RIBA National Awards are part of an awards program operated by the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

, also encompassing the

Stirling Prize The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture. It is named after the architect James Stirling, organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The ...

, the European Award and the International Award. The National Awards are given to buildings in the UK which are "recognised as significant contributions to architecture" which are chosen from the buildings to receive an RIBA Regional award. The shortlist for each year's

is picked from recipients of that year's National Awards.

Award recipients

2008

The following buildings won a National Award in 2008: *

BBC Scotland BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. Its headquarters are in Glasgow, employing approximately 1,250 staff as of 2017, to produce 15,000 hours of television and radio programming per year. BBC Scotla ...

Pacific Quay Pacific Quay is an area south of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. It is located at the former Plantation Quay and Princes' Dock Basin. The Princes' Dock Basin was the largest on the River Clyde when it was opened by the Clyde Navigation Tr ...

* Pier Art Centre * Hilton Tower *

Manchester Civil Justice Centre Manchester Civil Justice Centre is a governmental building in Manchester, England. Completed in 2007, it houses Manchester's county court and the Manchester District Registry of the High Court of Justice, High Court, the city's family proceedin ...

*The Belgrade Theatre * Accordia * North Wall Arts Centre * East Beach Cafe *Adelaide Wharf * National Tennis Centre *

Royal Festival Hall The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a G ...

*The Sackler Crossing * St Marylebone Church of England School Performing Arts Facility * Terminal 5,

Heathrow Airport Heathrow Airport , also colloquially known as London Heathrow Airport and named ''London Airport'' until 1966, is the primary and largest international airport serving London, the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdo ...

* Wembley National Stadium * Westminster Academy at the Naim Dangoor Centre

2013

The following buildings won a National Award in 2013:

2014

The following buildings won a National Award in 2014:

2015

The following buildings won a National Award in 2015:

2016

The following buildings won a National Award in 2016:

2017

The following buildings won a National Award in 2017: *40 Chancery Lane –

Bennetts Associates Bennetts Associates is a British firm of architects. It was founded in 1987 by Denise Bennetts and her partner Rab Bennetts, who had previously worked for Ove Arup & Partners. The total shareholding of Bennetts Associates was transferred to an E ...

for

Derwent London Derwent London plc is a British-based property investment and development company. It is headquartered in London and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The business was originally established as the operator of the Derwent Valley ...

*8 Finsbury Circus –

WilkinsonEyre WilkinsonEyre is an international architecture practice based in London, England. In 1983 Chris Wilkinson (architect), Chris Wilkinson founded Chris Wilkinson Architects, he partnered with Jim Eyre (architect), Jim Eyre in 1987 and the practice ...

for

Mitsubishi Estate is one of the largest real estate developers in Japan and is involved in property management and architecture research and design. As of 2018, Mitsubishi Estate has the most valuable portfolio in the Japanese real estate industry, with a total ...

London and Stanhope *Barretts Grove – Amin Taha + Groupwork for Nick Grant *

Bedales School Bedales School is a coeducational boarding and day public school, in the village of Steep, near the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1893 by Amy Garrett Badley and John Haden Badley in reaction to the li ...

Art and Design Building –

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (also known as FCBStudios) is a British architectural design firm, established in 1978, with offices in Bath, London and Manchester. The firm is known for its pioneering work in sustainable design and social design ...

for Beadales School *Blackburn Meadows Biomass – BDP for E.ON Energy * British Airways i360 – Marks Barfield Architects for Brighton i360 Ltd *Caring Wood – James Macdonald Wright and Niall Maxwell for a private client *Carrowbreck Meadow – Hamson Barron Smith for Broadland Growth Ltd *

Chetham's School of Music Chetham's School of Music () is a private co-educational boarding and day music school in Manchester, England. Chetham's educates pupils between the ages of 8 and 18, all of whom enter via musical auditions. The music school was established i ...

Stoller Hall – Stephenson Studio for Chetham's School of Music *

City of Glasgow College The City of Glasgow College is a further and higher education college in the city of Glasgow. It was founded in 2010 when the Central College, Glasgow Metropolitan College, and the Glasgow College of Nautical Studies merged. It is the largest ...

City Campus – Reiach And Hall Architects and Michael Laird Architects for City of Glasgow College *Command of the Oceans – Baynes and Mitchell Architects for

Chatham Historic Dockyard The Historic Dockyard Chatham is a maritime museum on part of the site of the former Royal Navy Dockyard, royal/naval dockyard at Chatham, Medway, Chatham in Kent, South East England. Chatham Dockyard covered 400 acres (1.6 km2) and was o ...

*Derwenthorpe Phase One – Studio Partington for Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust *Dujardin Mews – Karakusevic Carson with Maccreanor Lavington for the

London Borough of Enfield The London Borough of Enfield () is a London boroughs, London borough in Greater London, England. The main communities in the borough are Edmonton, London, Edmonton, Enfield, London, Enfield, Southgate, London, Southgate and Palmers Green. Enfi ...

*Dyson Campus Expansion –

for

Dyson Dyson may refer to: * Dyson (surname), people with the surname Dyson * Dyson (company), a Singaporean multinational home appliances company founded by James Dyson * Dyson (crater), a crater on the Moon * Dyson (operating system), a Unix general- ...

*Fallahogey Studio – McGarry-Moon Architects for McGarry-Moon Architects *Finlays Warehouse – Stephenson Studio for Facetspera Ltd * Hastings Pier – dRMM Architects for the Hastings Pier Charity *

King's College School King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The s ...

– Allies and Morrison for King's College School *

Leicester Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, commonly known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in Leicester, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester. One of the city centre's five surviving medieval ch ...

Richard III Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Boswor ...

Project 'With Dignity and Honour' –

van Heyningen and Haward Architects van Heyningen and Haward is an architectural practice, founded in 1983 by Birkin Haward and Joanna van Heyningen, and now owned and managed by James McCosh and Meryl Townley. The London architects work primarily in education, and have also work ...

for Leicester Cathedral *Live Works – Flanagan Lawrence for Live Theatre * Liverpool Philharmonic – Caruso St John Architects for Royal Liverpool Philharmonic *

Magdalen College Magdalen College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete. It is one of the wealthiest Oxford colleges, as of 2022, and one of the strongest academically, se ...

Library – Wright & Wright Architects for Magdalen College * Maggie's at the Robert Parfett Building –

Foster + Partners Foster and Partners (also Foster + Partners) is a British international architecture firm with its headquarters in London, England. It was founded in 1967 by British architect and designer Norman Foster. The firm has been involved in the design ...

for Maggie's *New Music Facilities for

Wells Cathedral School Wells Cathedral School is an independent co-educational boarding and day school for 2–18 year olds located in Wells, Somerset, Wells, Somerset, England, which provides an all-round education alongside specialist music and chorister training. T ...

– Eric Parry Architects for Wells Cathedral School *

New Scotland Yard Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's London boroughs, 32 boroughs. Its name derives from the location of the original ...

– Allford Hall Monaghan Morris for the Metropolitan Police Service *Newhouse of Auchengree – Ann Nisbet Studio for a private client *Number 49 – 31/44 Architects for a private client *Paradise Gardens – Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands for Ravenscourt Studios Ltd *Peacock House – BHSF Architekten with Studio-P for Jila and Andrew Peacock *Photography Studio – 6a architects for Juergen Teller Ltd *Remembrance Centre at the

National Memorial Arboretum The National Memorial Arboretum is a British site of national remembrance at Alrewas, near Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Its objective is to honour the fallen, recognise service and sacrifice, and foster pride in the British Armed Forces and ...

– Glenn Howells Architects for the National Memorial Arboretum *Rockvilla – Hoskins Architects for the

National Theatre of Scotland The National Theatre of Scotland, established in 2006, is the national theatre company of Scotland. The company has no theatre building of its own; instead it tours work to theatres, village halls, schools and site-specific locations, both at h ...

*Shawm House – MawsonKerr Architects for Richard, Tony and Anne Pender *Silchester – Haworth Tompkins for Peabody *South Street – Sandy Rendel Architects for a private client * St Albans Abbey – Richard Griffiths Architects for the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban *

Tate Modern Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international Modern art, modern and contemporary art (created from or after 1900). It forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Live ...

Blavatnik Building – Herzog & de Meuron for the Tate *The Berrow Foundation Building and New Garden at Lincoln College – Stanton Williams with Rodney Melville and Partners for Lincoln College, University of Oxford *The

British Museum The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human cu ...

World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre – Roger Stirk Harbour + Partners for the British Museum *The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia – Archetype for Adapt Low Carbon Group and The University of East Anglia *The Laboratory, Dulwich College – Grimshaw for Dulwich College *The Loom – Duggan Morris Architects for Helical plc * The Welding Institute – Eric Parry Architects for TWI Ltd *The Word – FaulknerBrowns Architects for South Tyneside Council *Vajrasana Buddhist Retreat Centre – Walters & Cohen Architects for the London Buddhist Centre *Victoria Gate Arcades – ACME for Hammerson plc *Walmer Yard – Peter Salter and Associates with Mole Architects and John Comparelli Architects for a private client *Warwick Hall Community Centre – Acanthus Clews Architects for St John the Baptist Church, Burford *Wolfson Tree Management Centre – Invisible Studio for the

Forestry Commission The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the management of publicly owned forests and the regulation of both public and private forestry in England. The Forestry Commission was previously also respons ...

2018

The following buildings won a National Award in 2018: * 15 Clerkenwell Close – Amin Taha Architects and Groupwork for 15CC *25 Savile Row – Piercy&Company for

*53 Great Suffolk Street – Hawkins/Brown for Morgan Capital Partners *Albert Works – Cartwright Pickard Architects for City Estates * Bethnal Green Memorial – Arboreal Architecture for Stairway to Heaven Memorial Trust *

Bloomberg London Bloomberg London is an office building in the City of London, which was opened in 2017. It is owned by Bloomberg L.P. and functions as their European headquarters. It is at 3 Queen Victoria Street, to the west of Walbrook, on the site previously ...

–

for

Bloomberg Bloomberg may refer to: People * Daniel J. Bloomberg (1905–1984), audio engineer * Georgina Bloomberg (born 1983), professional equestrian * Michael Bloomberg (born 1942), American businessman and founder of Bloomberg L.P.; politician a ...

*Boroughmuir High School – Allan Murray Architects for the Children & Families Department,

City of Edinburgh Council The City of Edinburgh Council (Scottish Gaelic: ''Comhairle Baile Dhùn Èideann'') is the local government authority covering the City of Edinburgh council area. Almost half of the council area is the built-up area of Edinburgh, capital of Sco ...

*Bushey Cemetery – Waugh Thistleton Architects for The United Synagogue *Chadwick Hall – Henley Halebrown for the

University of Roehampton The University of Roehampton, London, formerly Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, is a public university in the United Kingdom, situated on three major sites in Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The University traces its r ...

* City of London Freemen's School Swimming Pool – Hawkins/Brown for City of London Freemen's School *Coastal House – 6a Architects for a private client *

Durham Cathedral Durham Cathedral, formally the , is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Durham, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Durham and is the Mother Church#Cathedral, mother church of the diocese of Durham. It also contains the ...

Open Treasure –

Purcell Henry Purcell (, rare: ; September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, ''Dido and Aeneas''; and his incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's ...

for Durham Cathedral *Five Acre Barn – Blee Halligan for Five Acre Barn *Flexible House – Amin Taha + Groupwork for a private client *Gasholders London –

with Jonathan Tuckey Design for King's Cross Central Limited Partnership *King's Crescent Estate Phases 1 and 2 – Karakusevic Carson Architects and Henley Halebrown for the

London Borough of Hackney The London Borough of Hackney ( ) is a London boroughs, London borough in Inner London, England. The historical and administrative heart of Hackney is Mare Street, which lies north-east of Charing Cross. The borough is named after Hackney, Lond ...

*Kingsgate Primary Lower School – Maccreanor Lavington Architects for the

London Borough of Camden The London Borough of Camden () is a London boroughs, borough in Inner London, England. Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road, lies north of Charing Cross. The borough was established on 1 April 1965 from the former Metropolitan boroughs of the Cou ...

*Knox Bhavan Studio – Knox Bhavan Architects for Simon Knox & Sasha Bhavan *Liverpool's Royal Court –

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (also known as AHMM) is the fourth-largest architecture practice in the United Kingdom with offices based in London and Bristol, as well as international studios in Madrid, Sydney and Oklahoma City. Allford Hall Mona ...

for Royal Court Theatre Trust *Lochside House – HaysomWardMiller Architects for a private client * Maggie's Oldham – dRMM Architects for Maggie's *Marlborough Primary School – Dixon Jones for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea * New Tate, St Ives – Jamie Fobert Architects with Evans & Shalev for Tate St Ives *Nucleus, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Caithness Archive – Reiarch and Hall Architects for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority *Old Shed New House – Tonkin Liu for a private client *R7 King's Cross – Morris + Company and Weedon Architects for Argent LLP *Riverlight –

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners RSHP is a British architectural firm, founded in 1977 and previously known as the Richard Rogers Partnership which became Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in 2007. The firm rebranded from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to simply RSHP on 30 Ju ...

and EPR Architects for St James Group Limited *

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the firs ...

, The Susie Sainsbury Theatre and The Angela Burgess Recital Hall – Ian Ritchie Architects for the Royal Academy of Music *Royal Albert Wharf Phase 1 – Maccreanor Lavington for Notting Hill Housing Group *Royal Birmingham Conservatoire –

for

Birmingham City University Birmingham City University (abbrev. BCU) is a university in Birmingham, England. Initially established as the Birmingham College of Art with roots dating back to 1843, it was designated as a polytechnic (United Kingdom), polytechnic in 1971 an ...

*Shaftesbury Theatre –

for the Theatre of Comedy Company *Sibson Building – Penoyre & Prasad for

University of Kent The University of Kent (formerly the University of Kent at Canterbury, abbreviated as UKC) is a Collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom. The university was granted its roya ...

*St Augustines Church – Roz Barr Architects for the

Order of St Augustine The Order of Saint Augustine (), abbreviated OSA, is a mendicant religious order of the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1244 by bringing together several eremitical groups in the Tuscany region who were following the Rule of Saint Augustine ...

*St David's Hospice New In-patient Unit – KKE Architects for St David's Hospice Care *Storey's Field Centre and Eddington Nursery – MUMA LLP for

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

*Storyhouse –

and Ellis Williams Architects for

Cheshire West and Chester Council Cheshire West and Chester Council is the local authority for Cheshire West and Chester, a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council w ...

*The David Attenborough Building – Nicholas Hare Architects for University of Cambridge *The Department Store – Squire and Partners for Squire and Partners *The Leadenhall Building –

for

British Land The British Land Company Public Limited Company is one of the largest property development and investment companies in the United Kingdom. The firm became a real estate investment trust when REITs were introduced in the UK in January 2007. It ...

*The Piece Hall and Calderdale Central Library and Archives – LDN Architects LLP for Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council *The Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre – Niall McLaughlin Architects for

Worcester College, Oxford Worcester College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms was ad ...

University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as ...

Indoor Sports Centre –

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands is a practice of architects, urban designers and masterplanners established in 1986 and practising out of London. History Alex Lifschutz and Ian Davidson met working on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Headquarters ...

for University of Birmingham *

Library –

for University of Roehampton *V&A Exhibition Road Quarter –

AL_A Amanda Jane Levete (born 1955) is a British people, British architect and the principal of AL_A. While she worked as a partner at Future Systems, the company was awarded the 1999 Stirling Prize for their work on the Lord's#Media Centre, Lord's M ...

for the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ...

*Victoria Hall King's Cross –

Stanton Williams Stanton Williams is a British architectural firm based in Islington, London. The firm's projects include the refurbishment of Rhodes House, Oxford, the Marshgate Building at University College, London University College London (Trade n ...

for Aga Khan Development Network *Walthamstow Wetlands – Witherford Watson Mann Architects and Kinnear Landscape Architects for Waltham Forest Council *West Court Jesus College – Niall McLaughlin Architects for

Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Jesus College was established in 1496 on the site of the twelfth-century Benedictine nunnery of St Radegund's Priory, Cambridge, St ...

*Weston Street –

for Solidspace *White Collar Factory –

for

2019

The following buildings won a National Award in 2019:

2020

Due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

, the 2020 awards were postponed to 2021.

2021

The following buildings won a National Award in 2021:

2022

The following buildings won a National Award in 2022:

2023

The following buildings won a National Award in 2023:

2024

The following buildings won a National Award in 2024:

References

{{Reflist Royal Institute of British Architects British architecture awards