2014 RIBA National Award winners are announced

AWARDS _ The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the winners of the 2014 RIBA National Awards. The shortlist for the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize for the best building of the year will be drawn from the 56 RIBA National and EU Award winners (44 buildings in the UK and 12 buildings elsewhere in the EU). 

The stand-out trend of the 2014 RIBA National Awards is the array of high quality, confident public buildings built for communities all over the country. These buildings show that investment in exceptionally well-crafted civic buildings and public spaces can bring together communities, boost pride and revive our cities, towns and villages. 

There are still very few commercial and privately-owned buildings recognised this year, clearly a recession trend. The large number of smaller-scale projects winning awards show architects’ talent to create great architecture even with more modest briefs and budgets.

Library of Birmingham by Mecanoo Architecten credits Mecanoo; cover: Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth by Wilkinson Eyre Architects credits Richard Chivers

“This year’s RIBA National Award winners show that exceptional architecture can be found anywhere: on any high street, in any village or town, and with any budget. Good architecture always begins with a committed client and it is extremely heartening to see in this year’s crop of winners, the increasing recognition, notably in the public sector, of the vital role of good design in attracting visitors, students and clients and of the dramatic influence that a beautiful building has on communities and pride. These buildings show the challenges that can be overcome with pure architectural creativity” said RIBA President Stephen Hodder.

London 2012 Aquatics Center by Zaha Hadid Architects Credits: Hufton Crow

The prize will be presented on Thursday 16 October in London.  

EAST

Britten Pears Archive by Stanton Williams 

Hargood Close by Proctor and Matthews Architects

St George's Chapel, Great Yarmouth by Hopkins Architects

King's Cross Station by John McAslan + Partners  Credits Hufton Crow 

LONDON

Drapers' Academy by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Brent Civic Centre by Hopkins Architects

Golden Lane by Amin Taha Architects

JW3 by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands

King's Cross Station by John McAslan + Partners

London 2012 Aquatics Center by Zaha Hadid Architects

Shard / London Bridge by RPBW - Renzo Piano Building Workshop

The London Library by Haworth Tompkins

LSE student centre by O'Donnell + Tuomey

Luker House by Jamie Fobert architects

One Pancras Square by David Chipperfield Architects

Ortus by Duggan Morris Architects

Lens House by Alison Brooks Architects

Rambert by Allies & Morrison

Saxon Court and Roseberry Mansions by Maccreanor Lavington

Tate Britain, Millbank Project, Millbank Project by Caruso St John Architects

The New Generation Youth and Community Centre by RCKa

Everyman Theatre, Liverpool by Haworth Tompkins Credits Philip Vile

NORTH WEST

Everyman Theatre, Liverpool by Haworth Tompkins

Manchester Metropolitan University by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

NORTHERN IRELAND

Police Service of Northern Ireland Memorial Garden by Hackett Hall McKnight

Cliff House, Isle of Skye by Dualchas Architects credits: Andrew Lee

SCOTLAND

261 West Princes Street, Edinburgh by Elder & Cannon Architects

Cliff House, Isle of Skye by Dualchas Architects

HOUSEN7, Isle of Tiree by Denizen Works

Scottish Water – The Bridge, Glasgow by Reiach and Hall Architects

SOUTH

John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford by Design Engine

Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth by Wilkinson Eyre Architects

Red Bridge House, Crowborough by smerin architects Credits Tim Crocker

SOUTH EAST

Boarding House by Allies & Morrison

Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, Ditchling, East Sussex by Adam Richards Architects

The Novium, Chichester by Keith Williams Architects

Red Bridge House, Crowborough by smerin architects

The Ritblat Building, Hilden Grange Preparatory School, Tonbridge, Kent by Hawkins\Brown

SOUTH WEST

Architecture Archive, Somerset by Hugh Strange Architects

The Lee Building, Bath by Fielden Fowles Architects with Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Ospray Quay Officer's Field, Portland, Dorset by HTA Design

Poole Harbour Second Crossing, Dorset by Wilkinson Eyre Architects

Porthmeor artists' studios renovation, St Ives by Long & Kentish Architects

The Wilson, Cheltenham Gallery & Museum by Berman Guedes Stretton

WEST MIDLANDS

Library of Birmingham by Mecanoo Architecten

Waverley School, Birmingham by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

YORKSHIRE

Manor Works, Sheffield by 00:/

Seizure Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield by Adam Khan Architects

Marseille Vieux Port by Foster + Partners Credits Nigel Young

EU

Departments Of Law And Central Administration by CRAB Studio

LIBRARY AND LEARNING CENTER (LLC) at WU Campus, Vienna by Zaha Hadid Architects

Musiktheater Linz by Terry Pawson

The Blue Planet, Katstrup by 3XN Architects

Danish National Maritime Museum, Helsingør by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group

Vartov Square, Copenhagen by Hackett Hall McKnight

Marseille Vieux Port by Foster + Partners

Baakenhafen Bridge, Hamburg by Wilkinson Eyre Architects

Extension Joachimstrasse 11, Berlin by David Chipperfield Architects

Lenbachhaus Museum, Munich by Foster + Partners

Nuovo Centro Civico in Scandicci, Florence by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Metro Station Amsterdam by Maccreanor Lavington

The Blue Planet, Katstrup by 3XN Architects Credits Adamm Moerk

Images courtesy RIBA