Winners will be announced at live AYA dinner on October 14

Building Design announces the shortlists today for its 2021 Architect of the Year Awards.

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The entries have been whittled down to the finalists shown below. They include Hopkins, Allies & Morrison, Cullinan Studio, McLean Quinlan and Feilden Fowles.

One of the strongest categories this year was housing, a reflection of the importance architects place on providing the best possible homes for current and future generations. Practices shortlisted for this award include Bell Phillips, Pitman Tozer, Maccreanor Lavington, Coffey Architects, Henley Halebrown, Flanagan Lawrence, Pollard Thomas Edwards and Child Graddon Lewis.

Chair of the judges Thomas Lane said: “It has been a challenging year for the profession, so it was refreshing to see some superb entries. The strength of the housing sector was reflected in the high quality of the schemes put forward and public building and refurbishment also saw some excellent entries. I am looking forward to the awards in October and celebrating in person with the best people in the industry.”

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Remember that? The AYA winners last time we were able to celebrate in person

Alongside trophies for work in all the main sectors, there are also awards for the client and architectural leader of the year. These shortlists will be announced soon.

The Architect of the Year Awards, run by Building Design, are the only awards that reward architects for a consistent body of work rather than one-off projects.

The judging panel this year includes Stuart Cade of last year’s Gold Award winners, Mica, the V&A’s director of design, estate and public programme Pip Simpson, Matthew Wells, director of Techniker structural engineers and a visiting professor at Aarhus School of Architecture, and Stefanie Rhodes of past YAYA winners Gatti Routh Rhodes.

ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR 2021 SHORTLISTS

 

PUBLIC REALM

HTA Design

Atkins

East Architecture Landscape Urban Design

 

SUSTAINABILITY – sponsored by Kingspan

Hewitt Studios

Child Graddon Lewis

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Cullinan Studio

 

PUBLIC BUILDING

Carmody Groarke

Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture

Feilden Fowles

Haverstock

HLM Architects

IBI Group

 

INDIVIDUAL HOUSE – sponsored by Duravit

McLean Quinlan

McGinlay Bell

HollandGreen Architecture

Fletcher Crane Architects

McLaren Excell

Turner Works

Coffey Architects

 

YOUNG ARCHITECT

TYPE

IF_DO

Gbolade Design Studio

EBBA Architects

 

HOUSING ARCHITECT

Bell Phillips Architects

Pitman Tozer Architects

Maccreanor Lavington

Coffey Architects

Henley Halebrown

Flanagan Lawrence

Pollard Thomas Edwards

Child Graddon Lewis

 

REFURBISHMENT

Collective Architecture

HollandGreen Architecture

Atkins

Hopkins Architects

Richard Griffiths Architects

Purcell

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Burwell Architects

 

OFFICE

Stiff+Trevillion

AHR

Stephen George + Partners

Hutchinson & Partners

Squire & Partners

Coffey Architects

Gibson Thornley

Saunders

 

HIGHER EDUCATION

Associated Architects

AHR

Atkins

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

IBI Group

Allies and Morrison

Sheppard Robson

Burwell Architects

 

EDUCATION (NURSERY TO 6TH FORM)

AHR

Atkins

Fletcher Crane Architects

HKS Architects

Lungfish Architects

IID Architects

 

INFRASTRUCTURE

BDP

Moxon

 

INTERIOR

Buckley Gray Yeoman

GT3 Architects

HTA Design

Atkins

Space Group of Architects

Cousins & Cousins

SODA Studio

 

SOCIAL IMPACT

Mae

Atkins

BPTW

HLM Architects

Jan Kattein Architects

Harrison Stringfellow Architects

Turner Works

Squire & Partners

 

ARCHITECTURAL EMPLOYER – sponsored by Haines Watts

Buckley Gray Yeoman

HTA Design

BPTW

JTP

HLM Architects

Harrison Stringfellow Architects

tp bennett

Assael Architecture

 

Architectural Client and Leader of the Year will be announced shortly. Watch this space.

 

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