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Celebrating and rewarding design excellence in UK architecture

The Architects’ Journal is delighted to announce the return of the AJ Architecture Awards for the eighth consecutive year.

The awards will highlight the very best projects across 16+ categories from housing, health, and wellbeing to workplace and cultural projects. View the full list of categories here.

The awards were open to all practices, regardless of size or scale. The winners will be revealed at a celebratory event that will take place on 27 November 2025 at Royal Lancaster London.

All shortlisted projects will be visited by a judging panel and published on the Architects' Journal website.

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I think this is a fantastic award for the whole team, so incredibly proud.

Design of the Year and Cultural Project 2024 winner, Hoskins Architects

Rubbing shoulders with some of the big names is incredible, so we didn’t expect it at all, to be fair. It’s not a project we started to try and get an award, so we’ll take it! Very, very proud.

Housing Projects (£40 million and over) 2024 winner, Cullinan Studio with ECE Westworks

For us as a practice, I think it’s important. It shows our commitment to clients' long-term goals, thinking creatively about projects, and using our experience in other sectors to unlock challenging projects.

School Project winner 2024, Hawkins\Brown

It has been a fantastic award for us to win.

Editor’s Choice and Leisure Project winner 2024, Michael Laird Architects

We had a lot of complexity and many challenges, and these were great architects who helped pull it all together and turn the vision we had for the site back in 2013/2014 into a reality. It’s amazing.

Mixed-used Projects (£75 Million and over) 2024 winner, Fletcher Priest Architects

We worked really hard on this project, and we’re super proud of the entire team. Not just the architectural team, but also the clients, project manager, and the entire consultant team who made this possible.

Housing Project (up to £10 million) 2024 winner, Gbolade Design Studio

I think it will bring a lot more clients, showcasing our excellent work in the higher education sector.

Higher Education Project 2024 winner, BDP

We’re just really hopeful that these awards will lead to bigger work and help our practice grow.

The Manser Medal – AJ House of the Year and Architects of the Year 2024 winner, Surman Weston

I think this is a fantastic award for the whole team, so incredibly proud.

Design of the Year and Cultural Project 2024 winner, Hoskins Architects

Rubbing shoulders with some of the big names is incredible, so we didn’t expect it at all, to be fair. It’s not a project we started to try and get an award, so we’ll take it! Very, very proud.

Housing Projects (£40 million and over) 2024 winner, Cullinan Studio with ECE Westworks

For us as a practice, I think it’s important. It shows our commitment to clients' long-term goals, thinking creatively about projects, and using our experience in other sectors to unlock challenging projects.

School Project winner 2024, Hawkins\Brown

It has been a fantastic award for us to win.

Editor’s Choice and Leisure Project winner 2024, Michael Laird Architects

Key dates

Entry deadline
2nd May, 2025
11:55 PM
First round of judging
30th May, 2025
9:00 AM
Shortlist notified
6th June, 2025
9:00 AM
Second round of judging
22nd September, 2025
9:00 AM
26th September, 2025
9:00 AM
Winners announced
27th November, 2025
9:00 PM

Partnership opportunities

The AJ Architecture Awards offer a unique opportunity for you to associate your brand with design excellence and the event is your opportunity to efficiently network with the cream of the crop of architecture – regardless of size or scale of practice.

We offer tailored sponsorship packages to suit all marketing aims and budgets. If you wish to find out more, please contact Richard Dye at richard.dye@emap.com or Justin Heron at justin.heron@emap.com .

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