RIBA reveals National Award winners for 2022

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100 Liverpool Street, by Hopkins Architects

The new viewing tower at Sutton Hoo, by Nissen Richards Studio

Source: Gareth Gardner

AHMM's Hawley Wharf project in Camden

Source: Timothy Soar

Sands End Arts and Community Centre by Mae Architects

Source: Rory Gardiner

Aisher House, at Sevenoaks School, by Tim Ronalds Architects

Source: David Merewether

The Fratry at Carlisle, by Feilden Fowles

Source: Peter Cook

Loader Monteith's refurbishment of the Category-A listed High Sunderland, by Peter Womersley

Source: Dapple Photography

Guildford Crematorium by Haverstock

Source: Simon Kennedy

Quarry Studios in Aberdeenshire, by Moxon Architects

Source: Tim Soar

Niall McLaughlin Architects' Master's Field Development at Balliol College, Oxford

Source: Nick Kane

Forth Valley College's Falkirk Campus, by Reiach and Hall Architects

Harris Academy at Sutton, by Architype

Source: Architype

The Parchment Works, by Will Gamble Architects

Source: Johan Dehlin

Bell Phillips Architects’ Mitchell Building at The Skinners’ School in Tunbridge Wells

Source: Kilian O'Sullivan

St John's at Hackney, re-ordered by John Pawson

Source: Gilbert McCarragher

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RIBA has named its 29 best new buildings of the year – including one project by AHMM, the practice of current institute president Simon Allford.

But while the Hawley Wharf mixed-use scheme in Camden is AHMM’s only project to win a 2022 National Award, Tim Ronalds Architects and Niall McLaughlin Architects both netted double victories.

Ronalds’ wins are for the practice’s Aisher House boarding block at Sevenoaks School and its LB Southwark SILS3 pupil-referral unit in south London. McLaughlin’s awards are for the Magdalen College Library at Cambridge University and the Masters Field Development at Oxford University.

Elsewhere, the RIBA National Award winners list ranges from Hopkins Architects’ 100 Liverpool Street net-zero office development in the City of London to Nissen Richards Studio’s new viewing tower at the Sutton Hoo Anglo Saxon burial site in Suffolk. (See box below for a full list of winners)

RIBA said key trends for the 2022 winners included uniting communities, housing for the future, and restoration and adaptation of existing buildings. All of the winning projects will now go forward for consideration for the Stirling Prize shortlist.

President Simon Allford said the latest National Award winners were a “powerful collection of buildings” that demonstrate great architecture can emerge in challenging situations, and offer hope at a time when the nation needs to unite to plan for a sustainable future.

“As we start to settle from the pandemic, I am particularly encouraged by the number and quality of new buildings designed to foster community,” he said.

“From local cultural hubs to reinvigorated accessible arts venues, these projects demonstrate the power of good architecture to lift spirits and enhance lives.

“I’m very pleased to see new and innovative solutions to meet the ever-growing demand for high quality, energy-efficient homes, showing what can be achieved by forward-thinking clients.

“From developments on the fringes of rural towns to upgraded social housing in cities, these winners set a new benchmark and vision for the future of UK housing.”

Allford said he was also encouraged to see restoration and sensitive adaptation projects feature prominently among the 2022 winners.

“Retaining and reusing existing buildings is a crucial part of our low-carbon future,” he said.

Allford added that it was “particularly inspiring” to see the UK’s first secondary school to achieve Passivhaus accreditation among the winners – a direct reference to Architype’s Harris Academy at Sutton.