The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) National and International Awards for architectural excellence were presented on Friday 27 June, at a dinner in London at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel.
The twenty six RIBA Award winners included The Sackler Crossing, Kew, Surrey, designed by architect John Pawson and Buro Happold.
The Stirling Prize shortlist will be drawn from the sixteen RIBA National Award winners, and the RIBA European Award winners who are eligible for the prize. The shortlist will be announced on Thursday 17 July. The RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects' Journal is awarded to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. The £20,000 prize will be presented in Liverpool on Saturday 11 October 2008 and broadcast on Channel 4 on Sunday 12 October.
Speaking at the awards dinner, RIBA President Sunand Prasad said: "RIBA awards are only made to buildings that really work for their users. They are a studied response by architect and lay judges not only to the submitted material but most importantly to tours of buildings conducted by the clients and architects of the schemes."
