The big reveal: RIBA London announces the winners of its 2016 Regional Awards

It only feels like yesterday that the annual RIBA London Regional Awards shortlist was announced; now word has arrived about the lucky – and worthy – winners.
From a rich total of 68 projects, the juries – as per the RIBA tradition, the capital was divided in four territories; south, north, east and west – have now selected 36 winning schemes.
There’s rich pickings to be had as the list includes from a new home for the Ravens in the Tower of London; a Japanese-take on the London terraced house; and a new centre of excellence for brain research. There’s a twin win for architects DSDHA, both their Corner House and their Covert House were chosen for an award. The list also spans several more housing, leisure, education and commercial wins.
Meanwhile, Tim Ronalds Architects’ restoration of the 18th and 19th century buildings of the Wilton’s Music Hall scooped the prestigious title of RIBA London Building of the Year.
These – and the rest of Britain’s – regional winners mark the beginning for the 2016 RIBA Awards cycle. Later in the year, the combined selection of winners will in turn be considered for the highly coveted RIBA National Awards, while the winner of the latter offer the shortlist for the big winner of the year, the RIBA Stirling Prize, announced in the autumn of 2016. As ever, watch this space.
The awards ceremony was held earlier tonight at the Stirling Prize shortlisted University of Greenwich Stockwell Street Building, which houses the University’s Architecture Department.
61 Oxford Street by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
Alphabeta by Studio RHE Ltd.
ARK All Saints Academy and Highshore School by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
Corner House by DSDHA.
Covert House by DSDHA.
Curzon Bloomsbury by Takero Shimazaki Architects.
Ely Court, South Kilburn by Alison Brooks Architects Ltd.
Gagosian Gallery, Mayfair by TateHindle.
Garden House by Hayhurst and Co. Photography: Killian O'Sullivan
Godson Street by Edgley Design.
Graveney School Sixth Form Block by Urban Projects Bureau.
Greenwich Gateway Pavilions by Marks Barfield Architects.
Greenwich Housing by Bell Phillips Architects.
House of Trace by Tsuruta Architects.
Kingston Ancient Market Place and Stalls by Tonkin Liu. Photography: Olivier Favrel
Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute by Allies and Morrison.
Merchant Square Footbridge by Knight Architects.
Modern Mews by Coffey Architects.
Modern Side Extension by Coffey Architects.
Newport Street Gallery by Caruso St John Architects.
Ravens Enclosure, HM Tower of London by Llowarch Llowarch Architects.
RCA Battersea by Haworth Tompkins.
Regent High School by Walters & Cohen Architects.
Royal Road by Panter Hudspith Architects.
Sir John Soane's Museum by Julian Harrap Architects LLP.
The Bath House Children's Community Centre by Lipton Plant Architects.
The Plimsoll Building by David Morley Architects.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea, Long Wards by Peregrine Bryant Architecture and Building Conservation.
Thornsett Road by Allies and Morrison.
Tin House by Henning Stummel Architects.
Trafalgar Place - Elephant and Castle by dRMM Architects.
Turnmill by Piercy&Company.
Vaudeville Court by Levitt Bernstein.
Waddesdon Bequest Gallery by Stanton Williams.
Wilton's Music Hall by Tim Ronalds Architects.
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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).
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