32 projects have been named as finalists in the inaugural Architecture Today Awards, launched to celebrate buildings that have stood the test of time.

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The Architecture Today Awards represent a cultural shift away from celebrating newness and towards a focus on longevity. In stark contrast to most awards programmes, the Architecture Today Awards has only considered projects that have been in use for at least three years and which can demonstrate a strong track record for delivering on their environmental, functional, community and cultural ambitions.

Our expert panel has shortlisted 32 buildings across nine categories: Residential; Education; Healthcare; Hospitality, Sport & Leisure; Mixed Use & Retail; Religion & Culture; Transport, Infrastructure, Landscape & Public realm; Workplace and International.

Our aim is to engender a focus on building performance evaluation and shared learning that is essential if we are to bring about the step change in performance the industry so desperately needs.

Finalists for the Architecture Today Awards have been selected by a panel of technical experts measuring key areas of performance criteria including construction approach, environmental performance, user comfort and well-being, accessibility, inclusivity and legibility, adaptability and flexibility, facilitation of sustainable lifestyles, robustness and resilience, biodiversity and natural capital, social impact, civic pride and sense of place, and contribution to shared learning.

Winners of the Architecture Today Awards will be announced on 2 March 2023.

The Enterprise Centre by Architype
  • New Court by 5th Studio (2016), Cambridge
  • The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia by Architype (2015), Norwich
  • Brentwood School by Cottrell & Vermeulen (2019), Brentwood, Essex
  • Cockcroft Building by FBM Architects (2017), Brighton
  • Bath School of Art & Design by Grimshaw (1976), Bath
  • Bedales School – The Orchard Building by Walters & Cohen (2005), Petersfield

Read about the Education finalist project in further detail, here.

  • The Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (2011), Bath
  • Clock View Hospital by Medical Architecture (2015), Liverpool

Read about the Healthcare finalist projects in further detail, here.

Hospitality, Sport & Leisure

  • Spanish City by ADP (2018), Whitley Bay
  • Lord’s Grand Stand by Grimshaw (1998), St John’s Wood, London
  • The Standard by Orms (2019), King’s Cross, London

Mixed use & Retail

  • Alex Monroe Studio by DSDHA (2012), Bermondsey, London
  • R7 by Morris + Company (2017), Kings Cross, London
  • The Department Store by Squire & Partners (2017), Brixton, London

Religion & Culture

  • Unicorn Theatre by Keith Williams Architects (2005), Bermondsey, London
  • Snape Maltings Concert Hall by Penoyre & Prasad (1999), Snape

Residential

  • Cressingham Gardens Estate by Lambeth Borough Architects Department, led by Edward ‘Ted’ Hollamby (1979), Tulse Hill, London
  • Courtyard Housing by Patel Taylor (2014), Dagenham, London
  • The Avenue by Pollard Thomas Edwards (2014), Saffron Waldon, Essex
  • Abode at Great Kneighton by Proctor & Matthews (2018), Cambridge, England
  • Hortsley by RCKa (2018), Seaford, East Sussex
  • Lister Mills by David Morley Architects (2018), Bradford

Transport, Infrastructure, Landscape & Public realm

  • Avenue de Chartres Car Park by Birds Portchmouth Russum (1991), Chichester, West Sussex
  • Thames Barrier Park by Patel Taylor (2000), Silvertown, London
  • Gateshead Millennium Bridge by Wilkinson Eyre (2001), Gateshead

Workplace

  • Wessex Water Operations Centre by Bennetts Associates (2001), Bath
  • The Buckley Building by Buckley Gray Yeoman (2013), Clerkenwell, London
  • Gunpowder Mill by Pollard Thomas Edwards (2009), Waltham Abbey, Essex
  • Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge by Stanton Williams (2011), Cambridge

International

  • Olympic House – IOC Headquarters by 3XN (2019), Lausanne, Switzerland
  • University of Amsterdam by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (2014, 2017), Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • The Early Learning Village by Bogle Architects (2017), Singapore