Brunel Award

Brunel Award
Brunel Award
Awarded for	Some of the best projects in railway architecture, graphics, industrial design and art, technical infrastructure and environmental integration, and rolling stock, as well as examples of overall design quality across the world's railways.
Presented by	The Watford Group
First awarded	1985
Last awarded	2014
Website	Brunel Awards

The Brunel Awards are given to railway companies, to encourage outstanding visual design in railway architecture, graphics, industrial design and art, technical infrastructure and environmental integration, and rolling stock. The name is assigned to them in honour of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, founder of the Great Western Railway, and designer of the giant ship SS Great Eastern.

History

The Brunel Awards were first awarded in 1985, during the celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom presented the inaugural awards, at a ceremony in Bristol, England.

Awards	Year	Place	Organiser	Occasion
1st	1985	Bristol	British Rail (BR)	150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway.
2nd	1987	Vienna	Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB)	150 years of rail transport in Austria.
3rd	1989	Amsterdam	Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)	150 years of rail transport in the Netherlands.
4th	1992	Madrid	RENFE	50th anniversary of RENFE, opening of the LGV Madrid-Seville, Expo 92 and Summer Olympic Games, 1992.
5th	1994	Washington DC	FoRTE	Foundation for Railway and Transportation Excellence.
6th	1996	Copenhagen	Danske Statsbaner (DSB)
7th	1998	Madrid	RENFE	150 years of rail transport in Spain.
8th	2001	Paris	SNCF	Entry into service of the LGV Méditerranée.
9th	2005	Copenhagen	Danske Statsbaner (DSB)
10th	2008	Vienna	Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB)
11th	2011	Washington DC	Center for Industrial Design in Transportation, Inc.
12th	2014	Amsterdam	Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), ProRail	125th anniversary of Amsterdam Central Station and 175 years of rail transport in the Netherlands.

References

External links

The Watford Group website, Brunel Awards page Archived 2020-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
The ninth Brunel Awards (2005) on the website of the organiser, the DSB.
The tenth Brunel Awards (2008) on the website of the organiser the ÖBB.

v t e Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Railways	Great Western Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and South Wales Union Cheltenham and Great Western Union Cornwall Dartmouth and Torbay East Somerset Great Western and Brentford Llynvi Valley Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton South Devon South Devon and Tavistock South Wales South Wales Mineral Taff Vale Vale of Neath West Cornwall West Somerset Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth
Railway stations	Bath Spa Bradford-on-Avon Bridgend Bridgwater Bristol Temple Meads Charfield Charlbury Chippenham Cirencester Town Crediton Culham Exeter St Davids Exeter St Thomas Liskeard Mortimer Paddington The Railway Station Hilton Hotel, Paddington St Germans Salisbury Stroud Weston Junction Yatton
Bridges and viaducts	Angarrack viaduct Avon Bridge Bath:St James's Bridge; Skew Bridge; St James' Viaduct Bishop's Bridge Chepstow Bridge Chippenham viaduct Clifton Suspension Bridge Cornwall Railway viaducts Carnon St Pinnock Cumberland Basin swing bridges "Devil's Bridge", Uphill Gatehampton Railway Bridge Hungerford Bridge Landore Viaduct Loughor Viaduct Maidenhead Bridge Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway Moulsford Railway Bridge Royal Albert Bridge Somerset Bridge Three Bridges, London Usk Bridge Wharncliffe Viaduct Windsor Bridge
Tunnels and earthworks	Box Tunnel Cockett Tunnel Great Western Main Line Llansamlet arches Sapperton Tunnel Sonning Cutting South Devon Banks South Devon Railway sea wall Thames Tunnel Wellington Bank, Somerset
Ships, harbours and waterways	Great Western Steamship Company SS Great Western SS Great Britain Balanced rudder SS Great Eastern Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern (1857 photograph) SS Archimedes borrowed by Brunel, used for propeller tests Brentford Dock Bristol Harbour Cumberland Basin Underfall Yard Millbay Docks Westport Canal
Other engineering and building	Atmospheric railway Balloon flange girder Baulk road Broad gauge Brook House, Steventon Crew's Hole tar works Crystal Palace water towers Great Exhibition (Brunel on committee) Malmaison Hotel, Reading Renkioi Hospital Fellow of the Royal Society Institution of Civil Engineers (VP from 1850) Abraham-Louis Breguet (trained Brunel) Robert Pearson Brereton (Chief assistant)
Personal	Marc Isambard Brunel (father) Sophia Kingdom (mother) Lindsey House (childhood home) University of Caen Normandy Lycée Henri-IV Henry Marc Brunel (second son) Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream (picture commissioned by Brunel) Brunel Manor (commissioned by Brunel for his retirement) Sarah Guppy, whose portrait was painted by Brunel Kensal Green Cemetery
Legacy and commemoration	Statues of Brunel Victoria Embankment Paddington Station Bristol Temple Meads Station Brunel Museum Being Brunel Broad gauge running line Blue plaque, 98 Cheyne Walk List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks (SS Great Britain #97) Brunel University London NR Brunel (Network Rail typeface) Brunel Award 100 Greatest Britons (Brunel #2) Two Brunel £2 coins in 2006 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony featured Brunel Brunel (opera project)
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