The Durians win RIBA Worldwide Awards 2005

Winners of RIBA Awards 2005 and RIBA Worldwide Awards

Seventy one new buildings across the UK and the EU have been rewarded with RIBA Awards for their high architectural standards and their contribution to their local environment. Projects selected for their design excellence range in size and use from the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh, the Millau Viaduct in France to a mud house in Worcester. Projects by Zaha Hadid Architects, the Richard Rogers Partnership, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, Richard Murphy Architects, and Foster and Partners are amongst the winners.

The awards will be announced this evening, 17 June, at a dinner in London at the Hilton Hotel marking the start of Architecture Week 2005 (17-26 June).

The 71 RIBA Award winners will form the long-list for the 10th anniversary RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects’ Journal.

During the RIBA Awards event, seven additional buildings from around the world received an RIBA Worldwide Award. These awards, being presented for the second time recognise significant international projects by RIBA members. The awards have been critical in setting an international benchmark for design quality that is respected the world over.

The seven RIBA Worldwide Award-winners for 2005 are:

1. Esplanade, Theatres on the Bay, Singapore - Michael Wilford & Partners (1993-1995) and DP Architects Pte Ltd (Singapore) (1993-2004)

2. Genzyme Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Behnisch, Behnisch & Partners Inc

3. Lincoln Modern, Singapore - SCDA Architects

4. Seewurfel, Zurich, Switzerland - Camenzind Evolution

5. Slice House, Porto Alegre, Brazil – Procter: Rihl

6. Spanish Pavilion, Expo 2005, Japan - Foreign Office Architects

7. James Robertson House, Mackeral Beach, NSW, Australia - Dawson Brown Architecture

17 June 2005