Awards
Our recent buildings have won many design awards and a number have been built as a result of successful architectural competition entries.
- 2017 RIBA Regional Award
Regional Finalist, Wapping Wharf, Bristol - 2011 RIBA Town & Country Commercial Sector Award
Deanery Road, Bristol - 2010 RIBA National Award
Aardman Animations Headquarters, Bristol - 2009 RIBA Town & Country Design – Supreme Award
Aardman Animations Headquarters, Bristol - 2009 RIBA Town & Country Design Awards – Workspace Award
Aardman Animations Headquarters, Bristol - 2007 RIBA Crown Estate Conservation Award
ss Great Britain - 1993 RIBA Regional Award
St. Anne’s College Oxford - 1993 RIBA Architecture Award
Marketing Centre for Bristol DC - 1991 RIBA Architecture Award
King Edward’s Junior School, Bath - 1989 RIBA Architecture Award
No. 1 Bridewell Street, Bristol
- 2016 Civic Trust Award – Regional Finalist
City Hall Bristol - 2006 Civic Trust Access Award
ss Great Britain - 2005 Civic Trust Award
Kindersley Centre, Sheepdrove Organic Farm - 2005 Civic Trust Special Award for Sustainability
Kindersley Centre, Sheepdrove Organic Farm - 2003 Civic Trust Commendation
Faculty of Education, University of the West of England - 2002 Civic Trust Urban Design Award
Open Spaces at Harbourside - 1997 Civic Trust Commendation
Goldney Hall, Bristol - 1997 Civic Trust Special Mention
Bath University Library extension - 1988 Civic Trust Award
Salvation Army Citadel, Bristol
- 2017 Bristol Civic Society Design Award
Underfall Yard - 2017 Bristol Civic Society Design Award
Wapping Wharf, Phase I - 2015 Bristol Civic Society Design Award
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Visitors Centre - 2015 Bristol Civic Society Design Award
Visitors Centre, Clifton Suspension Bridge - 2013 Bristol Civic Society Award
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol - 2011 Bristol Civic Society Award
Brunel Institute, Bristol - 2011 Bristol Civic Society Award
Deanery Road, Bristol - 2009 Bristol Civic Society Award
Aardman Animations Headquarters, Bristol - 2009 Bristol Civic Society Award
Quakers Friars, Bristol - 2008 Bristol Civic Society Environmental Award
Studio Block, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of the West of England, Bower Ashton, Bristol - 2006 Bristol Civic Society Award
Woodland Court - 2003 Bristol Civic Society Award
Capricorn Quay, Bristol - 2002 Bristol Civic Society Award
City Learning Centres, Bristol - 2001 Bristol Civic Society Award
Millennium Square, @t Bristol [Open Spaces at Harbourside] - 1998 Bristol Civic Society Award
Venturers House, Bristol - 1996 Bristol Civic Society Award
Goldney Hall, Bristol - 1994 Bristol Civic Society Award
Vision Care Centre for the Bristol Royal Society for the Blind - 1992 Bristol Civic Society Award
Redcliff Quay, Bristol - 1992 Bristol Civic Society Award
31 Great George Street, Bristol
- 2017 Construction Excellence South West Built Environment Awards – Project of the Year
City Hall Bristol - 2017 Local Authority Building Control – Best Partnership
Alec French Architects - 2017 Local Authority Building Control – Best Public Service Building
Underfall Yard - 2016 Local Authority Building Control – Best Large Housing
Wapping Wharf Phase I - 2016 Local Authority Building Control- Best Partnership
Wapping Wharf, Phase I - 2015 Regional LABC Award for Best Small Commercial Building
Visitor Centre, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol - 2015 Regional LABC Award for Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development
Barstaple Almshouses - 2013 RICS South West and Wales Commercial Award
Weston Town Hall, Weston-super-Mare - 2013 South West Building Excellence Project of the Year Award
Weston Town Hall, Weston-super-Mare - 2012 Public Building Retrofit Project of the Year Award
Weston Town Hall, Weston-super-Mare - 2003 National HomeBuilder Design Commendation
Capricorn Quay, Bristol - 1997 Structural Steel Award
Bath University Library extension - 1993 British Construction Industry Award
Marketing Centre for Bristol DC - 1991 Natural Stone Design Commendation
31 Great George Street, Bristol
- 2016 Go Green – Bristol’s Best Green Small Business
Alec French Architects - 2014 West of England Carbon Challenge Best Company (Under 250 Employees) Award
Alec French Architects - 2010 BREEAM Offices Award: the highest rated office building in the UK
Horizon House / Cabot House, Bristol - 2008 BREEAM Retail Award
Cabot Circus (Quakers Friars), Bristol
- 2018 Michelmores Property Award, Residential Project of the Year, 35 Units and Under Redcliffe Parade
- 2017 Michelmores Property Award – Residential Project of the Year, 41 Units and Over
Wapping Wharf, Phase I - 2017 Michelmores Property Award – Public Project of the Year
City Hall, Bristol - 2016 Insider South West – Architects Practice of the Year
Alec French Architects - 2016 Insider South West – Commercial Workplace of the Year
City Hall, Bristol - 2016 Insider South West- Residential Development of the Year
Wapping Wharf, Phase I - 2012 Insider Property Awards, Architects’ Practice of the Year
Alec French Architects - 2012 Insider Property Awards, Workplace of the Year
WestOne, Bristol - 2012 BCO Corporate Workplace Regional Award
Horizon House, Bristol - 2012 BCO Commercial Workplace Regional Award
Bristol & Bath Science Park - 2012 BCO Innovation National Award (Regional Nominee)
Kingswood Locality Hub, Bristol - 2011 Insider Property Awards, Office Development of the Year
Horizon House, Bristol - 2010 Best Heritage Venue (Rough Guide to Accessible Britain Awards)
ss Great Britain - 2010 The Almshouse Association Patrons Award
John Fosters Almshouse, Bristol - 2008 MAPIC EG Retail Award for Best Shopping Centre
Cabot Circus (Quakers Friars), Bristol - 2008 In-Town Retail Scheme of the Year, British Council of Shopping Centres
Cabot Circus (Quakers Friars), Bristol - 2008 Supreme Gold Award, British Council of Shopping Centres
Cabot Circus (Quakers Friars), Bristol - 2008 Georgian Group: 2008 Best New Building in a Georgian Context
22-25 Queen Square, Bristol - 2006 Gulbenkian Museum of the Year
ss Great Britain - 2008 Western Daily News Community Building of the Year Award (Shortlisted)
Netham Park Pavilion - 2002 Prime Minister’s Award for Better Public Building
City Learning Centres, Bristol - 2001 RTPI National Commendation for Planning in the Public Realm
Open Spaces at Harbourside - 2000 The British Parking Industry Award
For excellence in design and highest standards of customer facilities
Presented by the British Parking Association - 1994 Institution of Structural Engineers Award
Marketing Centre for Bristol DC
[pullquote align=”full” cite=”Charles Fox, Bristol Civic Society, re Bower Ashton Studio Block” link=”” color=”#91a5a3″ class=”” size=”13″]“It is always pleasing choosing an Environmental Award Winner on a green site and this one is outstanding for its discretion and obvious sustainability.”[/pullquote]