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Daring interventions at historic V&A and Royal Academy of Music sites win top honors at RIBA London Awards
RIBA London Building of the Year Award: Victoria & Albert Museum Exhibition Road Quarter by AL_A. Photo: Hufton+Crow.
61 buildings of all shapes, sizes, and budgets have been honored with a 2018 RIBA London Award, bestowed annually for architectural excellence by the Royal Institute of British Architects. The winning projects were selected from a shortlist of 93 buildings with 208 initial entries.
Top honors, the RIBA London Building of the Year Award, went to two outstanding projects: the Victoria & Albert Museum Exhibition Road Quarter by AL_A as well as the Royal Academy of Music, Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall by Ian Ritchie Architects.
Find the complete list of winners and a selection of images below.
RIBA London Building of the Year Award: Royal Academy of Music, Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall by Ian Ritchie Architects. Photo: Adam Scott.
RIBA London Small Project Award: Red House by 31/44 Architects. Photo: Rory Gardiner.
- 15 Clerkenwell Close by Amin Taha + Groupwork
- 25 Savile Row by Piercy&Company
- 53 Great Suffolk Street by Hawkins\Brown
- 70 Wilson by Astudio Ltd
- Abell and Cleland by DSDHA
RIBA London Client of the Year Award: Belvue School Woodland Classrooms by Studio Weave.
RIBA London Sustainability Award: The Sekforde by Chris Dyson Architects. Photo: Peter Landers.
- Alex Monroe Workshop by DSDHA
- Belvue School Woodland Classrooms by Studio Weave
- Bethnal Green Memorial by Arboreal Architecture
- Black Stone Buildings by 6a architects
- Bloomberg, London by Foster + Partners
RIBA London Conservation Award: Turner’s House by Butler Hegarty Architects. Photo: Anne Purkiss.
Bloomberg, London by Foster + Partners. Photo: Nigel Young.
- Brentford Lock West Block E by Mae with White Ink Architects & Claude Maguire
- Bridge Theatre by Haworth Tompkins
- Caroline Place by Amin Taha + Groupwork
- Central Parade by Gort Scott
- Chadwick Hall by Henley Halebrown
The Leadenhall Building by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. Photo: John Safa.
Riverlight by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners with EPR Architects. Photo: Anthony Coleman.
- Charles Dickens School by Maccreanor Lavington
- Dartmouth Park House by AY Architects
- De Beauvoir Block by Henley Halebrown
- Faraday House by dRMM with Simpson Haugh
- Fitzrovia House by Carmody Groarke
25 Savile Row by Piercy&Company. Photo: Nick Hufton (Hufton+Crow).
Faraday House by dRMM with Simpson Haugh. Photo: Andy Stagg.
- Gasholder Park by Bell Phillips Architects
- Gasholders London by Wilkinson Eyre with Jonathan Tuckey Design
- Gin Distillery by Open Practice Architecture
- Grange Primary School by Maccreanor Lavington
- Hackney Town Hall by Hawkins\Brown
Gasholder Park by Bell Phillips Architects. Photo: John Sturrock.
Hackney Town Hall by Hawkins\Brown. Photo: Siobhan Doran.
- Hazelhurst Court by Levitt Bernstein
- Ivydale Primary School by Hawkins\Brown
- Kings Crescent Estate Phases 1 and 2 by Karakusevic Carson Architects and Henley Halebrown
- Kingsgate Primary Lower School by Maccreanor Lavington Architects
- Knox Bhavan Studio by Knox Bhavan Architects
- Marlborough Primary School by Dixon Jones
- No1 New Oxford Street by Orms
University of Roehampton Library by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. Photo: Hufton+Crow.
The Makers House by Liddicoat & Goldhill. Photo: Simon Watson for House & Garden.
- R7, Kings Cross by Duggan Morris Architects with Weedon Architects
- Red House by 31/44 Architects
- Riverlight by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners with EPR Architects
- Royal Academy of Music - The Susie Sainsbury Theatre and The Angela Burgess Recital Hall by Ian Ritchie Architects Limited
- Royal Albert Wharf Phase 1 by Maccreanor Lavington with detailed design by RMA Architects
- Salters Hall by De Metz Forbes Knight Architects
- Sandringham Central at Sandringham Primary School by Walters & Cohen Architects
Sutherland Road by Levitt Bernstein. Photo: Tim Crocker.
Shaftesbury Theatre by Bennetts Associates. Photo: Peter Cook.
- Shaftesbury Theatre by Bennetts Associates
- South Gardens by Maccreanor Lavington
- St Augustines Church by Roz Barr Architects
- St James Market by Make Architects
- Streatham and Clapham High School - Phase One and Two by Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture
- Sutherland Road by Levitt Bernstein
- The Bourne Estate by Matthew Lloyd Architects
R7, Kings Cross by Duggan Morris Architects. Photo: Jack Hobhouse.
Kings Crescent Estate Phases 1 and 2 by Karakusevic Carson Architects and Henley Halebrown. Photo: Peter Landers.
- The Department Store by Squire and Partners
- The Leadenhall Building by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
- The Makers House by Liddicoat & Goldhill
- The Sekforde by Chris Dyson Architects
- Turner's House by Butler Hegarty Architects
- University of Roehampton Library by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
- Upper Richmond Road by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Caroline Place by Amin Taha + Groupwork. Photo: Tim Soar.
Alex Monroe Workshop by DSDHA. Photo: Luca Miserocchi.
- VEX by Chance de Silva & Scanner
- Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition Road Quarter by AL_A
- Victoria and Albert Museum Members' Room by Carmody Groarke
- Victoria Hall King's Cross by Stanton Williams
- Walthamstow Wetlands by Witherford Watson Mann Architects
- Waterloo Community Farm by Feilden Fowles Architects
- Weston Street by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
- White Collar Factory by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
All winning buildings now have a chance at claiming also RIBA National Awards, to be announced here on June 21.
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