The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of its 2025 Yorkshire Awards. Several projects in Yorkshire have been recognized for their outstanding architecture.
The Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery at York’s National Railway Museum has won the Building of the Year award. Designed by De Matos Ryan, the gallery offers a STEM-focused learning experience for young people. The jury praised the architects’ “design interventions” as “controlled and considered,” celebrating “the creative process and language of railway engineering principles.”
Other winners include the Young People’s Space facility at St Gemma’s Hospice in Leeds, which was named Small Project of the Year. This timber pavilion provides “home from home” accommodation and support spaces for children and young people affected by serious illness or a family member’s death.
The regeneration of Hull Minster, a Grade I listed building, was also recognized. Bauman Lyons Architects Ltd’s “careful regeneration” transformed the building into a place of worship, cultural and civic centre, gallery, marketplace, and warm space.
Additional winners include the refurbishment of Petronella House, a Victorian villa in Sheffield, by Chiles Evans + Care Architect, and the transformation of the Duncan Place Library & Community Hub in Loftus, North Yorkshire, by EDable Architecture.
“Amid these varied contexts, this year’s Yorkshire award-winning projects stood out for their quiet ambition… These buildings don’t shout. Instead, they quietly improve, enhance, and bring joy to the lives of the people who use them,” said Gayle Appleyard, RIBA Yorkshire jury chair.
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