The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 RIBA Awards. Five schemes in the Yorkshire region have won an RIBA Award.

The winning projects includea striking new Multi-Storey Car Park in the heart of Sheffield, the elegant streamlined timber-deck Castleford bridge from Channel 4's regeneration  programme and a beautifully landscaped hospital outside Hull that provides an outstanding environment for recuperation.

The five buildings in the Yorkshire region that have won RIBA Awards are:

1. Castleford Bridge, Castleford by McDowell and Benedetti Architects

2. Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham by HLM Architects

3. Charles Street Car Park, Sheffield by Allies and Morrison Architects

4. De Grey Court, York St John University, York by Rivington Street Studio Architecture

5. No1 North Bank, Sheffield by BDP Architects

RIBA President Sunand Prasad said about the 2009 RIBA Award winners:

'The RIBA Awards are a thermometer to indicate the state of health of British architecture and for 2009 the results are good: both quality and quantity have been maintained. This year's list accurately reflects both the diversity, and the workload of UK architecture, with more schools and health buildings than usual winning awards.  It is particularly heartening to see more schemes that are about regenerating our cities, towns and countryside.  These awards,  which are judged on a regional basis, reflect and reward the good things that are going on all across the UK, and they also form the basis of what promises to be another interesting year for the RIBA Stirling Prize.'

The RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist will be drawn from the 103 RIBA Award winners. The RIBA Stirling Prize, in association with The Architects' Journal and Crystal Digital Technologyis awarded to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. The prize will be presented at Old Billingsgate, London on Saturday 17 October 2009 and broadcast live on Channel 4.