BRITAIN’S top buildings have been revealed – and feature an incredibly array of restored grandeur and cutting-edge curves.
Here are some of the Royal Institute of British Architects’ 54 winners – including a “Teletubbies” distillery, a refurbished 1960s bus station and a double capacity London Bridge.
The Macallan Distillery in Moray, Scotland, has been likened to the fictional idyll of TeletubbylandMark power / Magnum Photos / RIBALondon Bridge station doubled its passenger capacity in January 2018 with the reopening of five platformsNetwork Rail / RIBAPreston’s refurbished 1960s bus station was also long-listed for the awardGareth GardnerScotland’s first design museum, V&A Dundee, opened in September 2018Erieta Attali / RIBARegeneration of the east wing of Alexandra Palace involved substantial work to the Grade II-listed fabric largely hidden from the public for over 80 yearsRichard Battye / RIBAJudges praised this ‘restorative rural retreat’ in Sartfell on the Isle of Man for its breathtaking viewsEdmund Sumner / RIBAThe Royal Opera House in London was rated ‘more welcoming, transparent and permeable’ than ever following three years of constructionNick Hufton / RIBAWestminster Abbey Triforium Project in London is designed to reference Christopher Wren’s late 17th Century additionsAlan Williams / RIBAWeston visitor centre is located in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in the grounds of Bretton Hall, an 18th century country park estatePeter Cook / RIBABattersea Arts Centre in southwest London was lovingly restored over 12 years after a devastating fire, including the Grand Hall, picturedFred Howarth / RIBAEddington Masterplan in CambridgeJack Hobhouse / RIBA4 Pancras Square, London, was designed to evoke the area’s industrial pastDirk Lindner / RIBAThe Carlton Hill City Observatory project in Edinburgh involved years of restoration and designSusie Lowe / RIBACoal Drops Yard is the newest shopping district in the heart of King’s CrossHufton Crow / RIBAWillow Tea Rooms were built between 1903-1904 and restored in the 1990sAlexander Fraser / RIBACTC Transport Hub near Belfast, Northern Ireland, was praised for its ‘sophisticated architectural language’Donal McCann / RIBAEleanor Palmer Science Lab in London was described as a learning environment that aims ‘to foster enquiring minds, curiosity and wonder in the world’Yeoryia Manolopoulou / RIBACork House in Berkshire was described as a ‘structure of great ingenuity’Ricky Jones / RIBANevill Holt Opera in Leicestershire hosts an arts festival at the end of June every yearHelene Binet / RIBAWrit In Water, Runnymede, Surrey,was built against against the backdrop of a lightly wooded hillside and marks the site of the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215Andrew Butler / RIBAThe Painted Hall in the Old Royal Navy College in Greenwich, southeast London, known as ‘Britain’s answer to the Sistine Chapel’ because of its illustrated ceilingJames Brittain / RIBAThe Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries in southwest LondonAlan Williams / RIBAThe former BBC Television Centre, LondonTimothy Soar / RIBAThe Beecroft Building at the University of Oxford was officially opened by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in September 2018Jim Stephenson / RIBA
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