RIBA National Awards 2018

摘要

Reading the runes of the RIBA National Awards -the selection and spread of projects across sectors, regions and practices - is an inexact art. But, while the overall sweep of selected projects often contains an arguable choice or a surprising absence or two, it usually presents few complete surprises. This year is no exception, so dRMM's warm and welcoming Maggie's Oldham, Waugh Thistleton's resonant Bushey Cemetery and the castle-like Royal Birmingham Conservatoire by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios are all present and correct. But it would be good to have seen Feilden Fowles' honest, barn-like Waterloo Community Farm, mae's generous Brentford Lock housing or 31/44 Architects' distinctive Red House make the cut.The RIBA National Awards are never likely to signal unexpected new trends. They are more a reflection of where architecture - and the society that produced it - was five or more years past, when the buildings were commissioned.