Award wins

Many of our projects and people have been recognised with awards during 2022 and 2023. These have been collected across a wide range of professions, sectors and locations. Congratulations to all involved. Particular mention should be made of the following:

2023

Leicester St Margaret’s bus station is the UK’s first carbon-neutral bus station.
Future Cities Forum Winter Awards

Leicester St Margaret’s Bus Station

Infrastructure and Transport Infrastructure-Related Development
IStructE Lewis Kent Award

Victoria Martin

Outstanding Contribution to the Industry
The American Institute of Architects (AIA)

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Coveted Film
WICE Awards

Lindsay Johnston

Architect of the Year
AJ Retrofit Award

London South Bank University Hub

Higher Education and Campus 2023
Education Building Wales Awards

Welsh School of Architecture

Education Refurbishment of the Year
RIBA North West

Student Centre, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Special Award
Scottish Design Awards

Newmains & St Brigid's Community Hub

Gold Award
Digital Construction Awards

BDP Pattern, Laing O’Rourke and Solibri

Digital Collaboration of the Year
RTPI Cymru Awards for Planning Excellence

Grange University Hospital

Excellence in Planning for Health and Wellbeing

2022

AJ Architecture Awards

WaterSHED at Wardle Academy

School Project
Mixology Awards

Wren Urban Nest

Positive Impact
Building and Architect
of the Year 2022

Wren Urban Nest

Sustainability award
for a single building
or development
Irish Construction Excellence Award 2022

Wren Urban Nest

Leisure or Tourism
over €10m Category
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Awards

Wren Urban Nest

Energy in Buildings’ Award
Future Cities Forum 2022

Elizabeth Line Whitechapel Station

Infrastructure and transport-related development
Governor General’s Medal

60–80 Atlantic

Architecture
York Design Awards

Lowfield York

Multiple Dwelling – Residential and Lord Mayor's Award
World Architecture News (WAN) Awards

Pears Building

Silver Award
RICS Awards 2022

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

Public Sector Project
Martha Andrews
Mixology Awards

Martha Andrews

30 under 30
LIT Awards

Student Centre, University College London

Best Workspace Lighting
Build Back Better Awards

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

PLATINUM Lighting
International LIT Awards 2022

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Heritage Lighting
World Interior News Awards

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Gold Award
World Interior News Awards

LDN:W

Silver Award
BCO National Midlands & Central England

PwC Birmingham

Fit Out of Workplace
BCO National

Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia

Test of Time
ARIDO

99 Gerrard Interiors

Live Together – Living Spaces
Fortune Best Designs 2022

Shanghai Yangshupu Power Plant Regeneration

Best of the year
World Architecture
Festival X (WAFX)

Shanghai Yangshupu Power Plant Regeneration

Future projects that address major architectural issues facing society and the planet
Building and Architect
of the Year 2022

Pembroke Square

Building refurbishment
for a single building or development
Learning Places Scotland Awards

Ayr Grammar Primary School

Project of the Year
Learning Places Scotland Awards

BDP Architects

Commended – Architect of the Year
Learning Places Scotland Awards

Learning and Teaching Building, University of Strathclyde

Innovation in Delivering a Sustainable Learning Space
Herald Property Awards for Scotland 2022

Learning and Teaching Building, University of Strathclyde

Best Regeneration Project (Commercial)
ARIDO

York Condos Interiors

Live Together – Living Spaces
Chris is a technical director who manages the Building Services engineering team in the Dublin studio.
Irish Construction Industry Awards

Chris Croly

Designer of the Year
Scottish Transport Awards

Glasgow Queen Street Station

Transport Project of the Year and Excellence in Transport Design
Railway Heritage Trust 2022

Glasgow Queen Street Station

Chairman’s 2022 Special Award
LABC (Local Authority Building Control) Awards Regional

Student Centre, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Best Non-Residential New Build
Irish Building and Design Awards

ESB HQ Offices

Irish Building Project of the Year Award
Irish Construction Industry Awards

ESB HQ Offices

Large Commercial Project of the Year
BREEAM Award

Metaswitch

Excellent
The Institution of Structural Engineers

London South Bank University Hub

Structural Engineering
Construction News Awards 2022

Bouygues UK, University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

Project of the Year
(over £50m)

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