RIBA has announced the first round of RIBA Regional Award winners, all of which will be considered for the RIBA national awards. From the list, Mecanoo's Library of Birmingham takes center stage, as the artisan-inspired structure received a number of awards, including the West Midlands Building of the Year and Emerging Architect. Check out the complete list, after the break...
RIBA EAST AWARDS
- RIBA East Building of the Year and RIBA East Architect of the Year: The Arboretum in Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk / Cowper Griffith Architects
- RIBA East Conservation Award: Finchingfield Guildhall, Essex / Kay Pilsbury Thomas Architects, Saffron Walden
- RIBA East Sustainability Award: Ash Court, Girton College, Cambridge / Allies & Morrison, London
- RIBA East Small Project Award: Wildfowl Cottage extension, Cambridge / 5th Studio, Cambridge
- RIBA East Emerging Architect of the Year: HAT Projects, Colchester
- RIBA East Client of the Year: High House Production Park, Purfleet
Cambridgeshire
- Ash Court, Girton College, Cambridge / Allies & Morrison, London
- Wildfowl Cottage extension, Fen Ditton / 5th Studio, Cambridge
Essex
- High House Artists’ Studios, Purfleet / HAT Projects, Colchester
- Hargood Close, Colchester / Proctor & Matthews, London
- Finchingfield Guildhall / Kay Pilsbury Thomas, Saffron Walden
Norfolk
- The Arboretum, Burnham Overy Staithe / Cowper Griffith Architects, Cambridge
- St George’s Chapel, Great Yarmouth / Hopkins Architects, London
Suffolk
- Britten-Pears Archive, Aldeburgh / Stanton Williams, London
- Private House, Aldeburgh / James Gorst Architects, London
- Broombank, Aldeburgh / SOUP Architects, London
RIBA WEST MIDLANDS AWARDS
- Ashperton Primary Academy, Herefordshire / Warren Benbow Architects
- Centre of Refurbishment Excellence / Stoke-on-Trent, Purcell
- Library of Birmingham / Mecanoo architecten
- Parkside, Birmingham City University / Associated Architects
- Stoke-on-Trent City Centre Bus Station / Grimshaw
- The Lighthouse, Birmingham / Associated Architects
- Tudor Grange Academy, Worcester / Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
- Waverley School, Bordesley Green, Birmingham / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
- RIBA West Midlands Sustainability Award: Centre of Refurbishment Excellence, Stoke-on-Trent / Purcell
- RIBA West Midlands Emerging Architect: Patrick Arends from Mecanoo architecten for the Library of Birmingham
- RIBA West Midlands Client of the Year: Birmingham City Council for the Library of Birmingham
- RIBA West Midlands Building of the Year: Library of Birmingham / Mecanoo architecten
