Buildings
RIBA Awards 2013: Houses
One-off houses usually make rich pickings for awards juries. However, only three have been selected this year for National awards, compared with nine last year and 17 the year before
RIBA Awards 2013: Housing
Last year, AJ deputy editor Rory Olcayto interpreted the low awards count for housing projects as symptomatic
RIBA Awards 2013: Campus
Campuses have achieved seven National Award-winning schemes this year - the same number as in 2012
RIBA Awards 2013: Health
As we continue to reevaluate our perception of longevity and cancer, it’s unsurprising that two of this year’s national award winners for health projects exhaustively explore typologies, if not invent them
RIBA Awards 2013: Public
Public buildings once again have the biggest showing in this year’s RIBA Awards, with 10 securing the coveted accolade and four achieving the EU honour
RIBA Awards 2013: Public realm
The UK architectural profession’s love affair with Clerkenwell, oddly likened to a village in a recent Daily Telegraph round-up of Britain’s best suburbs, suggests it has a much higher regard for historic building stock than decent public spaces, so nobody was shocked when there was only one National and one Regional RIBA Award in last year’s Public Realm category
RIBA Awards 2013: Religious
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash as the title of Jean Shepherd’s anthology goes
RIBA Awards 2013: Schools
The number of RIBA National Awards for schools is up by more than 150 per cent on last year, while the regional tally is much the same, with one more project
RIBA Awards 2013: Workplace
Although some practices prefer recognition for cultural jobs, workplace and production buildings were well received again this year, with five projects on the National and EU lists and therefore potential Stirling Prize finalists
Parklife: Lloyd Park Pavilion by Architecture PLB
Architecture PLB has designed a community facility for Walthamstow that deters vandals without imposing a defensive aesthetic, says Tom Ravenscoft
The ship’s sarcophagus: Mary Rose Museum by Wilkinson Eyre
The design of the Mary Rose Museum posed searching questions, but did Wilkinson Eyre and Pringle Brandon Perkins + Will find the right answers? asks Felix Mara
Vegas on The Strand: ME London Hotel by Foster + Partners
The ME London Hotel has faux leather walls, cattle horns and obelisked roof gablets, but is it a true Foster project? asks Felix Mara
Mayfair flatiron
DSDHA’s crafted approach to scale and tectonics has revitalised South Molton Street, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Dennis Gilbert
Red and green: Rathbone Market by CZWG
CZWG’s Rathbone Market flats rely on mechanical smoke extraction, whole-house ventilation and an acoustic green wall, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Tim Crocker
