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Chetwoods is an architectural practice based in the United Kingdom founded by Laurie Chetwood in 1988. They have offices in London, Birmingham and Leeds. The Practice works on a wide-ranging portfolio including commercial, logistics, mixed-use, urban master planning, public sector, transportation, retail and residential projects in the UK and internationally.

Awards won by the Practice include Architectural Practice of the Year, short-listing for the RIBA Stirling Prize, three CABE gold medals and UK Industrial Research and Development Architect of the Year. The Practice’s Millennium Sainsbury’s store at Greenwich was awarded the world’s first BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) 'Excellent' design award, and G.Park Blue Planet in Chatterley Valley, Staffordshire for Gazeley Properties was the first building in the world to be awarded the BREEAM 'Outstanding' rating.

Laurie Chetwood has won three gold medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, UK for the Urban Oasis in 2007, The Elizabethan Perfume Garden in 2009 (which also won the Most Creative Award) and the B&Q Vertical Farm Garden in 2011. His design for a solar powered, inhabited London Bridge was the winning proposal in the London Bridge 800 Ideas competition held by The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects and The Royal Institute of British Architects.