Open Award for Technical Excellence in Architectural Technology

Launched: 1994

Criteria: Entrants must demonstrate their achievement of technical excellence in construction by illustrating the composition of ideas put into practice and presented in a working format.

Entry: Application form and £25 entry fee

Deadline: For 2012 Award: to be announced

Prizes:
Winner (First prize): a cast plaque for permanent attachment to the project, certificate and £1500
Highly Commended (Second prize): a cast plaque for permanent attachment to the project, certificate and £750
Commended (Third prize): a cast plaque for permanent attachment to the project, certificate and £550

Contact: Diane Dale, Practice and Technical Director

Previous winners:
2011 Adrian Evans MCIAT, P+HS Architects, Blaydon Leisure and Primary Care Centre, Gateshead
2010 Benoy, Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi
2009 Stephenson Bell Architects, Manchester Central Convention Complex
2008 John Miller + Partners, The Brindley Arts Centre, Runcorn, Cheshire
2007 Hampshire County Council Architecture and Design Services, Minstead Study Centre, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
2006 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (International) PA, The Ruth Deech Building, Oxford
2005 Architectural Services HKSAR, The New Headquarters for the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Hong Kong
2004 CCH Partnership, The Galway Clinic, Galway, Republic of Ireland
2003 Chetwood Associates, Egg (Office complex), Derby
2002 White Design Partnership, University of the West of England Planning Studio
2001 Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, The Eden Project, Cornwall
2000 Architectural Services Department Hong Kong, International Horticultural Exposition
1999 Chetwood Associates, Sainsbury’s Supermarket in Greenwich
1998 Foster and Partners, Great Glasshouse at National Botanical Garden of Wales
1997 Feilden Clegg Architects, New Environmental Office at BRE, Watford
1996 Lawrence Coussell MBIAT, Alwoodley Golf Club, Leeds
          Gabriele Bramante, Citizens Advice Bureau, Chessington
1995 Ahrends Burton and Koralek, Extension to the Docklands Light Railway, London