RIBA Awards| are given for buildings that have high architectural standards and make a substantial contribution to the local environment. The awards are annual, and have been running continuously since 1966.
RIBA London has announced the twenty eight winners of the 2009 RIBA Awards in London and four major London awards.
The RIBA London Building of the Year is Maggie's Centre, London designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
The LDA / Design for London Public Space Award was presented to St Martin-in-the-Fields restored by Eric Parry Architects. Parabola Land won the LDA / Design for London Client of the Year Award for Kings Place designed by Dixon Jones.
St Martin-in-the-Fields won the English Heritage Award for Sustaining the Historic Environment.
RIBA London will be showcasing the Award winning schemes in an exhibition at the Building Centre between Monday 15 June to Friday 31 July.
Arts and Leisure and Community
City of London Information Centre, London EC4M 8BX; Architects: Make Architects; Clients: Corporation of London; Contractor: Skanska
Hothouse, London E8 3QW; Architect: Ash Sakula; Client: Free Form Arts Trust
Contractor: Mansell Construction
Kew Treetop Walkway, London TW9 3AB, Architect: Marks Barfield; Clients: Royal Botanical Gardens; Contractor: W. S. Britland & Co. Ltd
Sir John Soane's Museum: No.14 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3BP;Architect: Julian Harrap Architects; Client: The Trustees of Sir John Soane's Museum; Contractor: Fullers & Dawson
Lumen URC and Community Centre, London WC1H 9RT; Architects: Theis and Khan Architects; Clients: URC Thames North Trust; Contractor: Dollman Ralston Ltd
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London WC2N 4JJ, Architects: Eric Parry Architects and Caroe & Partners (Conservation Architect); Client: St Martin-in-the-Fields; Contractor: Costain Ltd
Healthcare and Education
Kentish Town Health Centre, London NW5 2BX; Architects: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris; Client: Camden & Islington Community Solutions Ltd; Contractor: Morgan Ashurst PLC
Maggie's Centre, London W6 8RF; Architects: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners: Client: Maggie's Centre; Contractor: ROK
UCL Cancer Institute: Paul O'Gorman Building, London WC1E 6BT; Architects: Grimshaw; Client: University College London; Contractor: Shepherd Construction Limited
Imperial College Central Library, London SW7 2AZ; Architects: A-EM Studio Ltd; Client: Imperial College; Contractors: Parkeray Ltd
Construction Skills Centre, King's Cross, London NW1 2TB; Architects: David Morley Architects; Client Argent; Contractor: Carillion
St Benedict's School, Ealing,Ealing, London W5 2ES; Architect: Buschow Henley; Client: St. Benedict's School, Ealing; Contractor: Jerram Falkus
St Mary Magdalene Academy, London N7 8PG Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios LLP; Client: London Diocesan Board of Schools; Contractor: Mace Plus
Commercial and mixed use
100 VE, Unilever London Headquarters, London EC4Y 0DY; Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates; Client: 100 VE Unilever London Headquarters; Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease
5 Aldermanbury Square, London EC2V 7HR; Architects: Eric Parry Architects
Client: Hanover Cube; Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease
Arts Council England National Office, London SW1P 3NQ, Architects: Caruso St John Architects; Client: Arts Council England; Contractor: Knight Harwood Ltd
Kings Place, London N1 9AG; Architects: Dixon Jones Ltd; Client: Parabola Land Ltd; Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine
New Street Square, London EC4A 3BF; Architects: Bennetts Associates; Client: Land Securities plc; Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine
One Vine Street, London W1B 4EL; Architects: Allies and Morrison; Client: ; Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine
Reiss Headquarters, London W1U 1BA: Architects: Squire and Partners; Client: Reiss Limited; Contractor: Como
The Yellow Building, London W11 4AN; Architects: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Client: Nottingdale Ltd and Monsoon Accessorize; Contractor: Laing O'Rourke
Residential
Frame House, London E9; Architects: Flacq Architects Limited; Client: private; Contractor: Martin Hayward + Timber Engineering Connections
Garden Pavilion, London SW4; Architects: Andrew Pilkington Architects & Designers Contractor: Eddie Kellly
House in Belsize Park, London NW3; Architects: Eldridge Smerin; Client: private; Contractor: Harris Calnan Construction Co. Ltd.
House in Highgate Cemetery, London N6; Architects: Eldridge Smerin; Client: private; Contractor: Harris Calnan Construction Co. Ltd.
Gap House, London W2; Architects: Pitman Tozer Architects Limited
Client: private; Contractor: Brownstone Limited
Block 3, Tarling Estate Regeneration, London E1; Architects: S333 Architecture + Urbanism Ltd and Stock Woolstencroft; Client: One Housing Group; Contractor: Galliford Try Partnership
Urban Housing, Finsbury Park, London, N4; Architects: Sergison Bates Architects
Client: Circle Anglia; Contractor: Hill Partnerships
The ceremony took place Thursday 21 May at the Westminster Academy at the Naim Dangoor Centre, RIBA London Building of the Year 2008.