The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) recently announced the winners of the 2009 RIBA Awards. RIBA Awards for architectural excellence have been presented across the country with 103 buildings in the UK and Europe winning awards (97 in the UK and six in the rest of the EU). The…

Porto, Portugal-based Impromptu Arquitectos, together with their British partner Sergison Bates, have won the “Make Me a Home” competition to design the family homes at Tees Valley Regeneration’s flagship scheme on North Shore in Stockton-on-Tees, England. Developers Urban Splash…

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…