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 supp ...

, 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 S ...

, 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 (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Irela ...

at Pacific Quay * 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, the city's family proceedings court, the distric ...

*The

Belgrade Theatre The Belgrade Theatre is a live performance venue in Coventry, England. It was the first civic theatre to be built in Britain after the Second World War and is now a Grade II listed building. Background Coventry was the fastest growing city i ...

* Accordia *

North Wall Arts Centre The North Wall Arts Centre (often just referred to as the North Wall) is a performing arts centre in Oxford, owned by St Edward's School and shared with the city. It houses a 200-seat theatre, plus a rehearsal space, dance studio and a visual ...

* 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. 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 Grade I li ...

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

Heathrow Airport Heathrow Airport (), called ''London Airport'' until 1966 and now known as London Heathrow , is a major international airport in London, England. It is the largest of the six international airports in the London airport system (the others be ...

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

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 is a specialist insurance broker for motorcycles headquartered in Peterborough, with a contact centre in Coventry, England, owned by Saga plc. On 17 February 2020 it was announced that The Ardonagh Group had agreed to purchase Benne ...

for

Derwent London Derwent London is a British-based property investment and development business. 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 Ligh ...

*8 Finsbury Circus –

WilkinsonEyre WilkinsonEyre is an international architecture practice based in London, England. In 1983 Chris Wilkinson founded Chris Wilkinson Architects, he partnered with Jim Eyre in 1987 and the practice was renamed WilkinsonEyre in 1999. The practice ha ...

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 co-educational, boarding and day independent school in the village of Steep, near the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1893 by John Haden Badley in reaction to the limitations of con ...

Art and Design Building – Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios 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 Stoller Hall – Stephenson Studio for Chetham's School of Music *

City of Glasgow College The City of Glasgow College (Scottish Gaelic: ''Colaiste Baile Glaschu'') 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 Co ...

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/naval dockyard at Chatham in Kent, South East England. Chatham Dockyard covered 400 acres (1.6 km²) and was one of the Royal Navy's main facil ...

*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 borough in North London. It borders the London boroughs of Barnet to the west, Haringey to the south, and Waltham Forest to the southeast. To the north are the districts of Hertsmere, Welwyn Hat ...

*Dyson Campus Expansion –

for Dyson *Fallahogey Studio – McGarry-Moon Architects for McGarry-Moon Architects *Finlays Warehouse – Stephenson Studio for Facetspera Ltd *

Hastings Pier Hastings Pier is a public pleasure pier in Hastings, East Sussex, England. Built in 1872 and enjoying its prime in the 1930s, it became a popular music venue in the 1960s. The structure suffered major storm damage in 1990, and was closed to the ...

– 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 public school in Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The school was founded in 1829 by King George IV, as the junior department of King's College London an ...

– 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. The church was elevated to a collegiate church in 192 ...

Richard III Richard III (2 October 145222 August 1485) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat and death at the Bat ...

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 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic is a music organisation based in Liverpool, England, that manages a professional symphony orchestra, a concert venue, and extensive programmes of learning through music. Its orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmon ...

– 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 William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the ...

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

Foster + Partners Foster + Partners is a British architectural, engineering, and integrated design practice founded in 1967 as Foster Associates by Norman Foster. It is the largest architectural firm in the UK with over 1,500 employees in 13 studios worldwide. ...

for Maggie's *New Music Facilities for

Wells Cathedral School Wells Cathedral School is a co-educational independent school located in Wells, Somerset, England. The school is one of the five specialist musical schools for school-age children in the United Kingdom, along with Chetham's School of Music, th ...

– 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 32 boroughs, but not the City of London, the square mile that forms London' ...

– Allford Hall Monaghan Morris for the

Metropolitan Police Service The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...

*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. Its objective is to honour the fallen, recognise service and sacrifice, and foster pride in the British Armed Forces and civilian ...

– 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 located in London. It houses the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art, and forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It ...

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 public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

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 South Tyneside Council is the local authority of South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, North East England. It is a metropolitan borough A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in ...

*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 resp ...

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 –

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 and m ...

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

City of Edinburgh Council The City of Edinburgh Council is the local government authority for the city of Edinburgh, capital of Scotland. With a population of in mid-2019, it is the second most populous local authority area in Scotland. In its current form, the counci ...

*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. Roehampton was formerly an e ...

City of London Freemen's School , established = 1854 , type = Independent school Day and boarding school , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Surrey#England#United Kingdom , religion = , president = , head_label = Headmaster , head ...

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

Durham Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a cathedral in the city of Durham, County Durham, England. It is the seat of t ...

Open Treasure – Purcell 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 London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major se ...

*Kingsgate Primary Lower School – Maccreanor Lavington Architects for the

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

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

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Allford Hall Monaghan Morris is an architecture practice based in Clerkenwell, London, with offices in Bristol and Oklahoma. History Set up in 1989 by Simon Allford, Jonathan Hall, Paul Monaghan and Peter Morris, the practice employs over 500 pe ...

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 The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is an Inner London borough with royal status. It is the smallest borough in London and the second smallest district in England; it is one of the most densely populated administrative regions in the ...

* New Tate, St Ives – Jamie Fobert Architects with Evans & Shalev for Tate St Ives *Nucleus, the

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, formed by the Energy Act 2004. It evolved from the Coal and Nuclear Liabilities Unit of the Department ...

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 Rogers may refer to: Places Canada *Rogers Pass (British Columbia) * Rogers Island (Nunavut) United States * Rogers, Arkansas, a city * Rogers, alternate name of Muroc, California, a former settlement * Rogers, Indiana, an unincorporated communit ...

and

EPR Architects EPR Architects is a London-based architectural practice that originally started business under the names of its founders Elsom Pack & Roberts. It is known for commercial, residential and hotel projects. Cecil Elsom CBE (17 January 1912 – 3 Apr ...

for St James Group Limited *

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire 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 first Duke ...

, 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 – Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios for

Birmingham City University , mottoeng = "Do what you are doing; attend to your business" , established = 1992—gained university status1971—City of Birmingham Polytechnic1843—Birmingham College of Art , type = Public , affiliation = ...

*Shaftesbury Theatre –

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

University of Kent , motto_lang = , mottoeng = Literal translation: 'Whom to serve is to reign'(Book of Common Prayer translation: 'whose service is perfect freedom')Graham Martin, ''From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury'' ...

*St Augustines Church – Roz Barr Architects for the

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

*St David's Hospice New In-patient Unit –

KKE Architects KKE Architects (formerly Korsunsky Krank Erickson Architects) was an architecture firm that serves in the fields of architecture, interior design and architectural planning. KKE was ranked one of the top 50 architectural firms in the United States ...

for St David's Hospice Care *Storey's Field Centre and Eddington Nursery – MUMA LLP for

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

*Storyhouse –

and Ellis Williams Architects for Cheshire West and Chester Council *The David Attenborough Building – Nicholas Hare Architects for University of Cambridge *The Department Store –

Squire and Partners Squire and Partners is a British architectural firm founded in 1976 known for designing and executing buildings on key sites in London and internationally. Projects Key projects cover a range of sectors, varying from small bespoke fitouts to larg ...

for Squire and Partners *The Leadenhall Building –

for

British Land The British Land Company plc 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 is headquartered in ...

*The Piece Hall and Calderdale Central Library and Archives – LDN Architects LLP for Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council *The

Sultan Nazrin Shah Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfur-LahAnbalagan, V. (29 May 2014Raja Nazrin proclaimed as the 75th Sultan of Perak The Malaysian Insider. ( Jawi: ; born 27 November 1956) is the 35th and curren ...

Centre –

Niall McLaughlin Architects Niall McLaughlin Architects is an architectural firm in London, England. Niall McLaughlin established the practice in 1991. He has been described as "a favourite with Oxbridge clients"; as of 2022, McLaughlin has had commissions from 15 colleges at ...

for

Worcester College, Oxford Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges 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 ...

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

Indoor Sports Centre – Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands for University of Birmingham *

Library – Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios for University of Roehampton *V&A Exhibition Road Quarter –

AL_A AL_A, formerly known as Amanda Levete Architects, is a London-based practice formed in 2009 by Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete CBE. Practice AL_A was formed in 2009 following the end of Levete's 20-year partnership with the lat ...

for the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

*Victoria Hall King's Cross –

Stanton Williams Stanton Williams is a British architectural design practice based in Islington Islington () is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner ...

for Aga Khan Development Network *Walthamstow Wetlands – Witherford Watson Mann Architects and Kinnear Landscape Architects for

Waltham Forest Council Waltham Forest London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Waltham Forest in London, England which has existed since the London Government Act 1963 was commenced in 1965, replacing three local authorities: Chingford ...

*West Court Jesus College –

for

Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes ...

*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, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...

, 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:

References

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