RIBA International Awards

Children Village, a new school complex on the edge of the rainforest in northern Brazil designed by Brazilian architects, Aleph Zero and Rosenbaum, has won the RIBA International Prize 2018.

The RIBA International Prize is awarded every two years to a building that exemplifies design excellence and architectural ambition and delivers meaningful social impact. It is one of the world’s most rigorously judged architecture awards, with every longlisted building visited by a group of international experts.

Children Village was chosen from a shortlist of four exceptional new buildings by a grand jury chaired by renowned architect Elizabeth Diller (DS+R).

We are delighted to announce that Kazuyo Sejima, Gloria Cabral and Peter Clegg have joined Elizabeth Diller and Joshua Bolchover on the grand jury of the RIBA International Prize 2018.

• Elizabeth Diller, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Chair of the Grand Jury
• Joshua Bolchover, Co-Founding Director of Rural Urban Framework
• Kazuyo Sejima, Founding Partner of SANAA
• Gloria Cabral, Partner of Gabinete de Arquitectura
• Peter Clegg, Senior Partner of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Unfortunately, due to changes in the judging schedule, Wayne McGregor is no longer able to be on the Grand Jury for the RIBA International Prize 2018.

Gustavo Utrabo and Pedro Duschenes, founders of Brazilian architecture firm Aleph Zero, are the recipients of the RIBA International Emerging Architect 2018 for their project the Children Village in Formoso do Araguaia, Brazil, designed with Rosenbaum.

A new biennial selection of the world’s best new buildings.

CNN Style | International News Partner
We are delighted to be partnering again with CNN Style for the International Prize. Their truly international reach and broad public audience elevates the promotion of this Prize, the projects chosen and the architects behind them, to audiences all round the world.

Dezeen | Professional Partner
This year we are working with Dezeen, as our professional partner, bringing their critical eye and pioneering editorial voice in the architecture and design community to bear on this prestigious award.

Wallpaper* | Lifestyle Partner
We are pleased to be working again with Wallpaper* as our lifestyle partner, having worked with Wallpaper* in 2016* to host a panel discussion at the Venice Biennale and to explore the intersection between architecture and design - Wallpaper* offer a creative take and personal insight on the human face of the industry and help us to convey the role buildings have to play in everyday life.

BA High Life | Travel Media Partner
We’re excited to welcome BA High Life as our travel media partner; as a truly global award we look forward to working with this prestigious title to explore the concerns and exciting opportunities which international travel affords the architecture industry - bringing global expertise to address local challenges and enabling architects worldwide to share ideas and make real change to the face of the built environment.

The RIBA International Prize is in association with the Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA) and in collaboration with Architects' Council of Europe (ACE), and our counterpart organisations around the globe.

The RIBA International Prize is awarded to the project which demonstrates visionary, innovative thinking, and design excellence and makes a distinct contribution for its users and within its physical context.

As with all RIBA Awards, the judging will be formidably rigorous. The RIBA's governing body for awards, the Awards Group (comprising architects and non-architects), spend a week viewing all the materials from several hundred entries. 

This year thirty schemes around the world were visited by members of the RIBA Awards Group and an architect local to the building. The Group then chose 20 RIBA Awards for International Excellence including the winner of the RIBA International Emerging Architect, which was won by Aleph Zero for the Children Village in Brazil.