A Passivhaus, university buildings and a company headquarters are among the six buildings which have been shortlisted for this year’s RIBA North East Awards.
RIBA North East Regional Director, Amanda Khan, welcomed the news:
“The North East region continues to play host to a remarkable array of carefully crafted buildings. I congratulate all practices who have been shortlisted in this competitive process. We received a high standard of entries from a range of national and international practices. It’s great to see so many North East-based practices in the running, representing the wealth of talent that we have in our region.”
The six projects that have been shortlisted are:
- Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre, FaulknerBrowns Architects
- Oak Tree Passivhaus, Shawm with MawsonKerr
- The BIS, Whitby Street Studios, Group Ginger
- Teesside University Student Life Building, FaulknerBrowns Architects
- Tombola House, Ryder Architecture
- The Beam, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
This year's awards sponsors for special awards include Michelmersh for the Sustainability Award, Taylor Maxwell for the Project Architect of the Year and Emerging Architect of the Year award.
Due to ongoing public health concerns, judging for the 2020 RIBA UK Awards was postponed to 2021. The 2021 RIBA UK Awards (including Regional, National and the RIBA Stirling Prize) will be selected from the shortlist for the 2020 RIBA Regional, RSUA, RIAS, and RSAW Awards.
Regional Award winners will be considered for a highly coveted RIBA National Award in recognition of their architectural excellence. The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize, the best new building of the year, will be drawn from the RIBA National Award-winning buildings and the Stirling Prize winner will be announced after this.
If you are a member of the press wanting more information on the RIBA North East Awards shortlist (including access to images) then please email amy.tomlinson@riba.org.
