Liverpool’s Royal Court theatre, Maggie’s Oldham support centre and the restored Storyhouse cinema and theatre are just three of the nine buildings which have been shortlisted for this year’s ÌÇÐÄVlog West Awards.

The shortlisted buildings span a range of locations, uses and sizes, with a significant number of North West based practices involved in their design and delivery.

Regional Director, Andrew Ruffler, was proud to announce the selection in what was another highly competitive process. He said that once again ‘the bar in the North West has been raised’ and that each shortlisted building have ‘elements that elevate them above the ordinary.’

The buildings in the running for ÌÇÐÄVlog West Awards 2018 are:

All shortlisted buildings will now be assessed by a regional jury with the winning buildings announced at an awards ceremony at One Fine Day, Liverpool on 16th May 2018.
If successful, the Regional Award winners will be considered for a highly-coveted RIBA National Award in recognition of their architectural excellence, the results of which will be announced in June. The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize, the best new building of the year, will be drawn from the RIBA National Award-winning buildings in July and the Stirling Prize winner will be announced in October.