RIBA Special Awards Shortlist Announced

Today, the Royal Institute of British Architects announced the shortlist of RIBA’s Special Awards which will be awarded alongside the Stirling Prize.

The RIBA/English Partnerships Sustainability Award
This award is given for the building that demonstrates most elegantly and durably the principles of sustainable architecture. The building industry produces half the world’s CO2. The award encourages architects and clients to go beyond the letter of the law, and make energy-efficient buildings which are also beautiful.
The award is judged by a panel of experts who consider the environmental credentials of schemes as submitted by the architects and clients; they revisit the schemes where necessary. The 2008 panel include Robin Nicholson of Edward Cullinan Architects, Patrick Bellew of Atelier Ten and Kevin McGeough of English Partnerships.

* Oxley Woods by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

* Oundle School Science Technology Block by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

* Bristol Brunel Academy by Wilkinson Eyre Architects

* Manchester Civil Justice Centre by Denton Corker Marshall

The Crown Estate Conservation Award
The Crown Estate Conservation Award is given to the best work of conservation which demonstrates successful restoration or adaptation of an architecturally significant building. The judges look to award a scheme which demonstrates one of the principal tenets of the Crown Estate and this award - that conservation is the practical art of making yesterday’s buildings work for today’s society.

* The Listed Wind Tunnels by Julian Harrap Architects
* De La Warr Pavillion by Taylor John McAslan & Partners
* St Pancras International by Alastair Lansley

* Royal Festival Hall by Allies and Morrison
* Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds by Levitt Bernstein Associates

RIBA/CABE Public Space Award
The RIBA and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) have launched a new award to find the best examples of public space. The new prize, part of the RIBA Awards, is sponsored by CABE.

* Old Market Square by Gustafson Porter

* Royal Festival Hall by Allies and Morrison

* Royal Observatory by Allies and Morrison

Stephen Lawrence Prize
The Stephen Lawrence Prize is sponsored by the Goldschmied Foundation and is intended to encourage fresh talent working with a budget of under £1 million.

* East Beach Cafe by Heatherwick Studio

* Classroom of the Future by Gollifer Langston Architects

* Cremorne Riverside Centre by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
* The Sackler Crossing by John Pawson

* Glass & Timber Houses – Dulwich, Hampson Williams

The RIBA/Sorrell Foundation Schools Award
The £5,000 prize is presented to the architects of the best RIBA award-winning school (primary or secondary) with the aim of raising the standards of design in all new school building.

* Oundle School Science Technology Block by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
* Thomas Deacon Academy by Foster + Partners

* Bristol Brunel Academy by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
* Pinewood Infant School by Hampshire County Council Architecture & Design Services

* St Marylebone Church of England School Performing Arts Facility by Gumuchdjian Architects

* Westminster Academy at the Naim Dangoor Centre by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Manser Medal
The Manser Medal, sponsored by The Rooflight Company, is awarded for the best one-off house or major extension designed by an architect in the UK.

* Accordia by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Maccreanor Lavington and Alison Brooks Architects

* Private House, Belfast, by Twenty Two Over Seven
* Garden Apartment, Kensington by Gianni Botsford Architects
* Halligan House by Simon Conder Architects

* Oxley Park by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners