Mecanoo is one of six offices shortlisted for the 2014 Public Building Architect of the Year Award. Organised by Building Design, the Architect of the Year Awards honour overall achievement within a particular sector. Judged by a panel of industry experts, the award recognises a practice’s body of work, rather than one particular building.

Mecanoo’s track record for Public Buildings includes the Library of Birmingham, Kaap Skil museum on Texel island in the Netherlands, HOME in Manchester, Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Performing Arts in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and upcoming projects like the redevelopment of the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Washington, DC.

The other practices shortlisted for this award are: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, Ryder, Purcell, Haworth Tompkins and Adam Richards Architects. The awards ceremony will take place on 2nd of December in London.

BD’s annual celebration of great architecture.

Now one of the UK’s largest gatherings of architects, the Architect of the Year Awards return for its 11th year. The awards reward the practices responsible for the best overall body of work in 13 different categories.

Entries for the awards are now closed and BD is delighted to announce the 2014 finalists 

Sports & Leisure Architect of the Year - sponsored by Solus Ceramics

• Arup Associates
• Faulkner Browns
• Archer Humphreys
• LA Architects
• Populous
• Dexter Moren Associates

Housing Architect of the Year:

• Mae
• Proctor Matthews
• PCKO
• HTA
• Duggan Morris
• dRMM

Interiors Architect of the Year - sponsored by Johnstone’s Trade 

• Chalk Architecture
• Jestico + Whiles
• SHH
• DesignLSM
• TP Bennett
• Spacelab

Office Architect of the Year - sponsored by Zip

• David Chipperfield
• Ian Simpson Architects
• Duggan Morris
• Allies Morrision
• Reiach and Hall Architects
• Buckley Gray Yeoman

One off house Architect of the Year - sponsored by Duravit

• Denizen Works
• Baca Architects
• Guy Holloway
• AR Design Studio
• Wilkinson King
• Piercy & Company

Refurbishment Architect of the Year – sponsored by Equitone

• Chris Dyson Architects
• Peter Barber Architects
• Fielden Clegg Bradley
• Barbara Weiss Architects
• Haworth Tompkins
• TP Bennett

Masterplanning & Public Realm Architect of the Year - sponsored by Mustard

• We Made That
• John Thompson & Partners
• HTA
• Hawkins Brown
• Allies & Morrison
• David Kohn Architects

Small Non-Housing Architect of the Year:

• Flanagan Lawrence
• Delvendahl Martin
• IPT Architects
• Featherstone Young
• Design LSM

Infrastructure Architect of the Year:

• WestonWilliamson + Partners
• Luis Vidal + Architects
• Lyall Bills & Young
• McDowell+Benedetti
• Fereday Pollard
• Landolt + Brown

Infrastructure Architect of the Year:

• Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
• Ryder
• Mecanoo
• Purcell
• Haworth Tompkins
• Adam Richards Architects

Education Architect of the Year:

• Design Engine Architects
• Nicholas Hare Architects
• Feilden Clegg Bradley
• Mitchell Taylor Workshop
• Allies + Morrison
• Buckley Gray Yeoman

Sustainability Architect of the Year:

• Architype
• Hewitt Studios
• Allies & Morrison
• Satellite Architects
• HTA
• Sheppard Robson

Young Architect of the Year:

• Taka Architects
• LNA
• MXSI
• Spaceworkers
• Threefold Architects
• Paul McAneary Architects

The 2014 Architect of the Year Awards take place on 2nd December at The Brewery, London. Join over 600 of your industry peers for an evening of celebrating great architecture.

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