Scheme among 43 winners recognised at a ceremony held yesterday evening
Stanton Williams’ UCL East campus has been named building of the year at the 2026 RIBA London Awards.
The £250m Marshgate scheme, the biggest development in the university’s 200-year history, was praised by the jury as “an expression of confidence in the future”.
Judges described the eight-storey building in Stratford as “beautifully implemented” and “audacious in both programme and concept”.
It was among 43 winners recognised at a ceremony held yesterday evening for this year’s RIBA London awards, which is by far the largest of all of the institute’s regional awards.
Special awards were handed to Levitt Bernstein’s Plashet Road in Newham, which scooped the Sustainability Award and Squire & Partners’ Space House, which picked up the Conservation Award.
Matthew Glen of Feilden Fowles was named project architect of the year for his work on Urban Nature Project at the Natural History Museum, while BAT Studio’s The Blooming Shed was awarded Small Project of the Year.
SPID Theatre was handed Client of the Year for the eponymous theatre scheme at Kensal House Community Rooms, designed by Studio Sam Causer.
RIBA London director, John Nahar, said: “Once again, the 2026 RIBA London Awards winners roster showcases and celebrates exemplary architecture that is actively shaping London.
”From new homes and schools to major infrastructure upgrades, cultural destinations and the creative transformation of existing buildings. These projects combine technical excellence, environmental ambition and social impact, showcasing design at its most confident, creative and forward-looking.”
RIBA London Award winners will now be considered for a RIBA National Award in recognition of their architectural excellence, which will be announced on 9 July.
The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize for the best building of the year will be drawn from the RIBA National Award-winning projects later in the year.
The 2026 RIBA London Awards winning projects are:
East:
458 Forest Road by Gort Scott
A new-build apartment block of 90 flats in Walthamstow
North Folgate by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Stanton Williams, Morris + Co, DSDHA and East
A multi-faceted office-led development situated on the edge of historic Spitalfields.
UCL East, Marshgate by Stanton Williams (Building of the Year)
A giant academic building in the Olympic Park for the University College London.
The Featherstone Building by Morris+Company
A new office block clad in brick and precast concrete
UCL One Pool Street by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Purpose-built project that combines both student living and teaching spaces for University College London
Plashet Road, Newham by Levitt Bernstein (Sustainability Award)
A development of 65 affordable, Passivhaus-certified council homes
Sadler’s Wells East by O’Donnell + Tuomey
A new dance theatre and school of choreography for Sadler’s Wells
Noele Gordon House by Mæ for Newham Council
A block of 75 later-living flats
Hempcrete Mewshouse by Cathie Curran
A new three-bedroom townhouse built on a former garage site
North:
Rowan Court by Satish Jassal Architects
46 new social-rent homes built on a previously fragmented and underused site
Highbury House & Studio by Maich Swift Architects
The conversion of a former industrial building into a home and studio
Arbour House by Andrei Saltykov and Partners (ASaP) - Lacey & Saltykov Architects
Transformation of a long-neglected backland site into a family home
Reciprocal House by Gianni Botsford Architects
A careful and considered intervention to a 1960s extension in Hampstead
EcoPark South (North London Heat and Power Project) by Grimshaw
A new waste and recycling facility in North London
The Blooming Shed by Between Art and Technology (BAT) Studio (Small Project of the Year)
A hospital’s garden pavilion designed to connect patients to nature
Capella by Allies and Morrison
A mixed-tenure residential building that completes the King’s Cross masterplan
South East:
The Clearing at Lesnes Abbey Woods by WonKy
A woodland pavilion forming a community-led hub
Redcross Way by Sanchez Benton architects
A new family home at the threshold of the lively Borough Market
Canada Water Plot K1 by Morris+Company with White Ink
79 affordable homes within Southwark.
The Tannery by Coffey Architects
Mixed‑tenure residential community which provides spaces for local creative charities
Harold Moody Health Centre by Morris+Company
A new civic health centre
Lion Green Road by Mary Duggan Architects (Design) with RUFF Architects (Delivery)
A housing development that provides 157 affordable and private homes in Croydon
London Institute for Healthcare Engineering by HLM Architects
A collaborative research building in Lambeth
South West:
Arding & Hobbs by Stiff+Trevillion
Retrofit of a Grade II-listed department store
Park Lane Stables RDA by Architecture WK ltd
Conversion of historic stables into a small-scale Riding for the Disabled centre
Westminster Coroner’s Court by Lynch Architects
Renovation and extension of the Grade II listed Westminster Coroner’s Court
Oru Sutton by Samuel Chisholm Studio and Takero Shimazaki Architects
Conversion of a redundant department store into a flexible mixed-use commercial development
The Brentford Project - Phase 1 by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Howells and Maccreanor Lavington
A major mixed-use west London waterfront development
Sloane Street, London by John McAslan + Partners for Cadogan
A major public‑realm reinvention of Sloane Street as a greener, people‑centred boulevard.
Urban Nature Project, Natural History Museum by Feilden Fowles (Project Architect of the Year 2026 – Matthew Glen)
Reimagining of the Natural History Museum’s 5‑acre gardens
The Emory by RSHP
A “technically ambitious” new hotel
The Public Courtyard and Pavilion at The OWO by DaeWha Kang Design
Transformation of the Old War Office courtyard into a public space
West:
Arthur Stanley House by Allford Hall Monahgan Morris
Retrofit of a derelict 1960s physiotherapy centre into a multi-use workspace
Notting Hill and Ealing High School Junior School by Hawkins\Brown
A new school built to support flexible learning
Space House by Squire & Partners, Atelier Ten, Pell Frischmann, Donald Insall Associates, Gustafson Porter + Bowman, Gardiner & Theobald and BAM (Conservation Award)
Restoration and reinvention of a listed modernist icon.
Twin Pitches by Atelier Baulier
Transformation of an ordinary Edwardian house into a future-ready home
UNCLE Wembley Gardens by Howells
Transformation of a constrained backland site into mixed tenure urban housing
Smart’s Place by David Kohn Architects
Rooftop transformation of a Victorian warehouse into a light-filled home
Hebron House by Paul Archer Design
Transformation of a modest Victorian terrace in Hammersmith
Paddington Square by Renzo Piano Building Workshop (Paris) in collaboration with Adamson Associates (London)
A transformative piece of urban infrastructure redefining arrival to one of London’s most significant transport hubs
SPID Theatre, Kensal House Community Rooms by Studio Sam Causer (Client of the Year - SPID Theatre)
Restoration of Kensal House estate into a vibrant and inclusive civic space
Godolphin and Latymer School – dining, library and sixth form by Walters & Cohen Architects
The addition of new dining, library and sixth-form spaces into a historic campus
Greenside Road, London by Mador Architects and Tricia Guild
Conversion of a former industrial workshop into an accessible home
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