Today the RIBA announce its 26 winners of the 2024 RIBA National Awards for architecture. Since 1966 the awards have recognised and commended the very best and most inspiring of architectural pursuits from around the UK.
Featured in this year’s winners of the RIBA National Awards for architecture is everything from urban masterplanning and regeneration projects across major UK cities, to smaller residential designs of architectural merit. As well as the new favourite transport network for Londoners: The Elizabeth Line.
Looking at the medalists, it’s clear to see that the architectural landscape of the UK is leaning heavily towards restoration and regeneration. Perhaps this is in the pursuit of a more considerate and sustainable approach to building, or perhaps it’s simply a renewed prioritisation of preserving history.
And it’s not just in the larger landmarks like Battersea Power Station or Bath Abbey where a commitment to reviving the past can be seen. Looking at the residential projects in the line-up of the 2024 RIBA National Awards for architecture, you can find everything from a derelict cottage reinstated for family living to a Brutalist estate that forms part of ongoing restoration work.
In other trends, materiality is clearly a marker for progress with one winner congratulated as the tallest engineered timber office building in central London, while another utilises waste and bio-based materials in the devision of a carbon-negative development.
The winners will now be considered for the highly coveted RIBA Stirling Prize for best building.
Interested in the full list of winners of the 2024 RIBA National Awards for architecture? Scroll down for a snippet of all projects.
Alfreton Park Community Special School
Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture devise a school plan that prioritises accessibility for pupils aged 3 to 19 with special educational needs and disabilities.
Auckland Castle, Tower & Faith Museum
Níall McLaughlin Architects and Purcell utilise a series of urban and historic interventions in the restoration of a 900-year-old Grade I listed Castle.
Bath Abbey Footprint Project
The UNESCO City of Bath undergoes repair and conservation work at the hands of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, with new additions and facilities that hope to breathe a new lease of life into the historic city.
Battersea Power Station (Phase Two)
The iconic London landmark revival from architects at Wilkinson Eyre.
Beechwood Village
Pollard Thomas Edwards and Outerspace employs off-site modular construction in the realisation of a new neighbourhood of over 250 family houses in Basildon.
Bradbury Works
[Y/N] Studio reimagines and extends a Dalston workspace in an intriguing use of polycarbonate carapace.
Chowdhury Walk
Concrete planters line the fronts of new council homes from Al-Jawad Pike in Hackney.
Dining Hall, Homerton College
Homerton College, Cambridge, receives a new dining hall from Feilden Fowles.
Farmworker’s House
Lying low in the green plains of this rural locale is a a single-storey courtyard house for a farm manager with design by Hugh Strange Architects.
House on Redbrae Farm
A derelict cottage reinvented for family life by McGonigle McGrath Architects.
King’s Cross Masterplan
Marking one of Europe’s largest urban regeneration projects, Allies and Morrison and Porphyrios Associates’ masterplan for King’s Cross creates new expectations for city planning.
National Portrait Gallery
New designs from Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell work to elevate the visitor experience of London’s National Portrait Gallery.
New Temple Complex
A domed temple from James Gorst Architects unites modern design and spiritual thinking.
North Gate Social Housing
PagePark Architects enlists a contemporary approach to a social housing scheme that tackles the needs of older residents.
Paddington Elizabeth Line
Improving commutes across London, Weston Williamson + Partners ensures the Elizabeth Line platform at Paddington wallows in natural light and fresh air.
Park Hill (Phase Two)
Mikhail Riches adds to the ongoing restoration of a Grade II listed Brutalist estate.
Royal Academy of Dance
Takero Shimazaki Architects moves the Royal Academy of Dance into the ground floor of a residential building in Wandsworth.
Shrewbury Flaxmill Maltings
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios receives its second recognition with its transformation of this historic brick build into a new leisure hub.
Six Columns
Despite sitting naturally between its neighbors, 31/44 devises a home with a rich architectural tapestry that honours traditional building materials and techniques.
Thames Christian School & Battersea Chapel
Henley Halebrown provides a South London school and church with a new place to commune and congregate.
The Arbor
Sustainable thinking from Boehm Lynas and GS8 creates 10 carbon-negative, zero-waste and net energy positive houses in Walthamstow.
The Black & White Building
Waugh Thistleton Architects breaks records for the tallest engineered timber office building in central London.
The Elizabeth Line
The collaboration of Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and Atkins for The Elizabeth Line marks the biggest contribution to London’s transport system in over twenty years.
The Fruitmarket Gallery
Edinburgh’s beloved gallery is carefully extended and elevated by Reiach and Hall Architects.
WongAvery Gallery
Níall McLaughlin Architects envisions a new music practice and performance space for Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Wraxall Yard
Clementine Blakemore Architects creates a plan to share the charm of this restored dairy farm with the wider community with the inclusion of holiday accommodation, a community space, and an
educational smallholding.
Discover more information about each project directly from the RIBA website.
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