RIBA International Prize 2018

Description

Why enter the RIBA Awards

For over 50 years the RIBA awards and prizes have championed and celebrated the best architecture in the UK and around the world, no matter the form; size or budget. Successful projects reflect changes and innovations in architecture, but at their core display a commitment to designing and developing buildings and spaces for the improvement and enhancement of people’s lives.

• RIBA awards are regarded by both the public and profession as the most valued architecture awards with an unrivalled approach to the judging and promotion of good architecture.
• RIBA awards and prizes are the most rigorously judged awards for architectural excellence and are based on the judgement of peers as a result of building visits.
• All award-winning projects will have been visited by at least one expert jury.
• All RIBA awards are judged by award-winning architects and relevant lay assessors.
• Award winners will have PR support from the RIBA and the chance to be featured in online, print and filmed content by our prestigious media partners.
• Award-winning projects are featured on architecture.com which has a growing annual visit rate of over 2.5 million globally.
• RIBA awards are highlighted and amplified on all of our social media channels with a global reach of over 200,000 followers.
• Award winners will receive both hard-copy and digital RIBA Awards marketing assets.

Who can enter

The RIBA International Prize is open to any qualified architect.

To enter a building outside the UK the project director must:

• be a qualified architect
• have completed the building, which must have been occupied (partially-occupied commercial and housing projects subject to RIBA approval) between 1 January 2014 and 1 October 2017
• have the client's permission to submit the building

We will ask you for evidence of your membership of an organisation such as the RIBA, or registration with an architecture registration board. If you are not a member of any such organisation, we will need details of your qualification certificate and the academic institute you graduated from.

Judging criteria and process

Judges will be asked to assess buildings on the following criteria:

• capacity to stimulate, engage or delight its occupants, visitors and passers-by
• architectural and conceptual ambition
• sustainability - environmental and economic
• generous contribution to the public realm or environment
• extent of innovation, invention or originality
• use of materials and the rigour with which it is detailed
• ability to inspire and endure as an exemplary work of architecture