RIBA Awards 2010
RIBA Awards
The RIBA Awards have been running continuously since 1966 and are judged and presented locally. RIBA Awards are given for buildings that have made a substantial contribution to the local environment. The RIBA Awards are organised and judged on the basis of the RIBA nations and regions. There is no limit to the number of awards that may be made within each region; equally, should the standards not merit it, no award may be made in a nation or region. UK juries will consist of: a) One architect from that RIBA nation or region b) One lay person appointed by the Awards Group c) One architect Jury Chair appointed by the Awards Group, who will also chair the shortlisting panel which determines the schemes to be visited by the jury of three. Entries for RIBA Awards are no longer considered anonymously. Buildings must be completed and occupied between 1 January 2008 and 19 February 2010.
The RIBA Stirling Prize
The RIBA Stirling Prize is a built or designed in the UK Award. It is for the best building in the UK or in the rest of the EU by UK based architects. The RIBA Stirling Prize will be chosen from a shortlist drawn up by the Awards Group following visits to Stirling-eligible schemes in the UK and the rest of the EU. The Stirling Prize jury, comprising architects and lay members, determines the winner on the day of the prize’s presentation and its votes remain confidential. The 2010 RIBA Stirling Prize will be presented on Saturday 9 October at Roundhouse, London and shown live on Channel 4.
The RIBA Lubetkin Prize
The RIBA Lubetkin Prize is a built and/or designed in the rest of the world award. It is for the best building outside the EU or in the EU (excl. UK) by non UK based architects. Visits will be made to a shortlist by a jury including at least one architect and one lay judge. The final decision will be made by a panel which includes the visiting judges and is chaired by the President of the RIBA. The prize is named in honour of the Royal Gold Medallist Berthold Lubetkin and expresses the RIBA’s commitment to international architecture.
The Special Awards
All RIBA Award-winners will be eligible for a series of special awards. The Special Awards are selected from shortlists drawn up from winners of RIBA Awards and are judged by separate juries, including architects and relevant specialists as appropriate. The RIBA Client of the Year honours the key role that a good client plays in the creation of fine architecture. The Crown Estate Conservation Award is presented to the architects of the best work of conservation which demonstrates successful restoration and/or adaptation of an architecturally significant building. The Manser Medal sponsored by the Rooflight Company. The trophy will be presented to the best example in the UK of a one-off house or housing which demonstrates innovation in the design and technology of housing. The RIBA CABE Public Space Award. The award will be made to the architects of the best space between buildings and recognises the growing importance and valuable contribution well-designed public spaces make to the quality of our built environment and to our daily lives. The RIBA Sorrell Foundation Schools Award goes to the architects of the best RIBA Award-winning school (primary or secondary) with the aim of raising the standards of design in all new school building. The Stephen Lawrence Prize goes to the architects of the best building with a construction budget of less than £1 million. It is supported by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation, which funds a £10,000 scholarship at the Architectural Association.
How to Enter
To enter the RIBA Awards you submit an entry/ies to the region or nation in which the building is situated, or in the case of International entries, to the RIBA Awards Office in London (see p8 for which category to enter). Winning buildings will then be considered for all the awards for which they are eligible. Entries must be designed by an architect who is a chartered member of the RIBA, RIAS or RSUA; or by an architectural practice, at least one of whose full-time principals is a chartered member of those institutions; or by an architect who is an International Fellow of the RIBA.
The entry must include:
A one-page summary. Designed to be an at-aglance summary of the project, this should be one side of A4 paper and include: the name and location of the project at the top right hand corner, name of the practice, up to four images (internal and external), a plan and section, and up to 100 words describing the project.
A copy of this summary must be e-mailed at the time of entry to clemency.christopherson@inst.riba.org A further one-page description of the project setting out client’s brief, the planning and social constraints, materials and method of construction, summary of time-table, programme and budget constraints.
Another up to one page description of the building's performance in use with particular reference to energy use for all entries, plus energy performance statistics signed off by an environmental engineer for all projects with a contract value over £1 million. The form can be downloaded from www.architecture.com/awards Awards judges take into account the following factors when considering entries:
- – Budget
- – Size
- – Complexity of brief
- – Detail
- – Invention/originality
- – Contract type
- – Client satisfaction
- – Sustainability
- – Social factors
- – Delight
Your RIBA Awards entry must be submitted in a sealable A4 transparent wallet. Entries must be loose – you must not bind or submit each sheet of paper in separate plastic folders.
The decisions of the juries are in all matters final and correspondence will not be entered into by the awards organisers with unsuccessful entrants, who will have the opportunity to re-enter their building for consideration by a different jury in the following year, providing the scheme is less than 2 years, 2 months old at the time of re-entry.
