RIBA Awards 2010

The Royal Institute of British Architects is once again on the lookout for potential RIBA Stirling Prize winners and Lubetkin prize winners. Following on from the success of Maggies Centre, in London by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in October and The National Stadium, in Beijing by Herzog de Meuron, the search has begun to find the best examples of new British architecture in and outside of the UK. Practices up and down the country and from all over the world are urged to submit projects of architectural excellence to the 2010 RIBA Awards.

Introduction

The RIBA Awards have been running continuously since 1966 and are judged locally. RIBA Awards are given for buildings that have made a substantial contribution to the local environment.

Objective

If the building is within the EU (incl UK) and is designed by a practice whose principal office is on the UK, it should be entered for the RIBA Awards.

If the building is outside the EU it should be entered for the RIBA International Awards. If a practice based outside the UK builds within the EU it should also be entered for the RIBA International Awards.

Awards judges take into account the following factors when considering entries:

• Budget
• Size
• Complexity of brief
• Detail
• Invention/originality
• Contract type
• Client satisfaction
• Sustainability
• Social factors
• Delight

Prizes

The RIBA Stirling Prize will be chosen from a shortlist drawn up by the Awards Group following visits to Stirling-eligible schemes in the UK and the rest of the EU. The Stirling Prize jury, comprising architects and lay members, determines the winner on the day of the prize’s presentation and its votes remain confidential.

Stirling eligible buildings in the EU will be awarded RIBA Awards. Lubetkin eligible buildings inside and outside the EU will be awarded RIBA International Awards.

The 2010 RIBA Stirling Prize will be presented on Saturday 9 October at Roundhouse, London and shown live on Channel 4.

Rules

• Buildings (defined as any structure whether new, restored, rehabilitated or converted) submitted for the RIBA awards programme must be designed by an architect who is a chartered member of the RIBA, RIAS or RSUA; or by an architectural practice, at least one of whose full-time principals is a chartered member of those institutions; or by an architect who is an International (honorary) Fellow of the RIBA.
• Buildings may not be entered more than twice. There is no limit on the number of entries per practice.
• All entries must be submitted on the official entry form which may be downloaded, printed and completed in full in ink or downloaded and completed using PDF writer. In either instance it must be printed out and sent physically to the local RIBA nation or region in which the building is located (RIBA Awards Office at RIBA headquarters for RIBA Awards in the EU outside of the UK and International entries), along with this document which should be signed and dated by the RIBA member submitting the entry to demonstrate that they understand and accept the rules of entry to the RIBA awards programme. The whole of both the entry form and this form must be returned. Entrants should retain a copy of both for their records.
• To be eligible, buildings must be complete and occupied by the February 19 deadline. When shortlisting and judging, jurors will expect to see evidence of occupation and have the right to question the occupants, as well as the architect, during visits. The written consent of the architect and building owner (not occupier) to the omination must be obtained prior to entry.
• Architects must give full details of ALL consultants and contractors. Any subsequent changes must be passed in writing to the RIBA Awards Office at 66 Portland Place, W1B 1AD or by email to clemency.christopherson [at] inst.riba.org (please replace [at] with @). The RIBA accepts no responsibility for the publication of inaccurate information supplied with the entry. The decisions of the judges are in all matters final and correspondence will not be entered into by the awards organisers with unsuccessful entrants; who will have the opportunity to re-enter their buildings for a second time, providing it falls within the entry deadline for a second year.

RIBA Awards 2010 Conditions of Entry

How to enter?

To enter the RIBA Awards you submit an entry/ies to the region or nation in which the building is situated, or in the case of International entries, to the RIBA Awards Office in London (see p8 for which category to enter). Winning buildings will then be considered for all the awards for which they are eligible.

Entries must be designed by an architect who is a chartered member of the RIBA, RIAS or RSUA; or by an architectural practice, at least one of whose full-time principals is a chartered member of those institutions; or by an architect who is an International Fellow of the RIBA.

The entry must include:

• A one-page summary. Designed to be an at-aglance summary of the project, this should be one side of A4 paper and include: the name and location of the project at the top right hand corner, name of the practice, up to four images (internal and external), a plan and section, and up to 100 words describing the project.
• A copy of this summary must be e-mailed at the time of entry to clemency.christopherson [at] inst.riba.org (please replace [at] with @) A further one-page description of the project setting out client’s brief, the planning and social constraints, materials and method of construction, summary of time-table, programme and budget constraints.

Another up to one page description of the building's performance in use with particular reference to energy use for all entries, plus energy performance statistics signed off by an environmental engineer for all projects with a contract value over £1 million.

Entry fee

• £100 + VAT + VAT (£117.50 total) for projects in the UK up to £200,000
• £160 + VAT (£ 188.00 total) projects in the UK between £200k & £1m
• £270 + VAT (£ 317.25 total) for projects in the UK between £1m & £5m
• £350 + VAT (£411.25 total) for projects in the UK over £5m and for ALL projects in the European Union and RIBA International Awards entries

Related Links

• Official Website