On June 27th, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) recognised 54 British organisations as part of the 2019 RIBA Awards, which have continuously run since 1966. The awards that RIBA presented each of the organizations with recognise some of the UK’s best new architectural constructions while also providing a look into architectural and economic trends in the UK. On July 18th, the shortlist for the recipient of the 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize will be announced and the prize will be awarded in October.
The organisations in the 2019 RIBA Awards cohort are as follows:
- 168 Upper Street (London, N1) by Groupwork
- 4 Pancras Square (London, W1) by Eric Parry Architects
- Alexandra Palace (London, N22) by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
- Battersea Arts Centre (London, SW11) by Haworth Tompkins – recognised for restoration of a listed or historic building
- The Beecroft Building, University of Oxford by Hawkins\Brown
- Brentford Lock West Keelson Gardens (London, TW8) by Mæ with White Ink Architects
- Bristol Old Vic by Haworth Tompkins
- Coal Drops Yard (London, N1C) by Heatherwick Studio with BAM Design
- Collective on Calton Hill (Edinburgh, Scotland) by Collective Architecture
- Colin Connect Transport Hub and Colin Town Square (Belfast, Northern Ireland) by Hall McKnight
- Cork House (Berkshire) by MPH Architects
- The Dorothy Garrod Building, Newnham College (Cambridge) by Walters & Cohen Architects
- Eddington, Lot 1, North West Cambridge by WilkinsonEyre with Mole Architects
- Eddington Masterplan, Cambridge by AECOM
- Eleanor Palmer Science Lab (London, NW5) by AY Architects
- Goldsmith Street (Norwich) by Mikhail Riches – recognised for exemplary volume housing
- Great Arthur House (London, EC1Y) by John Robertson Architects – recognised for exemplary volume housing
- Hackney Wick Station (London) by Landolt + Brown
- Hampshire House by Niall McLaughlin Architects
- Hill House Passivhaus (East Sussex) by Meloy Architects
- House Lessans (Saintfield, Northern Ireland) by McGonigle McGrath
- Kettle’s Yard (Cambridge) by Jamie Fobert Architects – recognised for working to create ‘high quality cultural destinations’
- Kingswood Preparatory School and Nursery (Bath) by Stonewood Design
- LAMDA (London, W14) by Niall McLaughlin Architects
- London Bridge Station by Grimshaw
- The Macallan Distillery (Aberlour, Scotland) by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
- Mackintosh at the Willow (Glasgow, Scotland) by Simpson & Brown – recognised for restoration of a listed or historic building
- Mapleton Crescent (London, SW18) by Metropolitan Workshop
- Marmalade Lane Cohousing (Cambridge) by Mole Architects – recognised for exemplary volume housing
- Merano (London, SE1) by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners with EPR
- Music School, King’s College School Wimbledon (London, SW19) by Hopkins Architects
- Nevill Holt Opera (Leicestershire) by Witherford Watson Mann Architects – recognised for working to create ‘high quality cultural destinations’
- Nithurst Farm (West Sussex) by Adam Richards Architects
- North West Cambridge Utility Buildings by Robin Lee Architecture
- Ordsall Chord (Manchester) by BDP
- The Painted Hall (London, SE10) by Hugh Broughton Architects with Martin Ashley Architects
- Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre (Cambridge) by Haworth Tompkins
- Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery (London, W5) by Jestico + Whiles with Julian Harrap Architects
- Preston Bus Station Refurbishment by John Puttick Associates with Cassidy+Ashton – recognised for restoration of a listed or historic building
- The Queens Diamond Jubilee Galleries (London, SW1) by MUMA LLP
- A Restorative Rural Retreat for Sartfell (Isle of Man) by Foster Lomas
- Royal Opera House Open Up (London, WC2E) by Stanton Williams
- Secular Retreat (Devon) by Atelier Peter Zumthor with Mole Architects
- Sevenoaks School Science and Technology Centre and Global Study Centre by Tim Ronalds Architects
- Signal Townhouses (London, SE1) by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
- Simon Sainsbury Centre, Cambridge Judge Business School (Cambridge) by Stanton Williams
- Southbank Centre (London, SE1) by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with Archer Humphryes Architects
- South London Gallery Fire Station (London, SE15) by 6a Architects – recognised for working to create ‘high quality cultural destinations’
- Teaching and Learning Building, University of Nottingham by Make Architects
- Television Centre (London, W12) by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris with MacCreanor Lavington, Morris+Company, dRMM, Mikhail Riches, Piercy+Co, Haptic, Archer Humphreys and Coffey Architects
- V&A Dundee by Kengo Kuma & Associates with PiM.studio Architects and James F Stephen Architects
- Westminster Abbey Triforium Project (London, SW1) by Ptolemy Dean Architects – recognised for restoration of a listed or historic building
- The Weston, Yorkshire Sculpture Park by Feilden Fowles Architects – recognised for working to create ‘high quality cultural destinations’
- Writ in Water (Runnymede, Surrey) by Studio Octopi