Awards

A globally acclaimed practice, John McAslan + Partners has earned over 235 awards for design excellence, reflecting its leadership in transforming heritage and contemporary architecture for the public good

2026

WINNER

  • WAN World Architecture News Awards 2026 – Gold in the Transport category – Waterloo Metro Station, Sydney

FINALIST

  • Building & Architect of the Year Awards – Building of the Year – Public, Belfast Grand Central Station
  • Pineapple Awards for Public Space – Sloane Street, London

SHORTLISTED

  • Pineapple Awards, Pineapple Award for Public Space, Sloane Street, London

2025

WINNER

  • 2025 AIA International Design Awards, Merit Award for Architecture, Sydney Metro Central Station Upgrade
  • Belfast Telegraph Property Awards, Commercial Development of the Year, Belfast Grand Central Station
  • Australian Institute of Architects NSW Architecture Awards, Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design for Waterloo Station as part of Sydney Metro City
  • Irish Construction Industry Awards, Civil Construction Project of the Year, Belfast Grand Central Station
  • Australian Institute of Architects NSW Architecture Awards, NSW Architecture Medallion for Waterloo Station as part of Sydney Metro City
  • Irish Building & Design Awards, Building Project of the Year, Belfast Grand Central Station
  • Australian Institute of Architects NSW Architecture Awards, Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design for Sydney Central Station in collaboration with Woods Bagot as part of Sydney Metro City
  • Architizer A+, Sydney Central Metro Upgrade
  • British Construction & Infrastructure Awards (BCIA) Engineering Excellence Award, Belfast Grand Central Station
  • Australian Institute of Architects NSW Architecture Awards, NSW Architecture Medallion for Sydney Central Station in collaboration with Woods Bagot as part of Sydney Metro City
  • Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) National Awards, Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design, Sydney Metro City Stations
  • Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) National Awards, Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design, Sydney Metro City Stations
  • Built Design Awards, Landscape Architecture – Public Landscape, Sloane Street, London
  • World Architecture Festival, WAF Completed Buildings: Transport, Sydney Central Station
  • Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) NI, Infrastructure Project of the Year, Belfast Grand Central Station
  • Good Design Award Australia, Built Environment – Architectural Design, Waterloo Station, Sydney
  • Business Eye Awards, Sustainability Project of the Year, Belfast Grand Central Station


HONOURABLE MENTION

  • Chicago Athenaeum, Waterloo Station, Sydney


FINALIST

  • Building Awards, Building Magazine Project of the Year, Belfast Grand Central Station


SHORTLISTED

  • RIBA Asia Pacific Awards, Sustainability and Resilience, Sydney Metro Central Station Upgrade
  • World Architecture Festival, Sydney Central Metro Upgrade
  • RIBA Asia Pacific Awards, RIBA Member, Sydney Metro Central Station Upgrade
  • Australian Institute of Architects NSW Architecture Awards, Public Architecture for Sydney Central Station in collaboration with Woods Bagot as part of Sydney Metro City
  • RIBA Asia Pacific Awards, Adaptive Reuse, Sydney Metro Central Station Upgrade
  • Australian Institute of Architecture AIA Awards - Public Architecture, Waterloo Station, Sydney
  • RIBA Asia Pacific Awards, Urban Regeneration, Waterloo Metro Station, Sydney
  • The Plan Award, Transport, Waterloo Station, Sydney
  • The Plan AwardTransport, Sydney Metro Central Station Upgrade
  • British Construction Infrastructure Awards (BCIA) Architectural Design Excellence Award, Belfast Grand Central Station

2024

WINNER

  • RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award 2024, The Burrell Collection
  • World Architecture News, Sydney Central Metro Upgrade
  • Travel + Leisure: ‘World’s Best Awards 2024’, Best Hotel, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Doha
  • RIAS Awards, The Burrell Collection
  • RIAS Architectural Heritage Awards, The Burrell Collection

FINALIST

  • Civic Trust Awards, Baitul Futuh Mosque, London – Regional Finalist

SPECIAL MENTION

  • Architizer A+ Awards, Architecture+Renewal - NEW!, The Burrell Collection

HIGHLY COMMENDED

  • Civic Trust Awards, Crossrail Bond Street Station as part of Hanover, Westminster

SHORTLISTED

  • (d)arc Swards (Lighting Awards), Sydney Central Metro Upgrade
  • RIAS Best Building in Scotland Award, The Burrell Collection
  • RIAS/RIBA Awards, The Burrell Collection
  • National Trust (NSW) Heritage Awards, Central Station, Sydney



2023

WINNER

  • Art Fund Museum of the Year, The Burrell Collection
  • Engineers Australia Excellence Awards, Sydney Division Project of the Year, Sydney Central Station
  • AJ Retrofit Awards, The Burrell Collection
  • Civic Trust AwardsRegion: Scotland, The Burrell Collection
  • Civic Trust Awards, Michael Middleton Special Award, The Burrell Collection
  • Scottish Design Awards, Grand Prix Awards ‘best of the best’, The Burrell Collection
  • Scottish Design Awards, Gold Award - Design for Good, The Burrell Collection
  • Scottish Design Awards, Gold Award - Moving Imagery Design, The Burrell Collection
  • Scottish Design Awards, Gold Award - Architecture: Public Building, The Burrell Collection
  • Scottish Design Awards, Gold Award - Experiential Design, The Burrell Collection

HONOURABLE MENTION

  • The International Architecture Awards, The Burrell Collection

FINALIST

  • The Plan Award, The Burrell Collection
  • The Plan Award, Baitul Futuh Mosque, London
  • The Plan Award, Crossrail Bond Street Station, London
  • Building Design (BD Awards), Public Building Architect of the Year Award 2023, The Burrell Collection
  • British Construction Industry Awards, Cultural & Leisure Project of the Year, Baitul Futuh Mosque, London
  • AJ Architecture Awards, Community and Faith Project (£2 million and over), Baitul Futuh Mosque, London
  • AJ Architecture Awards, Infrastructure and Transport Project, Bond Street Elizabeth Line Station, London
  • National Highways ‘Gantry of the Future’, Second Place

SHORTLISTED

  • British Construction Industry Awards BCIA, Cultural & Leisure Project of the Year, Baitul Futuh Mosque
  • BD Architect of the Year Awards, Public Building Architect of the Year – John McAslan + Partners
  • AJ Retrofit Awards, Shortlisted in the Cultural and Religious building category, The Burrell Collection

2022

WINNER

  • AJ Architecture Awards, Heritage Category, The Burrell Collection
  • AJ Architecture Awards, Cultural Category, The Burrell Collection
  • British Construction Industry Awards, Cultural & Leisure Project of the Year, The Burrell Collection
  • British Construction Industry Awards, Project of the YearThe Burrell Collection
  • Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award, Global Leadership Centre, Saïd Business School
  • Façade Design and Engineering Awards, Refurbishment Project of the Year, The Burrell Collection
  • Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International TradeJohn McAslan + Partners

LONGLISTED

  • Dezeen Awards, The Burrell Collection

SHORTLISTED

  • Building Awards, Refurbishment Project of the Year, The Burrell Collection
  • RIBA North West Awards, Lancaster University, Health Innovation One
  • WAF Awards, New and Old Project of the Year, The Burrell Collection
  • WAF Awards, The Glass Prize, The Burrell Collection



2021

WINNER

  • Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award, Sydney Central Metro Upgrade
  • RIBA National Awards, The Clore Music Studios, New College
  • RIBA South Awards, The Clore Music Studios, New College

SHORTLISTED

  • World Architecture Festival, Sydney Central Metro Upgrade
  • British Construction Industry Awards, Social Infrastructure Project of the Year, Lancaster University, Health Innovation One
  • Haringey Design Awards, Excellent Homes, Apex Gardens
  • WAF Awards, Future Projects - Infrastructure, Sydney Central Metro Upgrade



2020

WINNER

  • Building Awards, Small Project of the Year, The Clore Music Studios, New College
  • Condé Nast Traveler Awards, #1 Hotel in the Middle East, Mandarin Oriental Hotel
  • Condé Nast Traveler Awards, #5 Best Hotel in the World, Mandarin Oriental Hotel

FINALIST

  • Civic Trust Awards, Regional Finalist, St Albans Museum and Gallery

SHORTLISTED

  • British Construction Industry Awards, Small Project of the Year, The Clore Music Studios, New College
  • British Construction Industry Awards, Social Infrastructure Project, The Clore Music Studios, New College



2019

WINNER

  • Green Flag Award, Camberwell Green
  • International Award for Architecture (Chicago Athenaeum), St Albans Museum + Gallery
  • Landscape Institute Award, Bolshevik Factory
  • National Railway Heritage Awards, Chairman’s 40th Anniversary Award, King’s Cross Station
  • Oxford Preservation Trust Awards, Small Projects, The Clore Music Studios, New College
  • RIBA Awards (East), Conservation Award, St Albans Museum + Gallery
  • RIBA Awards (East), St Albans Museum + Gallery
  • Urban Awards, Elite-Class Residential Complex of the Year in Moscow, Polyanka/44
  • Urban Awards,Complex of the Year with Best Architecture, Polyanka/44

LONGLISTED

  • Dezeen Awards, Msheireb Museums

HIGHLY COMMENDED

  • BCIA (British Construction Industry Awards), Culture & Leisure Project, St Albans Museum + Gallery

SHORTLISTED

  • Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Msheireb Museums
  • AJ Retrofit Awards, Cultural Building, St Albans Museum + Gallery
  • BD Architect of the Year Award, St Paul’s Girls’ School, Sports Pavilion
  • BD Architect of the Year Award, St Paul’s Girls’ School, Garden Building
  • Building Awards, Refurbishment Project of the Year, St Albans Museum + Gallery

2018

WINNER

  • Building Futures Awards, Retrofit for the Future, St Albans Museum + Gallery
  • Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award, M7
  • Green Flag Award, Camberwell Green
  • London Planning Awards, Best Project 5 Years On, King’s Cross Station
  • London Planning Awards, Mayor’s Award for Planning Excellence, King’s Cross Station
  • Nancye Goulden Award, St Paul’s Girls’ School, Sports Pavilion
  • Nancye Goulden Award, St Paul’s Girls’ School, Garden Building

SPECIAL MENTION

  • Architizer A+ Awards, Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Kericho

HIGHLY COMMENDED

  • Building Futures Awards, Project of the Year, St Albans Museum + Gallery

COMMENDATION

  • Civic Trust Awards, The British School

SHORTLISTED

  • AIA UK Awards, Msheireb Museums
  • AIA UK Awards, Msheireb Mosque

2017

WINNER

  • AIA International Region Awards Museum of Russian Impressionism
  • AIA International Region Awards Bolshevik Factory
  • Best Office Awards Bolshevik Factory
  • British Construction Industry Award, Judges ‘Special Award’, Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Kericho
  • Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award Msheireb Museums
  • Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award, Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Kericho
  • Civic Trust Awards National Panel Special Award, Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Kericho
  • Civic Trust Awards, M7
  • Civic Trust Awards, Msheireb Museums
  • Civic Trust Awards, Msheireb Mosque
  • Faith & Form Award, Msheireb Mosque
  • Green Flag Award, Camberwell Green
  • Religious Art & Architecture Awards, Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Kericho
  • Religious Art & Architecture Awards, Msheireb Mosque

RUNNER-UP

  • Building Awards, Bolshevik Factory

HIGHLY COMMENDED

  • Landscape Institute Awards, Friends House
  • Landscape Institute Awards, Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Kericho
  • Landscape Institute Awards, Msheireb Mosque
  • Landscape Institute Awards, Msheireb Museums

SHORTLISTED

  • Architectural Review New Into Old Awards, Msheireb Museums
  • The Plan Awards Bolshevik Factory

2016

WINNER

  • BALI Awards, Camberwell Green
  • Faith and Form Awards, Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Kericho
  • International Property Awards, Bolshevik Factory

FINALIST

  • Building Awards, Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Kericho

COMMENDATION

  • AIA UK Design Awards, Sacred Heart Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Kericho

SHORTLISTED

  • Camden in Bloom Awards, Friends House
  • RICS Regional Award, Lancaster University, Engineering Building
  • WAN Performing Spaces Building, Friends House

2015

WINNER

  • Iconic Award, Msheireb Mosque
  • RIBA London Regional Award, John Roan School
  • RIBA London Regional Award, Friends House
  • RIBA National Award, Lancaster University, Engineering Building
  • RIBA North West Regional Award, Lancaster University, Engineering Building
  • RIBA North West Sustainability Award, Lancaster University, Engineering Building
  • Urban Landscape Institute Global Award, King’s Cross Station
  • Camden Design Awards, King’s Cross Station
  • Civic Trust Awards, AABC Conservation, King’s Cross Station
  • British Construction Industry Award, Lancaster University, Engineering Building
  • International Architecture Award, King’s Cross Station

HIGHLY COMMENDED

  • Camden Design Awards, Friends House

2014

WINNER

  • International Design Awards, Al Jazeera Media Network UK Headquarters
  • Queen’s Award for Enterprise for in International Trade, John McAslan + Partners
  • Placemaking Awards, King’s Cross Station
  • Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation Awards, The Worshipful Company of Carmen, Transport Award, King’s Cross Station
  • RIBA London Regional Award, King’s Cross Station
  • Royal Academy of Engineering, King’s Cross Station
  • RIBA National Award, King’s Cross Station

HIGHLY COMMENDED

  • Blueprint Awards, Best Public Use Project, King’s Cross Station

2013

WINNER

  • London Planning Awards, Best Project 5 Years On, Roundhouse
  • New London Awards, Transport & Infrastructure, Olympic Energy Centres
  • RIBA National Awards, Olympic Energy Centres
  • RIBA National Awards, Sustainability, Olympic Energy Centres
  • AIA UK Awards, Excellence in Design, King’s Cross Station
  • MIPIM Awards, Best Refurbished Building, King’s Cross Station
  • Building Awards, Public Building, King’s Cross Station
  • London Planning Awards, Best Built Project, King’s Cross Station
  • MIPIM Awards, Special Jury Award, King’s Cross Station
  • London Transport Awards, Rail Station of the Year, King’s Cross Station
  • Europa Nostra Awards, Cultural Heritage, King’s Cross Station
  • European Property Awards, Stanislavsky Factory
  • UK Property Awards, Best Public Service Architecture, King’s Cross Station
  • Iconic Awards, Public Building, King’s Cross Station
  • National Railway Heritage Awards, Chairman’s Special Award, King’s Cross Station
  • AJ100 Awards, Building of the Year, King’s Cross Station

HIGHLY COMMENDED

  • WAN Transport Awards, King’s Cross Station

2012

WINNER

  • AJ Value Excellence Award, Lancaster University, Charles Carter Building
  • Civic Trust Awards, Iron Market
  • Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Moscow Awards, Best Architect in Office Real Estate, Olympia Park
  • Institute of Structural Engineers Awards, Sustainability Award, Iron Market
  • Lancaster District Design Awards, Lancaster University, Charles Carter Building
  • New London Awards, Conservation & Heritage, King’s Cross Station
  • Network Rail Partnership Awards, Heritage and Best Large Project, King’s Cross Station
  • National Transport Award, Tom McCarthy Award - Infrastructure Project of the Year, King’s Cross Station
  • New London Awards, Overall Winner, King’s Cross Station
  • New London Awards, Transport & Infrastructure, King’s Cross Station
  • National Rail Awards, Project of the Year, King’s Cross Station
  • British Design Awards, King’s Cross Station
  • AJ Retrofit Awards, Transport Building, King’s Cross Station
  • Bentley Be Inspired Awards, Innovation in Building, King’s Cross Station
  • British Construction Industry Award, Conservation Award, King’s Cross Station
  • Civic Trust Awards, Stanislavsky Factory
  • Institute of Structural Engineers Awards, Infrastructure or Transportation Structures, King’s Cross Station
  • ICE London Civil Engineering Awards, King’s Cross Station

2011

WINNER

  • Brick Awards, Best Education Building, Lancaster University, Charles Carter Building
  • CHPA Award, Public Sector Award, Olympic Energy Centres
  • International Property Awards, Five Star award, Public Service Architecture, Iron Market
  • International Property Awards, Best in Region, Iron Market
  • RIBA International Awards, Iron Market
  • RIBA National Award, Charles Carter Building
  • RIBA Regional Awards, North West, Lancaster University, Charles Carter Building
  • RIBA International Award, Stanislavsky Factory

HIGHLY COMMENDED

  • Landscape Institute Awards, Stanislavsky Factory

COMMENDATION

  • Manchester Society of Architects, Community Award, Lancaster University, Charles Carter Building
  • WAN Awards, Effectiveness, Iron Market

SHORTLISTED

  • British Construction Industry Awards, Lancaster University, Charles Carter Building
  • Housing Design Awards, Dalston Junction Interchange
  • New London Awards, Crossrail Bond Street Station
  • Roses Design Awards, Education Building, Lancaster University, Charles Carter Building
  • WAF Awards, New and Old and Regenerated City Quarters, Iron Market
  • WAF Awards, Future Projects - Cultural, M7
  • WAF Awards, Future Projects - Commercial, Mandarin Oriental Hotel
  • WAN Commercial Awards, Unbuilt, Mandarin Oriental Hotel
  • WAF Awards, New and Old and Regenerated City Quarters, Stanislavsky Factor

2010

WINNER

  • 5-Star Arabian Property Award, British Embassy Algiers
  • Network Rail Partnership Awards, Heritage, King’s Cross Station

SHORTLISTED

  • BCIA International Award, Neno Schools Programme
  • RICS Awards, Community Benefit, British Embassy Algiers
  • RICS Awards, Regeneration Category, Stanislavsky Factory

2009

WINNER

  • Cityscape Awards, Community Award, Neno Schools Programme

2008

WINNER

  • BURA Award, Best Practice in Regeneration, De La Warr Pavilion
  • Civic Trust Awards, De La Warr Pavilion
  • Civic Trust Awards, Access, Roundhouse
  • Natural Stone Awards, Dorset Square Headquarters Building
  • RIBA National Awards, South East, De La Warr Pavilion
  • The Coast Award, Best Seaside Landmark Building, De La Warr Pavilion
  • The Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers Triennal Awards, Roundhouse
  • Civic Trust Awards, Roundhouse

RUNNER-UP

  • RICS Awards, De La Warr Pavilion

2007

WINNER

  • RIBA National Awards, Dorset Square Headquarters Building
  • RIBA National Awards, Roundhouse
  • RIBA + English Heritage Special Award, Roundhouse

MEDAL WINNER

  • Europa Nostra Award, Cultural Heritage, Roundhouse

SHORTLISTED

  • BCI Awards, Roundhouse
  • The Gulbenkian Prize for Museums and Galleries, De La Warr Pavilion

2005

WINNER

  • RED Award, Best Department Store, Peter Jones Store
  • RIBA Conservation Award, Peter Jones Store
  • RIBA National Award, Max Mara Headquarters
  • RIBA National Award, Peter Jones Store

DIPLOMA

  • Europa Nostra Award, Cultural Heritage, 78 Derngate

FINALIST

  • Retail and Leisure Property Award, Most Innovative New Shop or Store, Peter Jones Store

2004

WINNER

  • Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, Special Award, Peter Jones Store



2001

WINNER

  • AIA Merit Award for Architecture, Polk County Science Building