Shortlist for UK architecture鈥檚 biggest prize out next week
A floating church, a home perched on a water tower, brutalist council offices given new life as a high-end hotel and key worker housing at Cambridge University are among 54 winners of this year鈥檚 RIBA National Awards.
Today鈥檚 announcement will trigger feverish speculation about which buildings will make it on to the Stirling Prize shortlist which is due to be announced next week.
The National Awards are viewed by many as the long-list for UK architecture鈥檚 highest accolade.
This year鈥檚 awards 鈥渟howcase the extraordinary breadth and brilliance of UK architecture today鈥�, said the judges.
They pulled some key trends from the list of winners, including the sensitive restoration and adaptation of existing buildings, investment in arts and culture and state-of-the-art higher education facilities and schools.
Bennetts Associates pulled off three awards, for new offices for the in London, for the Bayes Centre, a research building for the University of Edinburgh, and for Jaguar Land Rover鈥檚 Advanced Product Creation Centre in Warwickshire.
Champing at Bennetts鈥� heels were Peter Barber Architects, with two London housing schemes, Carmody Groarke, with the in Cumbria and the protecting a Charles Rennie Mackintosh mansion in Helensburgh from water ingress, and Stanton Williams, for its and a .
Honours also went to Stephenson Hamilton Risley Studio for the Oglesby Centre and cafe at Hall茅 St Peter鈥檚 in Manchester, 6a Architects for in Milton Keynes and Ney & Partners and William Matthews Associates for the .
There were also numerous awards for housing schemes, including Mae鈥檚 council housing development for people displaced by HS2, housing for older people in Surrey, and Maccreanor Lavington鈥檚 development in south east London.
RIBA President Simon Allford described the winners as an 鈥渋ntelligent and refreshing collection of exemplary projects鈥�.
鈥淩anging from radical, cutting-edge new designs to clever, creative restorations that breathe new life into historic buildings, these projects illustrate the enduring importance and impact of British architecture,鈥� he said.
鈥淭here are a good number of well-designed school and university buildings that are powerful investments in the future, and I am sure they will inspire young people, their teachers and communities. I am also thrilled to see many of these make creative use of existing structures. Well-designed education facilities should be the rule rather than the exception 鈥� every child deserves an effective learning environment, and these projects provide rich inspiration.
鈥淟ooking ahead, as we design the low-carbon future, we must start by exploring the retention and reuse of existing buildings. And when a new building is essential, we need to make sure it will last and serve the future well 鈥� so it needs to be flexible and reusable.
鈥淟ong-life; loose-fit; low-energy architecture is the present and the future. It is therefore very encouraging to see restoration and sensitive adaptation feature so prominently this year; with many buildings acknowledging their history, the needs of the present and the potential of their dynamic future.
鈥淎rts and culture enrich our lives so, after 18 months of restrictions and isolation, the array of quality new museums, galleries and performance spaces is great to see and visit.鈥�
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The 2021 RIBA National Award winners
East
Cambridge Central Mosque by Marks Barfield Architects
Imperial War Museums Paper Store, Duxford by Architype
Key Worker Housing, Eddington, Cambridge by Stanton Williams
The Water Tower, Norfolk by Tonkin Liu
London
95 Peckham Road, SE15 by Peter Barber Architects
Blackfriars Circus, SE1 by Maccreanor Lavington
Caudale Housing Scheme, NW1 by Mae Architects
Centre 黑洞社区 at LSE, WC2A by Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners
Centre for Creative Learning, Francis Holland School, SW1W by BDP
English National Ballet at the Mulryan Centre for Dance, E14 by Glenn Howells Architects
Floating Church, E15 by Denizen Works
House-within-a-House by alma-nac
Kingston University London 鈥� Town House by Grafton Architects
Moore Park Mews, SW6 by Stephen Taylor Architects
North Street, IG11 by Peter Barber Architects
Royal Academy of Arts, W1J by David Chipperfield Architects
Royal College of Pathologists, E1 by Bennetts Associates
The Ray Farringdon, EC1R by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
The Rye Apartments, SE15 by Tikari Works
The Standard, WC1H by Orms
The Student Centre, UCL, WC1H by Nicholas Hare Architects
Tiger Way, E5 by Hawkins Brown
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, N17 by Populous
Wooden Roof, N1 by Tsuruta Architects
Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, WC1N by Stanton Williams
North East
Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre Durham University by Faulkner Browns Architects
North West
Pele Tower House, Lake District by Woollacott Gilmartin Architects
The Gables, Liverpool by DK-Architects
The Oglesby Centre at Hall茅 St Peter鈥檚, Manchester by Stephenson Hamilton Risley Studio
Windermere Jetty Museum by Carmody Groarke
Scotland
Aberdeen Art Gallery by Hoskins Architects
Bayes Centre, University of Edinburgh by Bennetts Associates
Sport Scotland National Sports Training Centre Inverclyde, Largs, North Ayrshire by Reiach and Hall Architects
The Egg Shed, Ardrishaig, Lochgilphead by Oliver Chapman Architects
The Hill House Box, Helensburgh by Carmody Groarke
South & South East
Brighton College 鈥� School of Science and Sport by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
Library and Study Centre St Johns College Oxford University by Wright & Wright Architects
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes by 6a architects
Moor鈥檚 Nook, Woking by Coffey Architects
The Clore Music Studios New College Oxford University by John McAslan & Partners
The Dorothy Wadham 黑洞社区 Wadham College Oxford University by Allies and Morrison
The King鈥檚 School, Canterbury International College by Walters & Cohen Architects
The Malthouse, The King鈥檚 School Canterbury by Tim Ronalds Architects
The Narula House, Berkshire by John Pardey Architects
Walmer Castle and Gardens Learning Centre, Dover by Adam Richards Architects
Winchester Cathedral South Transept Exhibition Spaces by Nick Cox Architects with Metaphor
South West
Bath Schools of Art and Design by Grimshaw
Redhill Barn, Devon by Type Studio
The Story of Gardening Museum, Somerset by Stonewood Design with Mark Thomas Architects and Henry Fagan Engineering
Tintagel Castle Footbridge for English Heritage, Cornwall by Ney & Partners and William Matthews Associates
Windward House, Gloucestershire by Alison Brooks Architects
Wales
Maggie鈥檚 Cardiff by Dow Jones Architects
West Midlands
Jaguar Land Rover Advanced Product Creation Centre, Warwickshire by Bennetts Associates
Prof Lord Bhattacharyya 黑洞社区, University of Warwick by Cullinan Studio
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