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Awards

Awards don't motivate us as much as the kudos we receive from satisfied clients, architects, building managers and building users, but they are always nice to win.

Having said that, we’re the only practice to be crowned “CIBSE Building Performance Champion” twice (2022 and 2020), became BSRIA Soft Landings Practitioner of the Year in 2019, and were named ACE Inclusion & Diversity Champion in 2017.

Our projects have also won the RIBA Stirling Prize three times; MAXXI with Zaha Hadid in 2010, Newport Street Gallery with Caruso St John in 2016, and Magdalene College New Library with Niall McLaughlin in 2022.

Below is a small sample of our award-winners from recent years.

2022

St John's College, Oxford, Library & Study Centre

  • CIBSE Building Performance Award, Public Use Project of the Year
  • CIBSE Building Performance Award, Building Performance Champion

Max Fordham LLP

  • CIBSE Building Performance Award, Consultancy of the Year (51-300 Employees)

Sands End Arts and Community Centre

  • RIBA National Award

Magdalene College, New Library, Cambridge

  • Cambridge Design & Construction Awards - Craftsmanship Award, Joint Winner
  • Cambridge Design & Construction Awards - Special Awards, Craftsmanship, Winner
  • Civic Trust Award - National Winner
  • Civic Trust Award - Regional Winner (Eastern)
  • RIBA East Award
  • RIBA National Award
  • RIBA Stirling Prize

Civil Engineering Building

  • Cambridge Design & Construction Awards - Building Awards, Best New Building over £2m, Winner
  • Cambridge Design & Construction Awards - Special Awards, The David Mackay Award for Engineering and Sustainability, Winner
  • RIBA East Award

Ely Museum

  • RIBA East Award

Royal Wharf Primary School

  • RIBA London Award

Ely Museum

  • RIBA East Conservation Award

Sevenoaks School Girls' Boarding House

  • RIBA South East Award

198 Contemporary Arts and Learning (198CAL)

  • RIBA London Award

Fitzroy Road, Primrose Hill

  • RIBA London Award

Ibstock Place School

  • RIBA London Award
  • RIBA National Award

Lambeth Palace Library and Archive

  • RIBA London Award

Belle Vue

  • RIBA London Award

Maggie's Centre, Leeds

  • RIBA Yorkshire Award

Exeter College Cohen Quad, University of Oxford

  • RIBA South Award

Fitzjohn Avenue, Hampstead

  • Camden Design Awards, Major Projects Award

Agar Grove Estate

  • Camden Design Awards, Major Projects Award

RIBA South East Award

2021

Max Fordham House

  • CIBSE Building Performance Award, Residential Project of the Year

Hallé St Peter's, Ancoats

  • Civic Trust Awards - Michael Middleton Special Award
  • Civic Trust Award
  • RIBA National Award
  • Architects' Journal, Cultural

Strawberry Field, Liverpool

  • Civic Trust Awards - Selwyn Goldsmith Award for Universal Design

Exeter College Cohen Quad, University of Oxford

  • Civic Trust Award

Maggie's Centre, Leeds

  • Civic Trust Award

Centre Building, LSE

  • Civic Trust Award
  • RIBA National Award

Cranmer Road Student Accommodation, King's College Cambridge

  • CDCA - Cambridge Design & Construction Awards: Best New Building (over £2 million)
  • CDCA - Cambridge Design & Construction Awards: Engineering and Sustainability Project of the Year
  • Passivhaus Trust Award - People's Choice

Agar Grove Estate

  • Passivhaus Trust Award - Large Category
  • NLA Awards, Housing

Nightingale Primary School

  • RIBA National Award

MK Gallery

  • RIBA National Award

St John's College, Oxford, Library & Study Centre

  • RIBA National Award

Ibstock Place School

  • NLA Awards, Learning
  • Architects' Journal, School Prize

Hampton Pool

  • NLA Awards, People's Choice

Max Fordham LLP

  • CIBSE Building Performance Awards: Consultancy of the Year (shortlist)

Sands End Arts and Community Centre

  • Architects' Journal, Community and Faith

Max Fordham LLP

  • ACE: Net Zero Adviser of the Year (Special Commendation)
2020

Agar Grove Estate

  • CIBSE Building Performance Award, Residential Project of the Year

The Engine Shed, Stirling

  • CIBSE Building Performance Award, Public Use Project of the Year
  • CIBSE Building Performance Award, Building Performance Champion

Centre Building, LSE

  • BREEAM Awards, Public Use - Post Construction

Neil Cogan

  • BREEAM Awards, Assessor of the Year

University of Portsmouth Sports Centre

  • BREEAM Awards, Public Use - Design Stage

Leeds Playhouse

  • Stage Awards, Theatre Building of the Year
  • Scottish Design Awards, Best Public Building

St Mary Magdalene Church, Paddington

  • RICS Social Impact Award

Maggie's Centre, Leeds

  • Dezeen Awards, Civic Building of the Year (Public Vote Winner)

Hobhouse Court

  • Architizer A+ Awards

Fairfield Halls

  • Building Magazine Awards, Refurbishment Project of the Year
2019

Generali Tower, CityLife, Milan

  • World Architecture Community, Realised Projects

Nevill Holt Opera

  • RIBA East Midlands Building of the Year
  • RIBA East Midlands Conservation Award
  • RIBA Stirling Prize (Shortlist)
  • Lux Awards, Hospitality, Leisure and Faith Project of the Year

The Dorothy Garrod Building, Newnham College

  • RIBA East Building of the Year

City Quays Two, Belfast Harbour

  • RIBA Northern Ireland Sustainability Award

Alexandra Palace

  • RIBA London Conservation Award
  • RIBA National Award

Bristol Old Vic

  • RIBA South West Conservation Award
  • RIBA South West Building of the Year

University of Nottingham Teaching and Learning Hub

  • RIBA East Midlands Sustainability Award

Max Fordham

  • BSRIA Soft Landings Practitioner of the Year

The Engine Shed, Stirling

  • BSRIA Soft Landings Project of the Year (up to £20m)

Agar Grove Estate

  • NLA Overall winner
  • NLA Sustainability Prize

Max Fordham House

  • RIBA London Award
  • RIBA London Sustainability Award
  • RIBA House of the Year (Shortlist)

Tollcross Housing Association Offices

  • RIBA/RIAS Regional Award
  • RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award (Shortlist)

Musée d'Arts de Nantes

  • PLDC, Best Daylighting Project (Shortlist)

The Triangle, Cambridge Assessment HQ

  • CDCA - Cambridge Design & Construction Awards: Best New Building (over £2 million)
2018

Oriam

  • CIBSE Building Performance Award, Project of the Year (Leisure)

Musée d'Arts de Nantes

  • Lighting Design Awards, Daylight Project of the Year
  • RIBA International Prize

Sibson Building, University of Kent

  • RIBA South East Award
  • RIBA National Award

Tate St Ives

  • RIBA South West Award
  • RIBA National Award
  • Museum of the Year
  • RIBA Stirling Prize (Shortlist)

Exeter College Cohen Quad, University of Oxford

  • World Architecture Festival, Higher Education and Research Completed Building of the Year

Southbank Centre

  • Lux Awards, Hospitality, Leisure and Faith Project of the Year (Shortlist)

Nightingale Primary School

  • BREEAM Awards, Public Use - Design Stage
2017

Keynsham Civic Centre

  • CIBSE Building Performance Award, Project of the Year (Public use)

Max Fordham

  • CIBSE Building Performance Consultancy of the Year

Max Fordham

  • ACE Inclusion and Diversity Champion of the Year

Generali Tower, CityLife, Milan

  • Emporis, Skyscraper Award (2nd Place)

Juergen Teller Studio

  • RIBA Stirling Prize (Shortlist)
2016

Newport Street Gallery

  • RIBA Stirling Prize
  • RIBA National Award

51 Hills Road

  • RIBA National Award

Wilton's Music Hall

  • NLA Conservation and Retrofit
  • RIBA Building of the Year

The Investcorp Building, Oxford

  • RIBA National Award

Max Fordham

  • ACE Sustainability Champion Winner

Murphy House

  • RIBA House of the Year

The Hive

  • SCONUL Library Design Awards
2015

Max Fordham

  • Ashden Gold Award & Ashden Award for Sustainable Buildings

Keynsham Civic Centre

  • BCO- Best of the Best Award
  • BCO- National Winner Award

Black Cultural Archives

  • NLA Awards - Overall Winner
  • NLA Awards - Conservation & Retrofit Winners
  • Civic Trust Award- Special Trust Winner

Pop Brixton

  • NLA Awards- Mayor's Prize, Temporary Structure
2014

Max Fordham

  • Building Awards - Engineering Consultant of the Year

Ironmonger Row Baths

  • Civic Trust Award

Max Fordham

  • CIBSE Awards - Building Services Consultancy of the Year

Tate Britain Millbank

  • RIBA London English Heritage Award for Preserving the Historic Environment
  • Lighting Design Awards - Daylight
  • RIBA London Regional Award
  • New London Awards: Conservation and Retrofit
  • RIBA National Award

The Arboretum

  • RIBA East Building of the Year Award

The London Library

  • RIBA National Award
  • RIBA London Regional Award

Max Fordham

  • CIBSE Employer of the Year - medium sized practice
2013

Colyer-Fergusson Music Building

  • RIBA National Award

The Hive

  • CIBSE Building Performance Awards - New Build Project of the Year
  • Building Awards - Sustainable Project of the Year
  • RIBA National Award

Ironmonger Row Baths

  • RIBA National Award
2012

Brockholes Visitor Centre

  • Building Awards - Sustainable Project of the Year
  • CIBSE Awards - New Build Project of the Year (Private Sector)

The Triangle

  • Housing Innovation Awards - Most Innovative Affordable Housing Scheme

Royal Veterinary College

  • RIBA National Award

Theatre Royal Newcastle

  • RIBA Regional Conservation Award
2011

National Museum of Scotland

  • RIAS Doolan Prize
2010

Brockholes Visitor Centre

  • Civic Trust Award - Special Award for Sustainability

MAXXI

  • RIBA Stirling Prize