Awards

The Nobel Prize is the premier award in science, reserved for those that "have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." The Ig Nobel Prize, on the other hand, celebrates the most trivial and ridiculous things our best and brightest have studied.

The Royal Observatory Greenwich's Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 winners have been announced, giving us all a glimpse into the stunning natural beauty of space and making some important astronomical discoveries in the process.

RIBA has revealed its 2023 Stirling Prize shortlist, the winner of which will receive the most high-profile award in UK architecture. Highlights include housing for artists and a university informed by its surrounding landscape.

In a celebration of monochromatic photography, the prestigious Black and White Photo Awards has revealed its 2023 winners, a stunning collection of landscapes, portraits, architecture, streetscapes, and the beauty of nature.

It's all well and good creating new buildings that are packed with sustainable design, but it's often even greener to adapt what has already been built. To highlight this, RIBA has launched a new award to celebrate the creative reuse of buildings.

RIBA has revealed the winners of its 2023 National Awards, which features 30 examples of the best architecture the UK has to offer, including an impressive home finished in recycled TV screens and a sustainable house topped by a pyramidal roof.

As any ornithologist will tell you, birds are wonderful, funny and expressive animals, so it's no surprise they also make great subjects for photo competitions. We present their weird and wonderful selves and the talented snappers behind the shots.

The American Institute of Architects has revealed the USA's finest new sustainable architecture for its COTE Top Ten Awards. Highlights include a park that offers lessons on water use and a steel mill transformed into a sustainable powerhouse.

The winners of the All About Photo Awards - The Mind’s Eye 2023 competition have been announced, showcasing the incredible talent of photographers worldwide, from a firework mid-explosion to the rough and tumble of wheelchair basketball.

If you've got a photographer's eye, today's smartphones certainly won't hold you back from taking incredible photos. The winners of the 12th annual Mobile Photography Awards prove that the best camera truly is the one you've got with you.

David Chipperfield has been declared the 2023 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the most prestigious award in architecture. The judges lauded his "subtle yet powerful" body of work, which spans four decades and over one hundred projects.

The AIA has revealed the winners of its 2023 Architecture Awards, which showcases 16 projects, including an energy efficient ferry terminal and a school that's carefully shaped to respond to its desert surroundings.