July 23, 2007—The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) National and International Awards for architectural excellence were presented in London during Architecture Week 2007.
The 27 RIBA Award winners (14 in the UK and 13 in the EU) range from a rooftop nursery in East London, to arts centers including the Royal Shakespeare Company Courtyard Theatre in Stratford, the Bridge Arts Centre in Glasgow, and Casa da Musica in Portugal, to a swimming pool in Lancashire.
The architects whose work has been honored this year range from up-and-coming young practices to the best known in the industry, including WHAT_ architecture!, John McAslan + Partners, and Alsop Architects. RIBA praised all winners for their excellence in design quality and their contribution to the local environment.
The 14 buildings that won RIBA National Awards are:
- Formby Pool, Lancashire, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects
- Marlowe Academy, Ramsgate, by Building Design Partnership
- Palestra, London SE1, by Alsop Architects
- Rooftop Nursery, London E5, by WHAT_ architecture!
- RSPB Environment & Education Centre, Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve, Essex, by van Heyningen & Haward Architects
- Sinclair’s Building, Sheffield, by Project Orange
- The Bridge Arts Centre, Glasgow, by Gareth Hoskins Architects
- The Roundhouse, London NW1, by John McAslan + Partners
- The Royal Shakespeare Company Courtyard Theatre, Stratford upon Avon, by Ian Ritchie Architects
- The Salt House, Essex, by Alison Brooks Architects
- The Savill Building, Windsor, by Glenn Howells Architects
- The Singing Ringing Tree, Burnley, Lancashire by Tonkin Liu
- Unity Building, Liverpool, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
- Young Vic Theatre, London SE1, by Haworth Tompkins
The 13 RIBA European Award winning buildings are:
- Casa da Musica, Porto, Portugal, by Office for Metropolitan Architecture
- Dresden Station Redevelopment, Dresden, Germany, by Foster + Partners
- Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach am Neckar, Germany, by David Chipperfield Architects
- Antwerp Law Courts, Belgium, by Richard Rogers Partnership
- America’s Cup Building, Valencia, Spain, by David Chipperfield Architects
- “Alsion” Danish University, South Science Park South and Concert Hall, Snderborg, Denmark, by 3XN
- Cherry Orchard Primary School, Dublin, Ireland, by O’Donnell + Tuomey
- Environmental Research Institute, Cork, Ireland, by Bucholz McEvoy Architects
- New Civic Offices for Cork City Council, Ireland, by ABK Architects
- North Campus Development CIT, Cork, Ireland, by de Blacam and Meagher
- Sint Lucas Art Academy, Boxtel, Netherlands, by Fashion Architecture Taste
- Tietgenkollegiet, Copenhagen, Denmark, by Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekfirma
- Villa in the Var, Bargemon, France, by Dixon Jones
The winner of the Lubetkin Prize 2007 for the best building outside the EU by an RIBA member is: Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Australia, by Grimshaw (working within the Grimshaw Jackson Joint Venture).
The RIBA Client of the Year 2007 winner is: Derwent London for commissioning projects that include Broadwick Street building by Richard Rogers Partnership in 2003; the Davidson Building in Covent Garden by Lifschutz Davidson in 2004; and Dorset Square by McAslan & Partners in 2007.
The 14 RIBA National Award winners, along with the top 5 RIBA European Award winning buildings, form the midlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architect’s Journal. This £20,000 prize is awarded to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. RIBA National Award winners, with the winners of RIBA Awards, are also eligible for a series of special awards to be presented at the RIBA Stirling Prize ceremony
For details of these and all the award winners, including photographs, visit RIBA’s Architectural Awards Web site.
