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Why hold a RIBA Competition?

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Best practice design competitions can raise your profile, create new business opportunities and provide valuable experience.

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RIBA has over 65 years’ experience of managing international architectural competitions in the public and commercial sector.

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For any enquiries or help with our RIBA competitions please email: riba.competitions@riba.org

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​1998
Invited Past

​De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea

To design and build a new bandstand for the De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill on Sea. The chosen site was at the south terrace of Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff’s 1935 pavilion.
Infrastructure
today ​Completed: 2001 place East Sussex Project value: £54,000
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​2006
Invited Past

​Leventis Art Gallery, Cyprus

A new art gallery with restaurant and apartments for the AG Leventis Foundation, a private foundation supporting educational, cultural and philanthropic causes which promotes Hellenic culture.
International
today ​Completed: 2014 place ​Cyprus Project value: £21 million
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​2000
Invited Past

​​Central St Martins College of Arts and Design

Performance spaces including two theatres and dance studios are designed alongside exhibition areas, a roof garden, bar and ticketing area. The new campus will provide an unparalleled inspirational and creative space for the college and its students.
Education and Health
today ​Completed: 2011 place ​London Project value: £200 million
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​2006
Invited Past

​Royal College of Art, Sackler Building: Painting Department

The new Sackler Building is the first phase of a major new campus for the Royal College of Art. It provides accommodation for the Painting School and allows all the students to work together under one roof for the first time in over ten years.
Education and Health
today ​Completed: 2009 place ​London Project value: £2.9 million
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​2008
Open Past

​​iCon Innovation Centre, Daventry

The iCon building includes over 55 offices for small businesses in the emerging market of sustainable construction together with a flexible-use conference facility for the local community and a café.
Education and Health
today ​Completed: 2011 place ​Daventry, Northampton Project value: £8.5 million
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​2002
Open Past

​Blackpool Swivelling Wind Shelters

To design a ‘swivelling wind shelter’ that would be an exciting landmark for this important seafront landscape, and contribute to a series of outdoor artworks along the South Shore Promenade in Blackpool.
Infrastructure
today ​Completed: 2006 place Blackpool Project value: £150,000
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​1998
Open Past

Timber Wharf​

The brief was to create a new housing type capable of being mass produced, using modern building techniques on a realistic budget to challenge the preconceived notions of volume house building.
Housing
today ​Completed: 2002 place ​Manchester Project value: £15 million
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​2005
Invited Past

​Clay Field Affordable Housing, Elmswell

To build a social housing development in the village of Elmswell, Suffolk. The client was looking for cutting-edge designs that were attractive, energy efficient and sustainable.
Housing
today ​Opened: 2008 place Elmswell, Suffolk Project value: £2.9 million
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​2015
Halle St. Peters
Invited Past

​Extension to Hallé St. Peter’s

The Oglesby Centre forms the second phase of the project to transform the Grade II listed former church building into rehearsal, performance, education and ancillary spaces for the Hallé Orchestra, Choir and other ensembles.
Culture and Leisure
today ​13 October 2015 place ​Ancoats, Manchester Project value: £6 million
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​1998
Invited Past

​The National Assembly for Wales

The Secretary of State for Wales announced the launch of an RIBA competition to design the new National Assembly for Wales, a new building which was to become a symbol for Wales throughout the world and a prestigious landmark.
Civic and Commercial
today Completed: 2006 place ​Wales Project value: £41 million
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