Surface Design Awards 2017, London
Surface Design Awards finalists news, focusing on interior and exterior surfaces, connecting innovative materials with architect and designer specifiers, at Business Design Centre, Islington, London.
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Awards architecture design and architects
Architecture awards with building prize news and images, plus architects prizes background. Building award news from across the globe.
We select what we consider to be the most interesting architectural prizes globally and post frequently.
The website archives feature a selection of the best new building awards around the world. Similarly, find details about current designers.
In addition, we post information and images of significant contemporary design projects on this international website.
Emporis Skyscraper Award 2015
Emporis Skyscraper Award 2015 – Shanghai Tower in China wins this tall buildings prize: architects, info + images – Emporis Skyscraper Awards 2015 winners, tall buildings: tower design prize
LEAF Awards 2016 Winners
Overall winner – Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL, London, UK, by Ian Ritchie Architects ; Lifetime Achievement Award for architect / engineer Santiago Calatrava.
Inspireli Awards 2016, Young Architects and Designers
There is almost only one month left for young architects and designers from all around the world to take part in the biggest competition for architects worldwide: 700 contestants from 73 different countries.
Manser Medal winner: building + architect
Manser Medal – The Sunday Time British Home Awards 2016 – OutHouse by Loyn & Co wins. Shortlisted architects were Coppin Dockray, Rodic Davidson Architects, Chris Dyson Architects, Sandy Rendel Architects, Bureau de Change Architects.
Award Winning Architecture Design
The International A’ (A-Prime) Design Award is the world’s largest event for design, innovation and creativity: it brings together the very best architects, designers, innovators, design press and institutions from countries across the globe.
Red Dot Award: Amorphous at Milan Design Week
Glass installation “Amorphous” presented at Milan Design Week 2016 has won this year’s Red Dot Design Award in the category of Communication Design.
2016 RIBA Stirling Prize Winner
Newport Street Gallery wins 2016 RIBA Stirling Prize for UK’s best new building: six buildings shortlisted for highest architecture accolade to be awarded by Royal Institute of British Architects
Stephen Lawrence Prize 2016 Shortlist
House of Trace wins The Royal Institute of British Architects 2016 Stephen Lawrence Prize – winner picked from 6 low-budget buildings by exciting architect practices.
New Online Platform for Sustainability
Global Founders unveiled for a new online platform developed by sustainability charity Bioregional that will make going green easier. It will provide free tools for the sustainable design of buildings.
Design Museum Design Awards, UK
A Chilean university building by ELEMENTAL has won the architecture category of the Design Museum’s Design of the Year Award.
The top prize went to the UC Innovation Centre building in Chile.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2016 Winners
Six winning architectural projects for the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, selected by the Master Jury from amongst 348 projects, competing for US$ 1 million in prize money. Info + images for the winning buildings and architects.
Nathalie Weadick, RIBA Honorary Fellowship News
Nathalie Weadick, architectural curator & director of the Irish Architecture Foundation to be conferred with an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects in recognition of “the enormous contribution (she has) made to architecture.”
RIBA President’s Awards for Research 2016
Annual awards for the best research in the fields of architecture and the built environment. 75 submissions from 14 countries, including 22 from architecture practices. The 4 themes: Cities and Community ; Design and Technical ; History and Theory ; Learning from Projects
Jencks Award Winner: Níall McLaughlin
The Royal Institute of British Architects announce Níall McLaughlin as winner of the 2016 RIBA Charles Jencks Award. It is given to an individual or practice that has made a major contribution internationally to practice and theory of architecture.
Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate 2016
Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha wins the Praemium Imperiale. The annual awards, in the categories of Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Music and Theatre/Film, cover fields of achievement not represented by the Nobel Prizes
Drawing of the Year 2016: Architectural Contest
Aarhus School of Architecture, schmidt hammer lassen architects, VOLA, and Danish Arts Foundation proudly announce the fourth joint venture competition Drawing of the Year 2016. This year’s theme is Habitation.