Our global architecture awards champion buildings that change the world. RIBA Awards are judged by a diverse, highly respected panel of international experts in their fields (architects and non-architects) as well as the RIBA's governing body for awards, the Awards Group. The awards include:
The Grand Jury for the 2020 RIBA International Awards is led by world-renowned multidisciplinary French architect and planner, Odile Decq. Gaining international recognition in 1990 for her first major commission: La Banque Populaire de l’Ouest in Rennes, France, she has since been committed to diversifying and radicalising her research. Odile Decq won the Jane Drew Prize in 2016 for her innovation, diversity and inclusiveness in architecture, and has received fellowships from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Odile Decq: “The RIBA International Prize has an incredibly important focus – to discover the best architecture for a better life – and I look forward to travelling the world to find a worthy winner”
RIBA Members get a substantial 25% discount on entry fees. RIBA membership is open to architects globally, contact our membership team to discuss membership today.
Winning a RIBA International Award gives practices unparalleled global peer and industry recognition and high-profile exposure through RIBA’s channels, local, national and international media.
Nationally and Internationally, RIBA’s awards are the ones to win. The judging is formidably rigorous adhering to RIBA’s standards of excellence and architectural heritage; with projects visited by our expert jury panels to truly ascertain their design, quality and impact on their community and environment.
These awards set a new global standard for architecture and are open to any qualified architect or architectural practice. Our fully inclusive awards celebrate emerging architects, small projects with limited budgets as well as larger scale projects.
The Call for Entries launched on 11 July 2019 and will close on 31 October 2019, with the early bird rate available until the 30th September.
“The RIBA International Prize is such a beautiful and well- done prize. I hope it continues as long as possible because it gives hope, and this is important for any generation. I think more than anything, it provides the hope to keep doing our profession which can be super challenging and so these kinds of moments really help.”
Gustavo Utrabo - Aleph Zero 2018 International Prize Winners
The pre-eminent awards for architecture outside the UK, recognising and promoting design innovation, sustainable technologies and meaningful social impact. Given to buildings worldwide that stretch the boundaries of architecture and standards of excellence, as judged by a range of high-profile international juries. Winners of these awards are considered for the RIBA International Prize.
This prize recognises international emerging talent of those who have been practising for ten years or less and are making a significant contribution to the field of architecture. Our Emerging Architect Jury, all innovators themselves in the fields of architecture and design are looking for the future pioneers and luminaries of the profession.
The pinnacle of the RIBA International Awards, the prize is awarded to the project which demonstrates visionary, innovative thinking, and design excellence whilst making a distinct contribution for its users and within its physical context- be it the public realm, the natural environment or both. Awarded by the Grand Jury to the building considered to be the most significant and inspirational globally of the year.
International Awards are open to any qualified architect. You will need to provide evidence of the project director’s membership of an organisation such as the RIBA, or registration with an architecture registration board. If you are not a member of any such organisation, we will need details of your qualification certificate and the academic institute you graduated from.
Architectural integrity
Usability and context
Delivery and execution
Sustainability
ArchDaily | Global Partner
Since 2008, the world’s most visited architecture website, ArchDaily serves as main source of architectural knowledge and inspiration for people all around the globe. Publishing up-to-date information on latest architectural projects and solutions, ArchDaily is proud to help build better homes and cities and be a useful tool on the way to a better world.
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.
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.
