recycling.

Rod Siddall, Managing Director of Paula Rosa commented: "With so many varied and fascinating ideas to consider, It was hard to narrow the choice to just one scheme and in the end, we took the decision to divide the main prize between two entries which had an affinity that seemed open to development". 

Joint winner, Richard Stokes, focused his ideas on the social use of the kitchen, ideal for families, with a creative concept encouraging interaction between everyone using the kitchen, whether cleaning or preparing food, cooking or eating. With a similar emphasis on warmth and sociability, joint winning team, Annie Marston and Lucelia Rodrigues, created a stylish kitchen design with the application of considerable research into sustainable materials and recycling.

Since the adjudication, the three winning students have been spending time with Paula Rosa's Design & Development Team to explore ways to integrate both winning schemes and take them forward to the prototype stage.

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