2025 Winners

We are thrilled to present the winners of the Architect of the Year Awards 2025! Congratulations to all the practices and individuals whose exceptional body of work is setting new benchmarks for quality, sustainability, and social value in architecture.

All 2025 winners

Best Architect Employer of the Year. Winner: Haworth Tompkins

Creative Conservation Architect of the Year. Winner: Nex

Education Architect of the Year (nursery - 6th), sponsored by Swisspearl. Winner: alma-nac

Higher Education Architect of the Year. Winner: Haworth Tompkins

Housing Architect of the Year. Winner: Levitt Bernstein

Individual House Architect of the Year. Winner: Graeme Williamson Architects

Interior Architect of the Year. Winner: dMFK Architects

Net Zero Architect of the Year, in partnership with UKGBC. Winner: AHR (Collected by UKGBC)

Office Architect of the Year. Winner: Piercy & Company

One off Major Project of the Year. Winner: AHMM with Stanton Williams, DSDHA, Morris + Co and East - Norton Folgate

One Off Small Project of the Year. Winner: BanfieldWood - Private house

Public Building Architect of the Year, sponsored by Suttons. Winner: FaulknerBrowns

Refurbishment and Reinvention Architect of the Year. Winner: Harrison Stringfellow

Retail and Leisure Architect of the Year. Winner: Howells

Social Value Award. Winner: Harrison Stringfellow

WA100 International Architect of the Year. Winner: INI Design Studio

Young Architect of the Year. Winner: CAN

UK Design Capital of the Year. Winner: Manchester

Lifetime Achievement Award. Winner: Lady Patricia Ann Hopkins OBE

The Gold Award. Winner: Haworth Tompkins