The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced 22 winners in its International Awards for Excellence, with projects from 14 countries by Caruso St John, David Chipperfield and DRDH among others picking up awards.
DRDH Architects has delivered a combined library, cinema and residential building for the London suburb of Sidcup. Madeleine Jacob examines the tensions between commercial viability and civic ambition.
Archipelagic Void by Korean architect Minsuk Cho of Seoul-based studio Mass Studies is the 2024 Serpentine Pavilion and features five unique 'islands' cast in black timber.
Brighton College completes 15 year programme of bold commissions with a sculptural performing arts centre by Dutch practice krft.
In Rajasthan, western India, Sanjay Puri Architects has designed a private home that deals with the intense climactic conditions by embodying traditional building techniques while designing for a multi-generational household.
In the northern Spanish city of Palencia, architect FRPO Rodríguez & Oriol has designed a new energy hub to power the city’s district heating network.
Milan-based studio, Enrico Molteni Architecture, has designed an educational hub in Parma that caters for both toddlers and vulnerable children.
The WaterAid Garden by Studio Weave and Tom Massey has been awarded a Gold medal at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Prokš Přikryl architekti has converted a historic grain silo into a multi-purpose cultural venue as part of the redevelopment of Josef Gočár’s Automatic Mills building in Pardubice, Czech Republic.
In a remarkable case of a building’s original tenants coming back, Sanderson Design Group has returned to the CFA Voysey-designed wallpaper factory in west London, restored by dMFK.
At the University of Oxford, Nex— Architecture and Donald Insall Associates have refurbished the George Gilbert Scott-designed Exeter College Jackson Library, improving circulation and qualities of natural light, as well upgrading the building's general performance.
