The RIBA Journal, the magazine of the Royal Institute of British Architects, invites the public to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the RIBA and vote on the best of the best! Crystal Palace, south London by Paxton and…

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is calling for entries for this year’s RIBA President’s Awards for Research. The deadline for submissions is 15 June 2009. This is the fourth year of the awards, which are presented annually to reward and encourage outstanding research in architecture. Entries are invited…

Ian Simpson Architects with Adams Kara Taylor Engineers and Hoare Lea Engineers has been announced as winners of the competition to design a new innovative, architecturally striking educational, conference and seed production complex at the…

Dan Pearson Studio has won the competition to select a designer to remodel the three publicly accessible roof terraces at the RIBA Headquarters Building, Portland Place, London. The first Stage of the competition attracted 57 Expressions of Interest, from which Burd Haward Architects, Dan Pearson Studio, Glowacka Rennie Architects and…

Professor Andrew MacMillan and Professor Isi Metzstein have been named as joint winners of the RIBA Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architectural Education. Established in 2000, the biennial award is open to individuals who have made a significant contribution to architectural education. It is open to teachers (individuals or…

The Royal Institute of British Architects has been awarding the President’s Medals since the 1850s and the awards were established in their current format in 1984. The aim of these prestigious awards is to promote excellence in the study of architecture, to reward talent and to encourage architectural debate worldwide.…

Floating homes, sunken pontoons and timber drawbridges are just some of the innovations presented by architects across the world in a bid to design a flood proof house for the future. The competition launched by Norwich Union, with the support of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), aimed to…

Via Building Design: Gough asks students to boycott contest that ‘propogates paranoia’ The organisers of a student competition to design out terrorism have been accused of contributing to a “culture of fear”. The Public Spaces, Safer Places: Designing in Counter Terrorism contest…

The shortlist is announced for the competition to design a new mixed tenure, affordable housing development on the Greyhound Opening site in Norwich, United Kingdom. The Delivering Affordable Housing Partnership (DAHP) - a partnership of Norwich City Council, Broadland Housing & Orbit Housing Partnership, Circle Anglia Ltd, Flagship Housing Group…

Accordia in Cambridge designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects, and Macreanor Lavington has won the 13th RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects’ Journal. The judges commented: “This is high density housing at its very best, demonstrating that volume house-builders can deliver high quality architecture –…