Our global architecture awards champion buildings that change the world. RIBA Awards are judged by a diverse, highly respected panel of international experts in their fields (architects and non-architects) as well as the RIBA's governing body for awards, the Awards Group. The awards include:

• The RIBA International Awards for Excellence
• The Emerging Architect Prize
• The RIBA International Prize

The 2020 RIBA International Prize Grand Jury will be led by world-renowned multidisciplinary French architect and urban planner, Odile Decq, with:

• Es Devlin OBE, acclaimed artist and stage designer
• Jeanne Gang, Founder of Studio Gang, headquartered in Chicago
• Rossana Hu, Founding Partner of Shanghai based international architecture firm Neri&Hu
• Gustavo Utrabo, Winner of the 2018 RIBA International Prize and Emerging Architect Prize

Meet the International Prize Grand Jury

The Grand Jury for the 2020 RIBA International Awards is led by world-renowned multidisciplinary French architect and planner, Odile Decq. Gaining international recognition in 1990 for her first major commission: La Banque Populaire de l’Ouest in Rennes, France, she has since been committed to diversifying and radicalising her research. Odile Decq won the Jane Drew Prize in 2016 for her innovation, diversity and inclusiveness in architecture, and has received fellowships from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Odile Decq: “The RIBA International Prize has an incredibly important focus – to discover the best architecture for a better life – and I look forward to travelling the world to find a worthy winner”

Winning a RIBA International Award gives practices unparalleled global peer and industry recognition and high-profile exposure through RIBA’s channels, local, national and international media.

Nationally and Internationally, RIBA’s awards are the ones to win. The judging is formidably rigorous adhering to RIBA’s standards of excellence and architectural heritage; with projects visited by our expert jury panels to truly ascertain their design, quality and impact on their community and environment.

These awards set a new global standard for architecture and are open to any qualified architect or architectural practice. Our fully inclusive awards celebrate emerging architects, small projects with limited budgets as well as larger scale projects.