Buildings designed by Studio idir, Marshall McCann Architects and Like Architects join them in the race for this year’s honours, which are equivalent to RIBA regional awards.
Last year five schemes were handed RIBA Northern Ireland Awards, though only one project, TODD Architects’ ‘outstanding’ Student Hub for Queen’s Business School, went on to pick up a national award from the institute’s judges.
This year’s contenders include a new public space, canopy and kiosk project on an ‘inactive’ former industrial riverside plot in Belfast, an Art Deco-inspired housing development for people over 55 in Bangor and a new-build house on a steep riverbank in the shadow of the Mourne Mountains in County Down.
Separately, the six projects are also in contention for the RSUA’s new all-Ulster Architecture Awards which launched this year.
All the winners of the RIBA Northern Ireland awards will be considered for UK-wide RIBA national awards.
The shortlist for the annual RIBA Stirling Prize is drawn from the national award-winning projects. The eventual Stirling Prize winner will be announced in October.
Queen’s Quay Kiosk in Belfast by MMAS Architects/OGU Architects
Shortlist for RIBA Northern Ireland Awards 2026
1774 Pavilion in Lisburn by Studio idir
FEA House in Hillsborough by Marshall McCann Architects
The Keep in Belfast by Like Architects
The Savoy in Bangor by McGarry Moon Architects
Tollymore in Newcastle by McGonigle McGrath
Queen’s Quay Kiosk in Belfast by MMAS Architects/OGU Architects
The judges for the RIBA Northern Ireland Awards
Ciaran O’Connor; Steve Webb; Rebecca Watts; Brian Quinn; Ben James
Tollymore in Newcastle by McGonigle McGrath