Shortlists For Seven RIBA Special Awards Announced

Some of the most exciting new buildings across the UK and EU have been shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) seven special awards. The winners will be announced at the presentation of The RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects’ Journal at the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday 15 October and televised live on Channel 4 at 8pm.

The shortlists were drawn from the 71 RIBA Award-winning buildings announced earlier this year in June.

The shortlists are:

The Manser Medal in association with The Best of British Homes

This prize is awarded for the best one-off house designed by an architect in the UK.

1. Stealth House, East Dulwich SE5 - Robert Dye Associates
2. Private House, Allerton, Liverpool - Shed KM
3. Private House, Hove - BBM Sustainable Design Ltd with Milk Design
4. Cobtun House, Worcester - Associated Architects.

The AJ First Building Award in association with Robin Ellis Design and Construction

This prize goes to the best example of a first stand-alone building by a British architect practising within the European Union.

1. Gazzano House, Farringdon, EC1 - Amin Taha Architects
2. Sure Start Tamworth - Sjolander da Cruz Architects
3. Stealth House, East Dulwich, SE5 - Robert Dye Associates.

The RIBA/Arts Council England Client of the Year

This award honours the key role that a good client plays in the creation of fine architecture.

1. Department for Education and Skills for the Classroom of the Future initiative
2. Sheffield City Council for Longley Park and the Classroom of the Future, Mossbrook School, Sheffield
3. Hampshire County Council for Alton Library and its programme of school building over 30 years
4. Gateshead Council for Sage, Baltic and the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.

The Stephen Lawrence Prize sponsored by the Marco Goldschmeid Foundation

This prize rewards the best examples of projects with a construction budget of less than £500,000.

1. Extension to private town house, Marylebone, W1 - Henning Stummel Architects Limited
2. Artists’ Studio, Kentish Town, NW1 - Sanei Hopkins Architects with Hughes Meyer Studio
3. The Orangery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, WC1N - Spacelab UK
4. Classroom of the Future, Mossbrook School, Sheffield - Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
5. House at Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Ireland - Niall McLaughlin Architects

The RIBA Inclusive Design Award in association with the Centre for Accessible Environments and Allgood

This award celebrates inclusivity in building design, and demonstrates that good design results in environments that are safe, convenient and enjoyable to use by people, regardless of disability, age or gender.

1. The Sage Gateshead – Foster and Partners
2. Classroom of the Future, Mossbrook School, Sheffield – Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
3. Weston Adventure Playground, Southampton, Hampshire – Finch Macintosh Architects
4. Peter Jones, Sloane Square, SW1 – John McAslan + Partners.

The Crown Estate Conservation Award supported by The Crown Estate

This prize will be presented to the best work of conservation that demonstrates the successful restoration and/or adaptation of an architecturally significant building.

1. 78-80 Derngate, Northampton – John McAslan + Partners
2. Isokon (Lawn Road) Apartments, Belsize Park, NW3 – Avanti Architects Limited
3. The Granary at Crowmarsh Battle Farm, Preston Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire – Spratley & Woodfield
4. Ightham Mote, Sevenoaks, Kent – Stuart Page Architects

RIBA Sustainability Award

This award will be made to the building that demonstrates most elegantly and durably the principles of sustainable architecture.

1. Headquarters of the Cambridge Federation of Women's Institutes, Girton, Cambridge – ellismiller
2. Weston Adventure Playground, Southampton – Finch Macintosh Architects
3. Jubilee Library, Brighton, Sussex – Bennetts Associates with Lomax Cassidy Edwards
4. Cobtun House, Worcester – Associated Architects.