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Oh what a night! A huge thank you to everyone who’s made this first year at our new home so special, the talented entrants, this year’s sponsors: benx, Suttons, @swisspearlgroup & @UKGBC, the judges and the brilliant @colinmurray We can’t wait to do it all again next year! #AYA25

And finally it’s time to reveal the #AYA25 Gold Award winners... @HaworthTompkins 🏆 - Best Architect Employer (praised for employee ownership & mental health commitment) - Higher Education Architect (for elegant, uplifting environments) - Gold Award (for overall excellence)

A standing ovation for Patty Hopkins, the recipient of the #AYA25 Lifetime Achievement Award! 🏆 We honor her ferocious talent, bold thinking & lasting impact—from the renowned Hopkins House to setting new standards in British architecture. The “glue & the oil” of the profession

Huge congratulations to Manchester, our first-ever winner of the #AYA25 UK Design Capital of the Year Award 🏆 Judges were impressed by the city’s outstanding leadership, strong historic character, and collaboration to deliver design-led regeneration and cultural investment 👏

Now @benflatmanBD introduces our inaugural UK Design Capital award. This accolade looks beyond individual projects to celebrate the city, its leaders, and the strategic ambition shaping the built environment. It's about vision, regeneration, and placemaking…

Now let’s celebrate the winners of the #AYA25 Young Architect of the Year Award: #CAN 🏆 Judges were wowed by the colour, energy, and joy CAN brings to their work, calling their architecture playful, exuberant, and socially conscious. They truly exemplify emerging leaders! 🌟

A huge round of applause for @INIdesignstudio, winners of #AYA25 WA100 architect of the year 🏆 Judges were deeply impressed by their clear commitment to environmental sustainability, well-made projects, and thoughtful detailing 👏

Whoop whoop! It’s the sound of the #AYA25 social value award winners, @hsahello 🎉 Judges praised their socially focused projects, deeply rooted in community needs that show how architecture can support sustainable regeneration and make a tangible difference to local life 👏

Stamp your feet for #Howells, winner of the #AYA25 Retail and Leisure Architect of the Year award! 🏆 Judges were impressed by the real variety in their work and the clear environmental ambitions in each project 👏

Raise the roof for winners of the #AYA25 refurbishment and reinvention architect of the year: @hsahello 🎉 Judges praised their smart, articulate projects, showing how small-scale interventions can deliver transformative impact 👏

Make some noise for @FaulknerBrowns, winner of #AYA25 public building architect of the year, sponsored by Suttons 🏆 Judges praised their “rare ability” to deliver public architecture that is socially engaging, contextually sensitive, and environmentally responsible 👏

Huge cheer for #BanfieldWood, winner of #AYA25 one-off small project of the year 🏆 Judges called their private house “clever, inventive and joyful. Setting a benchmark for small-scale design that balances experimentation, sustainability and usability. “ ✨

Put your hands together for winners of the #AYA25 one-off major project of the year: @AHMMArchitects with @_SW_News, #DSDHA, @moco_arch and #East 🏆 Judges called it an “ambitious & extremely complex project,” praising the careful retrofit & impressive architectural quality 👏

Now let’s go wild for the winners of the #AYA25 Office Architect of the Year, @PiercyCo 🏆 Judges were impressed by their consistent architectural quality and focus on the civic function of office buildings, ‘setting the standard for the entire sector’ 👏

The #AYA25 Office Architect of the Year category was so competitive, a highly commended has been awarded to @emrysarchitects 🌟 Judges were impressed by their excellent response to context, creative reuse and high quality 👏

Huge pat on the back for #AHR, winner of the #AYA25 net zero architect of the year, in partnership with @UKGBC 🏆 Judges praised their “impressive range of projects” all displaying a high degree of design excellence and integrity 👏

Drum roll for the #AYA25 winner of interior architect of the year... @dMFKArchitects 🏆 Judges praised their clarity of design and confident hand in revealing the authentic character of existing buildings, creating interiors that are welcoming, functional, and enduring 👏

A huge shoutout to @jtp_placemaking! 👏 They’ve received a highly commended for best architect employer of the year at the #AYA25. Their commitment to their team makes them a standout in the industry. Well done! ✨

Raising a glass for @GWArchitects, winner of individual house architect of the year #AYA25 🏆 Judges loved their “very elegantly designed houses” maximising the use of tight suburban sites, praising the crisp, careful detailing and interesting material choices.

🌟 The #AYA25 judges were so impressed with the individual house category that they’ve awarded @OliverLeechArch highly commended! Judges praised their deep consideration of context, sophisticated, function-focused interiors, and commitment to sustainability. Brilliant work!