ENTRIES are being sought for an awards scheme which commends some of the North-East’s finest buildings.

Since being launched in the region in 1989, the biennial Hadrian Awards – run by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA North-East), the North of England Civic Trust and Northern Architecture – have commended some of the North-East’s most significant attractions.

Entries from Cumbria are also included.

This year’s awards were launched by television personality John Grundy at Darlington’s Education Village, which won a Hadrian Award in 2007 for its work to combine existing secondary, primary, nursery and special educational needs schools into a single campus.

Mr Grundy said: “Over the years there have been so many terrific schemes in the Hadrian Awards, buildings and places which are a real pleasure to look at and which have made a genuine difference in the quality of our Northern environment.

“They prove that there’s really good design here in the North-East and Cumbria, as good as the best anywhere else.”

The main criteria for entry is that the project must have been in use for at least one year, and the application must be submitted by a qualified architect or a chartered landscape designer To enter, visit the website hadrianawards.com before the closing date on June 29.

The shortlist will be announced on July 13.