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Feilden Fowles’ The Fratry at Carlisle Cathedral, which formed part of its entry for Public Building Architect of the Year

Feilden Fowles was named Architect of the Year tonight at the 2021 AYA celebrations hosted by Building Design.

The practice, which was founded in 2009 by Fergus Feilden and Edmund Fowles, has enjoyed a meteoric rise. Just five years ago itwon Building Design’s Young Architect of the Year Award (YAYA).

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评委们称赞了该事务所的工作以自信而敏感的方式回应了广泛多样的背景。

Feilden Fowles picked up this year’s big trophy as well as being named Public Building Architect of the Year, against stiff competition, at Building Design’s prestigious annual awards ceremony which was back in real life after moving online last year because of the pandemic.

Co-founder Edmund Fowles said: “Winning YAYA was formative for the practice. As students we always looked up to the practices that had won it. Going from being Young Architect of the Year five years ago to winning Public Building Architect and Architect of the Year tonight is amazing.

”It’s really wonderful, particularly coming out of the pandemic. We’ve only just reassembled our team in the studio, so it’s lovely to be bringing everyone back on such a high point.”

The Westminster Park Plaza Hotel was buzzing with architects, clients and guests who were entertained by Marcus Brigstocke, the host for the night. It was also a celebration of 50 years of Building Design.

The AYAs, now in their 17th year, are highly regarded in the industry as the only awards that reward practices for a body of work rather than for individual projects.

Among the night’s other winners wasthis year’s Young Architect of the Year, Ebbawhose founder Benni Allan said they were thrilled.

LETI and its founder, Clara Bagenal George, won the Leadership Award for their pioneering work to put the UK on a path to a net-zero carbon future. LETI (the London Energy Transformation Initiative) has built a credible cross-industry network influencing policy and creating practical guidance. The judges said LETI has had considerable traction with clients and as a result was responsible for effecting real change.

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Some of the members of LETI, with initiator Clara Bagenal George sitting front right

BPTW was named employer of the year, with a highly commended for Liverpool’s Harrison Stringfellow which also picked up the Social Impact Award.

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Meanwhile, the editors were so impressed by the entries for the Stratford Design Challenge, our Building [Re]Design 50thanniversary competition, that we decided to honour all the finalists at the AYAs.

The overall winner was Sanaa Shaikh of Native Studio for Rhythm Alley Stratford, an imaginative proposal to reclaim spaces in the town centre for disenfranchised young people.

And James Prior of Origin 3 Studio was highly commended for East Meets West, a proposal to stitch pedestrian routes and a public square back through the centre of Stratford.

ALL THE WINNERS:

ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:Feilden Fowles

PUBLIC BUILDING ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:Feilden Fowles

Highly commended: Carmody Groarke

HOUSING ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:Henley Halebrown

REFURBISHMENT ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

SUSTAINABILITY ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:Cullinan Studio

OFFICE ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:Stiff & Trevillion

HIGHER EDUCATION ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:Allies and Morrison

EDUCATION (NURSERY TO 6THFORM) ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:AHR

INDIVIDUAL HOUSE ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:McLaren Excell

Highly commended: Coffey Architects

PUBLIC REALM ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:East Architecture

INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:Moxon

INTERIOR ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:Buckley Gray Yeoman

YOUNG ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR (YAYA)

Winner:Ebba Architects

LEADERSHIP AWARD

Winner:LETI(London Energy Transformation Initiative) andClara Bagenal George

SOCIAL VALUE ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Winner:Harrison Stringfellow Architects

EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR

Winner:BPTW

Highly commended: Harrison Stringfellow

Sanaa Shaikh of Native Studio

Stratford Design Challenge winner: Sanaa Shaikh of Native Studio

STRATFORD DESIGN CHALLENGE – BUILDING [RE]DESIGN

Winner:Sanaa Shaikh of Native Studiofor Rhythm Alley Stratford

Highly commended: James Prior of Origin 3 Studio for East Meets West

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Rhythm Alley Stratford by Sanaa Shaikh, Native Studio

See the rest of our AYA coverage:

>>Ebba crowned Young Architect of the Year 2021

>>Winners of Stratford Design Challenge announced

Judges

The judges included: Philippa Simpson, director of design, estate and public programme at the V&A, Stuart Cade, director of last year’s Architect of the Year Mica, Siu-Pei Choi, senior design manager at Wates Group, Matthew Wells, director of engineer Technicker, Matthew Lloyd of Matthew Lloyd Architects, and previous YAYA winner Stefanie Rhodes of Gatti Routh Rhodes.

斯特拉特福德设计挑战赛的评委包括Pam Alexander,伦敦遗产开发公司的总监,Phil Askew, Peabody的景观和场地制作总监,Melissa Dowler, Bell Phillips建筑事务所的总监,Kathryn Firth, FPdesign的合伙人,LLDC的前设计总监,L&Q的生产创新主管和Gbolade设计工作室的联合创始人Tom Holbrook。founding partner of 5thStudio, Kay Hughes, director of design at HS2 Ltd and the former head of design at the Olympic Delivery Authority, Roland Karthaus, founding director of Matter Architecture, Claire McKeown, project director of V&A East, Simon Tonks, senior associate at RSHP, Leanne Tritton, founder and managing director of ING Media, and Keith Waller, development director of Costain and programme director of the government’s Construction Innovation Hub.