The search for talented designers and architects begins! This coming May, the Grand Designs Awards will be hosted at Excel London during Grand Designs Live. Now in its fifth year, the Grand Designs Awards celebrate the best in design, and once again we are searching for the very best homes and products that demonstrate the determination, dreams and sheer hard work of ordinary people creating extraordinary things.

We’ve invited the industry's leading names in architecture, design and journalism, from Sebastian Conran, Wayne Hemingway and George Clarke to Orla Kiely and Oliver Heath, to judge and reward design excellence.

Are you a talented designer with a great table or fabric you reckon is up there with the best? Are you a gifted architect with an extension or a refurbishment you’re proud of? Then this is the moment to enter the only awards that count. Visit www.granddesignsawards.com for more information.

Winners and finalists will be announced at the official VIP awards ceremony on 6 May 2010 in central London. It’s a ‘must attend’ event and tickets always sell out. Every year, we have gifted architects, talented designers and national press in attendance to see the finalists and winners announced by Channel 4’s Grand Designs presenter, Kevin McCloud. Make sure you are part of the celebrations and BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment.

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