RIBA announces world’s best new buildings – 11 Asian projects win RIBA International Awards for Excellence 2021

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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 16 winners of the RIBA International Awards for Excellence 2021, a biennial selection of the world’s best new buildings selected from entries to the world’s most prestigious award for architecture, the RIBA International Prize.

 

Of these exceptional winning projects, 11 are located in Asia, across Qatar, Iran, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China and South Korea.

 

• Doha, Qatar: The Msheireb Downtown Doha Masterplan, a sophisticated and major architectural project, comprises a hundred plus buildings forming a coherent piece of the city and champions environmental and cultural sustainability with walkable neighbourhoods.

• Seoul, South Korea: Amorepacific Headquarters is boldly positioned in the heart of the business district, serving as the workplace for the beauty company, a triple height foyer also engages with social responsibility, offering a public museum, auditorium, library, shopping and exhibition spaces.

• Hong Kong, China: Tai Kwun The Centre for Heritage and Arts has transformed Hollywood Road, a historic cultural site, housing buildings formerly operating as police headquarters into two new immersive museum buildings with capacity for outdoor exhibition spaces and morning Tai Chi.

Amongst the 16 winning projects announced today, four projects will be shortlisted for this year’s prize and announced in September.  The winner of the RIBA International Emerging Architect Prize and the RIBA International Prize 2021 will be selected by a Grand Jury, chaired by French architect Odile Decq and revealed in November 2021.