Charcoalblue 2025 RIBA Award Winners

05/22/2025

The 2025 RIBA Regional Award winners have been announced, and we’re thrilled to share that several Charcoalblue projects were awarded across the regional categories!

The RIBA Awards champion and celebrate the best architecture in the UK. Successful projects reflect changes and innovations in architecture, but at their core, they are committed to designing and developing buildings and spaces to improve and enhance people’s lives.
Acknowledging both the shortlisted and winning projects, we’re thrilled to see our colleagues’ and collaborators’ hard work and efforts recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects.

RIBA London Awards 2025

A man raises hands on stage while a woman looks up from a keyboard. Image by Haworth Tompkins.
Soho Place photographed by Philip Vile for Haworth Tompkins

Soho Place

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

The theatre @sohoplace marks a new departure for contemporary performance spaces. It is the first West End theatre to open in 50 years, responding to impresario Nica Burns’ vision for an intimate, 600-seat truly adaptable West End auditorium.

Sidcup Storyteller

DRDH Architects

The Storyteller building aims to enhance Sidcup’s cultural offerings and provide much-needed affordable housing. Charcoalblue has collaborated with DRDH architects from the early stages of the project, focusing on the acoustic requirements in terms of space planning and budgeting. This collaboration has been crucial for integrating these requirements and achieving successful performance.

Exterior of brick building with Library & Cinema signage and Storyteller sign.
Sidcup Storyteller

RIBA South Awards 2025

An arched hall with intricate decorative moulding along the ceiling and corinthian columns framing arched windows along its length.
Eton School Hall photographed by Charcoalblue

Eton School Hall

Hopkins Architects

The project aim for Eton School Hall was to provide a significantly improved experience for the audience, notably improved sightlines to the platform, improved seating comfort, and improved acoustics and lighting.

RIBA North West Awards 2025

A packed audience views a dance performance at Aviva Studios, Manchester. Photo by Marco Cappelletti. Courtesy of OMA and Factory International.
Aviva Studios, Manchester. Photo by Marco Cappelletti. Courtesy of OMA and Factory International.

Aviva Studios (Factory International)

OMA

Aviva Studios, programmed and operated by Factory International, is a new large-scale venue that captures the extraordinary creative vision of the Manchester International Festival (MIF) and is one of Europe’s most ambitious and adventurous year-round creative programmes.

RIBA South East Awards 2025

Performance space with three arched windows and string orchestra playing.
Brighton Dome Corn Exchange photographed by Chloe Hashemi

Brighton Dome Corn Exchange & Studio Theatre

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Originally built between 1803 and 1808 as the Prince Regent’s stables and riding house, the listed Brighton Dome has had many guises over its 200-year history – a stable block, a temporary hospital, a roller-skating rink and now the South Coast’s leading multi-arts venue, home to the Dome Concert Hall, Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre.

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