Time flies – and yes, it is the time of the year again to begin the exciting, annual RIBA Awards cycle. The first shortlists are now coming through, with the London Regional Awards nominees announced today.
2016 RIBA London Regional Awards for architecture promise an inspiring line-up. There is a rich total of 68 projects for the juries – which traditionally divide up the capital in four territories: north, south, east and west.
240 Blackfriars Road by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
Beautiful family houses sit side by side to smaller and larger housing developments for all budgets – including projects such as the Y-Cube by Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners and the Tailored House by Liddicoat & Goldhill.
Commercial building and cultural work are also in abundance; 8 St James's Square by Eric Parry, the Wilton's Music Hall by Tim Ronalds Architects, the Newport Street Gallery by Caruso St John and the Gagosian Gallery Mayfair by TateHindle (with interiors by Caruso St John), are within the nominated projects.
Copper Lane by Henley Halebrown Rorrison is nominated.
And this is just the beginning for the RIBA Awards. The regional shortlists kick-start the process that will result, later in the year, to a selection of winners, which can in turn be considered for the highly coveted RIBA National Awards. The winners of the latter offer the shortlist for the big winner of the year – the RIBA Stirling Prize, announced in the autumn of 2016.
The winners of this first phase will be announced during a special awards ceremony on May 3, at the Stirling Prize-nominated University of Greenwich, Stockwell Street Building.
8 St James’s Square by Eric Parry Architects
19-22 Rodmarton Street by Bennetts Associates
61 Oxford Street by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
142 Bermondsey Street by Hampson Williams Ltd.
Alphabeta by Studio RHE Ltd.
ARK All Saints Academy and Highshore School by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
Brentford Lock West by Mikhail Riches.
Camberwell Library by John McAslan + Partners.
Camley Street by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
Carnaby Court by Rolfe Judd.
Cobalt Place by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
Corner House by DSDHA.
Courtyard Housing by Patel Taylor.
Covert House by DSDHA.
Ely Court, South Kilburn by Alison Brooks Architects Ltd.
Forest Mews by Robert & Jessica Barker.
Garden House by Hayhurst and Co.
Gasholder Park by Bell Phillips Architects.
Godson Street by Edgley Design.
Graveney School Sixth Form Block by Urban Projects Bureau.
Greenwich Housing by Bell Phillips Architects.
Harris House by Niall McLaughlin Architects.
Institution of Structural Engineers Headquarters by Hugh Broughton Architects.
King’s College Road by Thomson Lavers Architects.
King’s Cross Tunnel by Allies and Morrison.
Modern Side Extension by Coffey Architects.
Morelands Rooftop by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
Mount Pleasant Hostel by Peter Barber Architects.
Newport Street Gallery by Caruso St John Architects.
Pegasus Court, Grahame Park by Peter Barber Architects.
Ravens Enclosure, HM Tower of London by Llowarch Llowarch Architects.
RCA Battersea by Haworth Tompkins.
Richmond Adult Community College by Duggan Morris Architects.
Royal Road by Panter Hudspith Architects.
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL by Ian Ritchie Architects Limited.
Studio McLeod by Studio McLeod.
The Green by AOC Architecture Ltd.
The Tailored House by Liddicoat & Goldhill LLP.
Thornsett Road by Allies and Morrison.
Tin House by Henning Stummel Architects.
Trafalgar Place - Elephant and Castle by dRMM Architects.
U and I Headquarters by Coffey Architects.
Vaudeville Court by Levitt Bernstein.
Y-Cube by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.
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