Architect of the Year
Building Design
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Video: The Architect of the Year Awards
21 November 2011
Over 400 architects descended on The Brewery in London for the Architect of the Year awards 2011
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Stanton Williams named Architect of the Year
15 November 2011
2011 Architect of the Year Awards winners announced
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DSDHA takes top prize at Architect of the Year Awards
5 November 2010
DSDHA was named the winner of the Richard Feilden Architect of the Year at last night’s Architect of the Year Awards ceremony in London for its work in the education sector.
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Architect of the Year Awards 2010: Beautiful bodies of work
5 November 2010
The 2010 Architect of the Year Awards recognise the practices responsible for the best overall arrays of projects in 12 different sectors as well as the most promising young architect
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Architect of the Year and Young Architect of the Year in pictures
5 November 2010
All the pictures from this years’ awards.
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The Architect of the Year Awards 2010 (video)
5 November 2010
Get a glimpse at all the action from this year’s Architect of the Year Awards.
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AYA shortlist announced
9 September 2010
The shortlist for BD’s annual Architect of the Year Awards has been announced
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Client of the Year - Peter Millican
06 November 2009
There have been some remarkable buildings this year that are the direct result of passionate and dedicated clients.
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Healthcare Architect of the Year - Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
06 November 2009
AHMM’s healthcare work represents a continuation of the social and architectural ideals of British modernism, in which a progressive approach to healthcare is supported by an equally progressive architecture
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Higher Education Architect of the Year - Hawkins Brown
06 November 2009
Hawkins Brown approaches every education project from first principles and the varied results are all impressive
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Housing Architect of the Year (1-25 units) - Stephen Taylor Architects
06 November 2009
Stephen Taylor’s architecture has an understated quality
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Housing Architect of the Year (over 25 units) - Riches Hawley Mikhail
06 November 2009
Affordable housing is a sector sorely in need of innovation. In Riches Hawley Mikhail it has at last found an architect capable of taking on that challenge
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Masterplanning Architect of the Year - Maccreanor Lavington
06 November 2009
Masterplanning is about imagining a new part of a city, while persuading investors it will generate value over the long term. It is also about finding a scale, imagery or urban model that can respond to what is already there
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Office Architect of the Year - Eric Parry Architects
06 November 2009
Eric Parry’s work is well known for its intelligence and architectural quality. What shines out in several speculative buildings, including the Stirling-shortlisted Aldermanbury Square, is the inventiveness of approach where each building is distinctive and well related to its urban context
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One-off House Architect of the Year - Eldridge Smerin
06 November 2009
The jury was unanimous in selecting Eldridge Smerin for this award because of the diversity and consistency of the practice’s work. While the Highgate Cemetery house is clearly iconic, in isolation, it could be dismissed as a high-budget, one-hit wonder
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Public Building Architect of the Year - Rick Mather Architects
06 November 2009
Rick Mather has produced some of the best designs for public buildings and the urban realm in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, said the judges
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Richard Feilden Architect of the Year - Eric Parry Architects
06 November 2009
The award for the "best of the best" is for a body of work that has made a significant contribution to architecture in the last year
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Schools Architect of the Year - Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
06 November 2009
The judging of this category was discussed at length because the standard was very high, but Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios stood out through the clarity of its plans, which communicated a strong and clear intent
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Sports & Leisure Architect of the Year - Marks Barfield
06 November 2009
The quality of design in sport and leisure projects is more evident in a category that has relatively simple programmatic imperatives and constraints
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The firms that raise the roof
06 November 2009
Offices and education proved the most recession-proof at this year’s awards
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Transport Architect of the Year - John McAslan & Partners
06 November 2009
The judges were impressed by the diversity and consistent high quality of the work from John McAslan & Partners
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World Architect of the Year - John McAslan & Partners
06 November 2009
The shortlist displayed only a small proportion of the huge number of impressive buildings that are designed by UK architects around the world. Our winner stood out in particular for the strong connection that was evident between the architecture, the place and the people
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Young Architect of the Year - David Kohn Architects
06 November 2009
David Kohn opened his presentation to the Young Architect of the Year jury with reference to Isaiah Berlin’s essay The Hedgehog and the Fox.
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Architect of the Year Award in pictures
06 November 2009
See the pictures of all the winners and the award ceremony
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Architect of the Year Awards 2009 judges
06 November 2009
So who made the choices this year?
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Interior Architect of the Year - Project Orange
06 November 2009
Project Orange says it is as interested in the inside of a building as the outside. This enthusiasm, as well as the skill with which it delivers projects, comes across loud and clear
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AYA shortlist announced
24 July 2009
The shortlist for BD’s Architect of the Year Awards 2009 has been announced. Five practices have been shortlisted in each of 12 categories
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Education Architect of the Year shortlist
BD Awards Events 2009
Grimshaw and Bennetts are just two of the big names on the strong shortlist for Education Architect of the Year.
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Healthcare Architect of the Year shortlist
BD Awards Events 2009
Who will win through to become Healthcare Architect of the Year?
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Masterplanning Architect of the Year shortlist
BD Awards Events 2009
Who will take this year's masterplanning gong??
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One off House Architect of the Year shortlist
BD Awards Events 2009
There are some spectacular homes on the shortlist for the one-off house of the year award
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Public Building Architect of the Year shortlist
BD Awards Events 2009
The Public Building Architect of the Year award is sponsored by Dupont Corian
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Schools Architect of the Year shortlist (primary, secondary and nursery)
BD Awards Events 2009
The big names in education architecture line up for this year's award
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Social and/or Private Housing Architect of the Year (1 to 25 units)
BD Awards Events 2009
The Social and/or Private Housing Architect of the Year is sponsored by Duravit UK Ltd
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Social and/or Private Housing Architect of the Year (over 25 units) shortlist
BD Awards Events 2009
The Social and/or Private Housing Architect of the Year (over 25 units) is sponsored by Duravit UK Ltd
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Interior Architect of the Year shortlist
BD Awards Events 2009
Five firms, including Sheppard Robson and TP Bennett, line up for the Interior Architect award.
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The Architect and Young Architect of the Year Awards 2008: The Video
14 November 2008
Watch the video of the Young Architect and Architect of the Year 2008 awards.
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The Architect of the Year Awards 2008: In Pictures
31 October 2008
View a selection of images from this year’s glittering Architect of the Year awards, held at the London Hilton on October 30.
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Affordable Housing: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
31 October 2008
This year's winner AHMM has demonstrated it is possible to deliver affordable housing that has the same attention to detail and built quality as the private sector.
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Client of the year: Nigel Hugill
31 October 2008
It is as a champion of quality architecture that Nigel Hugill was the unanimous choice for Client of the Year.
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Education: Penoyre & Prasad
31 October 2008
Despite the troubled Building Schools for the Future programme, which is still to produce an award-winning building, education is a sector where some of the most talented architects are working today — reflected in the strong shortlist, which made it the most difficult category to judge.
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Healthcare: Buschow Henley
31 October 2008
In a sector dominated by huge PFI hospital projects and specialist architects, the judges were impressed by the growing number of practices ready to tackle health buildings.
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Interiors: David Archer Architects
31 October 2008
In a sector prone to the vagaries of fashion, David Archer Architects has a restrained aesthetic that the judges really enjoyed.
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Judging panel
31 October 2008
Architect of the year
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Masterplanning: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
31 October 2008
A successful masterplan is the key to creating great places and, as a category, is one where the standard of entries has risen as both the public and private sectors address the need to create whole new city quarters combining large numbers of housing units with public space.
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Offices: ShedKM
31 October 2008
In this highly competitive category, ShedKM has demonstrated not only a great understanding of the office environment but how inventive working spaces can be created from seemingly redundant buildings.
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Private Housing (over 14 units): Maccreanor Lavington
31 October 2008
There were strong contenders in this category, but the winner stood out for dealing intelligently and creatively with the once very noble art of housing ordinary lives.
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Private Housing (under 14 units): Julian Cowie Architects
31 October 2008
The quest for high-density living coupled with soaring land prices has done few favours to this sector.
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Public Building: Keith Williams Architects
31 October 2008
This was a strong category and while the judges were not unanimous, they agreed that the winner had a broad range of complex and completed work, including an opera house and a library, both in Ireland.
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Retail: Foreign Office Architects
31 October 2008
A fresh and radical approach is how one judge described FOA, which had yet to complete a building in Britain let alone a department store, when it was picked to design a flagship John Lewis store in Leicester.
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Richard Feilden Award: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
31 October 2008
Affordable housing is just one of the sectors where the winner of the Richard Feilden Architect of the Year Award has made a mark alongside public buildings, education and offices. This makes AHMM a hard office to ignore. Not only does it win awards, it delivers projects on time and to budget, making it popular with clients and ensuring that it has a loyal fan base.
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Sport & Leisure: Hopkins Architects
31 October 2008
In a sector that’s dominated by a few big practices, Hopkins’ portfolio of projects, from the commission for one of the Olympics’ legacy buildings to a small pavilion in the grounds of a stately home, made it the unanimous winner.
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Transport: Grimshaw
31 October 2008
Despite being a new category this year, transport was highly competitive, with very good contenders battling it out for the main prize.
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World Architect of the year: Grimshaw
31 October 2008
There are a number of different models of how to run a successful global practice but the judges thought Grimshaw had got it about right.
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McAslan, AHMM and BDP top shortlist for BD’s Architect of the Year Awards
9 September 2008
The finalists for BD’s Architect of the Year Awards 2008 have been announced, with Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, BDP and John McAslan & Partners all gaining four nominations.
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BD’s 2008 Architect of the Year awards announces new transport category
BD Mag - Transport and Public Buildings - June 08
Transport has been added as a category to BD’s 2008 Architect of the Year Awards.
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Architect of the Year – could it be you?
23 May 2008
Architects are this week invited to submit entries to BD’s Architect of the Year Awards 2008, the only industry awards scheme that recognises the practices setting standards for others to follow rather than individual buildings.
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Affordable Housing Architect of the Year
Awards Events 2008
Shortlisted EntrantsAllford Hall Monaghan Morris; *Winner*Jestico + Whiles; Levitt Bernstein Associates; Maccreanor Lavington; Stock Woolstencroft
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Architect of the Year Awards 2008
Awards Events 2008
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Architect of the Year Awards 2008
Awards Events 2008
Since its launch in 2004, the Architect of the Year Awards has grown in size and stature, featuring entries and attendance from leading practices and is now firmly established as a key event in the architectural calendar. It is one of the largest gatherings of UK architects. The awards identify who Britains top clients and architectural experts think are the best architects by different categories of projects.
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Client of the Year
Awards Events 2008
Sponsored by SchucoShortlisted EntrantsNigel Hugill *Winner*
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Education Architect of the Year
Awards Events 2008
Shortlisted EntrantsAllford Hall Monaghan Morris; DSDHA; Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios; John McAslan + Partners; Penoyre & Prasad; *Winner*Wright & Wright Architects
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Healthcare Architect of the Year
Awards Events 2008
Shortlisted entrantsBDP; Buschow Henley; *Winner*David Morley Arctitects; Toh Shimazaki Architecture
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Interiors Architect of the Year
Awards Events 2008
Shortlisted entrantsAdjaye Associates; BDP;Bennett Interior Design; David Archer Architects; *Winner*Pringle Brandon
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Masterplanning Architect of the Year
Awards Events 2008
Shortlisted EntrantsBDP; Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios; *Winner*John McAslan + Partners; Stephen Taylor Architects
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Office Architect of the Year
Awards Events 2008
Shortlisted Entrants;AtkinsFeilden Clegg Bradley StudiosMakeShedkm *Winner*
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Private Housing Architect of the Year (one to 14 units)
Awards Events 2008
Shortlisted entrantsAlison Brooks Architects;Julian Cowie Architects; *Winner*Shedkm; Simon Conder Associates *Special Award*
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Private Housing Architect of the Year (over 14 units)
Awards Events 2008
Shortlisted EntrantsAllford Hall Monaghan MorrisBroadway MalyanMaccreanor Lavington *Winner*Richard Murphy ArchitectsShedkm
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Public Buildings Architect of the Year
Awards Events 2008
Sponsored by Dupont Corian Solid Surfaces
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Retail Architect of the Year
Awards Events 2008
Shortlisted Entrants3DReid; Adjaye Associates; BDP; Foreign Office Architects; *Winner*John McAslan + Partners
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Sport & Leisure Architect of the Year
Awards Events 2008
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Transport Architect of the Year
Awards Events 2008
Sponsored by Union Square
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World Architect of the Year
Awards Events 2008
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Video report: BD's Architect of the Year Awards
2 November 2007
Watch Zoë Blackler's video report from Thursday night's Architect of the Year Awards ceremony at the London Hilton
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Allies and Morrison wins best of the best at the Architect of the Year Awards
2 November 2007
All the winners of BD’s Architect of the Year Awards revealed
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Architect of the Year Award winners raise the bar
02 November 2007
This year’s awards — for established practices, young architects, and clients — recognise all those who are helping to improve design standards
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Richard Feilden Architect of the year
02 November 2007
Allies & Morrison
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The shortlist for BD's Architect of the Year Awards
10 September 2007
The architects shortlisted for BD's Architect of the Year Awards 2007 have been announced
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Architect of the year gallery 2006
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
To view pictures from this year's Architect of the Year Awards, click here.To see the full run down of all the winners of the Architect of the Year Awards 2006, click here
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Award winners
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
In Summary
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Education Architect
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Winner - Feilden Clegg Bradley
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Featherstone Associates
03 November 2006
Until 2004, Sarah Featherstone co-ran Hudson Featherstone Architects, but she is now sole director of her own six-person practice in east London.
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Feilden Arcitect of the Year
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Winner - John McAslan & Partners
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Health Architect
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Winner - Gareth Hoskins
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IJP Corporation
03 November 2006
George L Legendre, the director of IJP Corporation, is both an architect and an academic, teaching a diploma course at the AA. His practice’s work is entirely focused on the use of mathematics to generate form.
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industrial/R&d Architect
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Winner - Reid Architecture
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Interior Designer
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Winner - Jestico & Whiles
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Magnetic Nord
03 November 2006
Glasgow-based practice Nord is the winner of this year’s BD Young Architect of the Year Award. Ellis Woodman looks at the qualities that appealed to the jury, as well as its thoughts on the runners up
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Mangera Yvars
03 November 2006
Ali Mangera began his practice’s presentation with by far the largest project that any of the nominees showed in the course of the day — the 50,000sq m Abbey Mills Islamic Centre.
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Master Planning
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Winner - John McAslan & Partners
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No place like home
03 November 2006
Nord is part of a new wave of Scottish architects that are turning their backs on the bright lights of London and staying north of the border.
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Office Architect
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Winner - Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
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Private Housing
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Winner - Feilden Clegg Bradley
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Public Building Architect
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Winner - Keith Williams Architects
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Public Housing
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Winner - dRMM
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Single Dwelling
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Winner - Simon Condor
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Sport/Leisure Architect
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Winner - HOK
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The Judges
The Architect of the Year Awards 2006
Our judging panel of architects, clients and other built environment experts included Spencer de Grey, Sara Fox and Amanda Baillieu.
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Urban Salon
03 November 2006
This year’s nomination represented Urban Salon’s second appearance on a Young Architect of the Year shortlist. It was runner up in the 2000 competition, a mere three years after the practice had been established.
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900 attend BD awards gala
02 December 2005
Bennetts Associates and Lynch Architects top the list of winners
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Evening rocks with frocks, socks and glowing shots
02 December 2005
Ah, award ceremonies. The bright lights, the loud dance music, and the urban drumming tribe fresh from Glastonbury to entertain us in the interlude. This was no ordinary award ceremony, this was the second year of BD’s Architect of the Year Awards.
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Architect of the Year shortlists announced
28 October 2005
Thirty-three practices remain in the running for BD’s 2005 Architect of the Year Awards, to be presented at a gala dinner at the London Hilton on November 29.











