Daring interventions at historic V&A and Royal Academy of Music sites win top honors at RIBA London Awards

61 buildings of all shapes, sizes, and budgets have been honored with a 2018 RIBA London Award, bestowed annually for architectural excellence by the Royal Institute of British Architects. The winning projects were selected from a shortlist of 93 buildings with 208 initial entries.

Top honors, the RIBA London Building of the Year Award, went to two outstanding projects: the Victoria & Albert Museum Exhibition Road Quarter by AL_A as well as the Royal Academy of Music, Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall by Ian Ritchie Architects.

Find the complete list of winners and a selection of images below.

• 15 Clerkenwell Close by Amin Taha + Groupwork 
• 25 Savile Row by Piercy&Company 
• 53 Great Suffolk Street by Hawkins\Brown 
• 70 Wilson by Astudio Ltd 
• Abell and Cleland by DSDHA

• Alex Monroe Workshop by DSDHA 
• Belvue School Woodland Classrooms by Studio Weave
• Bethnal Green Memorial by Arboreal Architecture 
• Black Stone Buildings by 6a architects 
• Bloomberg, London by Foster + Partners

• Brentford Lock West Block E by Mae with White Ink Architects & Claude Maguire 
• Bridge Theatre by Haworth Tompkins 
• Caroline Place by Amin Taha + Groupwork 
• Central Parade by Gort Scott
• Chadwick Hall by Henley Halebrown 

• Charles Dickens School by Maccreanor Lavington 
• Dartmouth Park House by AY Architects 
• De Beauvoir Block by Henley Halebrown 
• Faraday House by dRMM with Simpson Haugh 
• Fitzrovia House by Carmody Groarke

• Gasholder Park by Bell Phillips Architects 
• Gasholders London by Wilkinson Eyre with Jonathan Tuckey Design 
• Gin Distillery by Open Practice Architecture 
• Grange Primary School by Maccreanor Lavington 
• Hackney Town Hall by Hawkins\Brown 

• Hazelhurst Court by Levitt Bernstein 
• Ivydale Primary School by Hawkins\Brown 
• Kings Crescent Estate Phases 1 and 2 by Karakusevic Carson Architects and Henley Halebrown 
• Kingsgate Primary Lower School by Maccreanor Lavington Architects
• Knox Bhavan Studio by Knox Bhavan Architects
• Marlborough Primary School by Dixon Jones 
• No1 New Oxford Street by Orms 

• R7, Kings Cross by Duggan Morris Architects with Weedon Architects 
• Red House by 31/44 Architects 
• Riverlight by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners with EPR Architects 
• Royal Academy of Music - The Susie Sainsbury Theatre and The Angela Burgess Recital Hall by Ian Ritchie Architects Limited 
• Royal Albert Wharf Phase 1 by Maccreanor Lavington with detailed design by RMA Architects 
• Salters Hall by De Metz Forbes Knight Architects 
• Sandringham Central at Sandringham Primary School by Walters & Cohen Architects 

• Shaftesbury Theatre by Bennetts Associates
• South Gardens by Maccreanor Lavington 
• St Augustines Church by Roz Barr Architects 
• St James Market by Make Architects 
• Streatham and Clapham High School - Phase One and Two by Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture 
• Sutherland Road by Levitt Bernstein 
• The Bourne Estate by Matthew Lloyd Architects

• The Department Store by Squire and Partners 
• The Leadenhall Building by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners 
• The Makers House by Liddicoat & Goldhill 
• The Sekforde by Chris Dyson Architects
• Turner's House by Butler Hegarty Architects  
• University of Roehampton Library by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
• Upper Richmond Road by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris 

• VEX by Chance de Silva & Scanner 
• Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition Road Quarter by AL_A 
• Victoria and Albert Museum Members' Room by Carmody Groarke 
• Victoria Hall King's Cross by Stanton Williams 
• Walthamstow Wetlands by Witherford Watson Mann Architects 
• Waterloo Community Farm by Feilden Fowles Architects 
• Weston Street by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris 
• White Collar Factory by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

All winning buildings now have a chance at claiming also RIBA National Awards, to be announced here on June 21.