RIBA Regional, RIAS, RSAW and RSUA awards 2022
Welcome to the RIBA Regional Awards issue 2022. After a complicated couple of years due to Covid-19, the RIBA Regional Awards are back to their usual annual format. From 176 shortlisted projects, whittled down by the judges to 123 winners, we bring to you the awards in full. They offer an astonishing array of types, shapes, colours and sizes from all around the UK.
Alongside the winners showcase, we have also brought back our awards in numbers analysis by geographical region – excluding RIAS for Scotland, which are not yet announced. The region with the most awards is again East with 17 named schemes – it had 18 in 2019 when we last sorted by area. This is followed by London West with 14 and South with 13. At the other end of the spectrum, Wales has the fewest in 2022 with only two, followed by the North East with three, then Yorkshire and London North on four – the latter perhaps exhausted still by coming second overall in 2019 with 15.
In other analysis, you might think the regions with the most awards will have also had the highest total spend, but not this year. London West does well with a spend of £676.8m compared to East’s £66.1m, but it’s pipped to the post by London South East, whose seven projects amount to £730.8 million. Two of those had nine-figure contract values alone (it includes the City of London), which surprisingly doesn’t skew the region’s cost per m2 of average project into a chart-topping position as well because they are big buildings.
In the area of how much needs to be spent per m2 on average to achieve a Regional Award, South East, North West and Yorkshire lead the way in cost ascending order with more than £5,000/m2. Yorkshire and North West are primarily influenced by single projects, but South East, as you might expect, has generally pricier but not uber expensive projects. The North East this year achieved ‘most with least’ at £1,508/m2 for the average project there.
So, there you have it, the awards in synopsis, now time to delve in for a closer look.
RIBA East Regional Award winners 2022
Sutton Hoo plus homes, education schemes and a theatre win awards
RIBA South Regional Award winners 2022
RIBA South honours a range of projects with 13 Regional Awards
RIBA South East Regional Award winners 2022
RIBA South honours a range of projects with 13 Regional Awards
RIBA South West and Wessex Regional Award winners 2022
Homes, holiday lets, library and university excel in South West Awards
RIBA Yorkshire Regional Award winners 2022
Alice Hawthorn pub is Client of the Year and sustainability winner
RIBA West Midlands Regional Award winners 2022
Cathedral’s learning centre leads five West Midlands Regional Awards
RIBA North East Regional Award winners 2022
Shepherds Barn by Leap and Elliott Architects’ North Bank win special awards
RIBA East Midlands Regional Award winners 2022
Conservation, adaptation and reuse excel
RIBA North West Regional Award winners 2022
Community projects take all six Awards in the North West
RSUA Northern Ireland Regional Award winners 2022
Civic and private projects win RSUA Northern Ireland awards
RIBA National Awards and Stirling Prize 2021
How 2021's six Stirling contenders tackled sustainability
Carbon, energy and other green issues
RIBA National Awards set a high bar after a difficult year
With 54 winning schemes, the RIBA National Awards 2021 put on a dazzling display
RIBA National awards 2021: Worship
Contemporary updates to traditional ideas
RIBA National awards 2021: Workplace
Two motor facilities and a lush office carry off national awards
RIBA National awards 2021: Leisure
Hotel, stadium and residential sports centre triumph
RIBA National awards 2021: Health
Winning projects by Stanton Williams and Dow Jones Architects successfully tackle challenging sites
RIBA National awards 2021: Housing
Housing schemes put quality at the heart of design
RIBA National awards 2021: House
Ingenious designs triumph over a wide range of demands and constraints
RIBA National awards 2021: Culture
From shrouded house to restored egg shed, paper store to ballet school
RIBA National awards 2021: Education
With 14 winning projects, education was the RIBA National Awards most successful sector
RIBA Regional, RIAS, RSAW and RSUA awards 2021
London East RIBA Regional Award winners 2021
From a new school to updated Victorian workplaces
London South East RIBA Regional Award winners 2021
Homes – private, social and affordable – dominate the region’s winners
London North RIBA regional award winners 2021
Work, play and a good place for breakfast
London West RIBA Regional Award winners 2021
Community in many guises is represented by West London winners
London South West RIBA Regional Award winners 2021
Two big schemes for Kingston University and Fairfield Halls restoration head the winners’ list
South West and Wessex RIBA regional award winners 2021
A varied set of stories from museum to university, homes and high views
RSUA Northern Ireland Regional Award winners 2021
Castle and university restorations for posterity win Ireland awards
East RIBA Regional Award winners 2021
Lots of homes plus hospital, mosque, museum paper store and cathedral scheme
North East RIBA Regional Award winners 2021
Employment and workplace take a major role among the winning schemes
West Midlands RIBA Regional Award winners 2021
From Jewellery and porcelain to motors and industry
East Midlands RIBA Regional Award winners 2021
Refurb and renovation take a lead among East Midlands winners
Yorkshire RIBA Regional Award winners 2021
Eight winners include renovated rural buildings and a revived theatre
South East RIBA Regional Award winners 2021
All sorts of living represented in 13 winning schemes
South RIBA Regional Award winners 2021
Varied bag of 13 schemes covering most aspects of life
North West RIBA Regional Award winners 2021
From the Lakes to the city centre via the Beatles: eight winners announced
RIBA Awards 2020