2014 RIBA National Award Winners

The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced the winners of the 2014 RIBA National Awards. With 44 buildings in the UK and 12 buildings elsewhere in the European Union, the selected projects will now have the chance to make the shortlist for the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize, awarded annually to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year.

We'll have the shortlisted buildings here on Bustler in July and the final prize winner in October. Stay tuned!

From the RIBA announcement:

"Some of the UK’s best-known new buildings have won an award: the Shard by Renzo Piano, the London Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects, the Library of Birmingham by Mecanoo and the redevelopment of Kings Cross Station by John McAslan and Partners. Alongside these big projects, the crop of winners includes a particularly large number of smaller scale projects, for example Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft formed from a village school and barn in Sussex by Adam Richards Architects; the conservation and redesign of the Grade 2 listed Porthmeor Artists’ Studios in St Ives by Long & Kentish Architects and a small private house cut into a cliff on the Isle of Skye by Dualchas Architects.

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. Great examples where this is evident amongst the winners include the big and bold Brent Civic Centre and the creation of an elegant new public square and café in Great Yarmouth, both by Hopkins Architects; the delightful and tactile new Everyman Theatre in Liverpool by Haworth Tompkins; the impressive new Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and an exciting new crisply-designed youth centre in Lewisham by young architects RCKA. 

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."

See below for a small image selection of 2014 Award Winners.

Here's the complete list of the 56 winning buildings this year:

EAST
Britten-Pears Archive by Stanton Williams
Hargood Close by Proctor and Matthews
St Georges Chapel by Hopkins Architects

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 Redevelopment by John McAslan + Partners
London Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
London Bridge Tower/The Shard by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
London Library by Haworth Tompkins
London School of Economics Saw Swee Hock Student Centre by O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects
Luker House by Jamie Fobert Architects
One Pancras Square by David Chipperfield Architects
Ortus by Duggan Morris Architects
Private House (Lens House) by Alison Brooks Architects
Rambert by Allies and Morrison
Saxon Court & Roseberry Mansions by Macccreanor Lavington
Tate Britain, Millbank Project by Caruso St John Architects
TNG Youth and Community Centre by RCKa

NORTH WEST
Everyman Theatre by Haworth Tompkins
Manchester School of Art by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

NORTHERN IRELAND
Police Service of Northern Ireland Memorial Garden by Hall McKnight

SCOTLAND
261 West Princes Street by Elder & Cannon Architects
Cliff House by Dualchas Architects
House No. 7 by Denizen Works
Scottish Water – The Bridge by Reiach & Hall Architects

SOUTH
John Henry Brookes Building by Design Engine Architects
Mary Rose Museum by Wilkinson Eyre Architects with Pringle Brandon + Will

SOUTH EAST
Brighton College Boarding House by Allies and Morrison
Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft by Adam Richards Architects
The Novium by Keith Williams Architects
Red Bridge House by Smerin Architects
The Ritblat Building, Hilden Grange Preparatory School by Hawkins\Brown

SOUTH WEST
Architecture Archive by Hugh Strange Architects
The Lee Building by Fielden Fowles Architects with Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Officer’s Field by HTA Design
Poole Harbour Second Crossing by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Porthmeor Artists’ Studios and Fishermens’ Cellars by Long & Kentish architects
The Wilson, Cheltenham Gallery & Museum by Berman Guedes Stretton

WEST MIDLANDS
Library of Birmingham by Mecanoo
Waverley School by AHMM

YORKSHIRE
Manor Works by 00:/munity
Seizure Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park by Adam Khan Architects

EUROPEAN UNION
Departments Of Law And Central Administration Vienna University by CRAB studio
Library and Learning Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
Musiktheater Linz by Terry Pawson
The Blue Planet by 3XN
Danish Maritime Museum by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
Vartov Square by Hall McKnight
Marseille Vieux Port by Foster + Partners
Baakenhafen Bridge by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Extension Joachimstrasse 11, Berlin by David Chipperfield Architects
Lenbachhaus by Foster + Partners
Nuovo Centro Civico in Scandicci by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Metrostation Kraaiennest by Maccreanor Lavington

All images courtesy of RIBA.