RA Architecture Awards
RA Architecture Awards
The Royal Academy Architecture Prize and The Royal Academy Dorfman Award celebrate under-recognised contributions to design and uncover fresh new talent. Both prizes showcase the RA’s commitment to the future of architecture and design.
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The Royal Academy Architecture Prize
The RA Architecture Prize acknowledges the RA’s unique place at the heart of public debate about art, architecture, and civic life. As a reflection of this commitment to the cultural agency of architecture, the 2021/22 RA Architecture Prize will be awarded to an individual or practice whose idea or body of work has made a positive contribution to the public and had a significant impact on society.
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2020 winner: Cristina Iglesias
The winner of the 2020 year’s Royal Academy architecture prize – Cristina Iglesias – invites us to look at the spaces between buildings, creating thoughtful work that rewards sustained reflection.
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![Cristina Iglesias , Desde lo Subterráneo]()
Cristina Iglesias, Desde lo Subterráneo, 2017.
![Cristina Iglesias, Desde lo Subterráneo]()
Cristina Iglesias, Desde lo Subterráneo, 2017.
![Cristina Iglesias , Deep Fountain (Diepe Fontein)]()
Cristina Iglesias, Deep Fountain (Diepe Fontein), 1997.
![Cristina Iglesias , Tres Aguas]()
Cristina Iglesias, Tres Aguas, 2014.
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![Traffic]()
Traffic
![Vice/Virtue, Reservoir RGB]()
Vice/Virtue, Reservoir RGB
![Blur Building]()
Blur Building
![The High Line by Diller Scofidio + Renfro]()
The High Line by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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![Suzu Performing Arts Centre, Ishikawa, Japan, 2006]()
Suzu Performing Arts Centre, Ishikawa, Japan, 2006
![Niigata Performing Arts Center, Niigata, Japan, 1998]()
Niigata Performing Arts Center, Niigata, Japan, 1998
![Niigata Performing Arts Center, Niigata, Japan, 1998]()
Niigata Performing Arts Center, Niigata, Japan, 1998
![Yamanashi Fruits Museum, Yamanashi, Japan, 1995]()
Yamanashi Fruits Museum, Yamanashi, Japan, 1995
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The Royal Academy Dorfman Award
The Royal Academy Dorfman Award champions new talent in architecture. It is awarded to an architect, practice or collective who are reimagining the future of architecture and taking into consideration geographical and socio-political challenges. The four finalists present their work to the jury and the winner is awarded a £10,000 prize.
The 2020 Royal Academy Dorfman Award was awarded to BCKJ Architects.
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2020 winner: BCKJ Architects
BCKJ Architects is located in Beijing, China and was founded by Dong Mei and Liu Xiaochuan in 2004. They are passionate about the environment and many of their projects, nestled into Chinese peri-urban areas, take great pains to not disturb their local settings, building around trees and only using local materials. They understand architecture as a social resource that mediates between the natural environment, communities, cultures and places.
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The work of BCKJ Architects, winner of the 2020 Royal Academy Dorfman Award
![BCKJ Architects: Black Tiger Primary School, Mao County, 2010.]()
BCKJ Architects: Black Tiger Primary School, Mao County, 2010.
![BCKJ Dorfman 4x3]()
BCKJ Dorfman 4x3
![Black Tiger Primary School, BCKJ Architects]()
Black Tiger Primary School, BCKJ Architects
![Clove Valley ECO-hotel]()
Clove Valley ECO-hotel
![Polus International College Students Apartments]()
Polus International College Students Apartments
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2019 winner: Boonserm Premthada
The winner of this year’s Royal Academy Dorfman Award is Boonserm Premthada of Bangkok Project Studio. Born and raised in the heart of Bangkok, Premthada founded Bangkok Project Studio in 2003. The practice celebrates the importance of craft in architecture (often employing the skills of local craftspeople and traditional production methods) while local construction methods and materials are crucial to Premthada’s work.
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The work of Boonserm Premthada, winner of the 2019 Royal Academy Dorfman Award
![Bangkok Project Studio]()
Bangkok Project Studio
![Bangkok Project Studio]()
Bangkok Project Studio
![Bangkok Project Studio]()
Bangkok Project Studio
![Bangkok Project Studio]()
Bangkok Project Studio
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2018 winner: Alireza Taghaboni
Alireza Taghaboni, the Iranian architect and founder of nextoffice, received the inaugural Award in 2018 for his contemporary responses to traditional Iranian architecture, which takes into account climatic conditions, the economic, political and socio-cultural context of the country and peculiarities of each project’s site.
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The work of Alireza Taghaboni, winner of the 2018 Royal Academy Dorfman Award
![Guyim Villa, Shiraz, Iran (2017)]()
Guyim Villa, Shiraz, Iran (2017)
![Safadasht Villa, Karaj, Iran (2016)]()
Safadasht Villa, Karaj, Iran (2016)
![Sharifi-ha House, Tehran, Iran (2013)]()
Sharifi-ha House, Tehran, Iran (2013)
![Villa for Younger Brother, Tehran, Iran (2015)]()
Villa for Younger Brother, Tehran, Iran (2015)
