The 2012 Architect of the Year Awards, organised by Building Design, were announced at a ceremony held in London on 4 December 2012. Launched in 2004, the Architect of the Year Awards reward UK architectural practices responsible for the best overall body of work in 12 different sectors. The winners were:
Architect of the Year:
Alison Brooks Architects
Runners up:
- Duggan Morris Architects
- Fat
- Glenn Howells Architects
- Maccreanor Lavington
- Rogers Stirk Harbour
International Breakthrough Architect of the Year:
Hugh Broughton Architects
Runners up:
- DRDH Architects
- Groundlab
- Mangera Yvars Architects
- Sergison Bates Architects
- Serie Architects
Interior Architect of the Year:
Witherford Watson Mann Architects
Runners up:
- BuckleyGrayYeoman
- Dexter Moren Associates
- Jestico & Whiles
- Stiff & Trevillion
- Universal Design Studio
Education Architect of the Year (sixth form to university):
Reiach & Hall Architects
Runners up:
- Duggan Morris Architects
- Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
- Glenn Howells Architects
- Levitt Bernstein Associates
- Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Education Architect of the Year (Nursery to Secondary):
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Runners up:
- Architype
- Jestico & Whiles
- Mitchell Taylor Workshop
- ORMS Architecture Design
- Sheppard Robson
Public Building Architect of the Year:
Adam Khan Architects
Runners up:
- CZWG Architects
- Hall McKnight
- John McAslan & Partners
- Keith Williams Architects
- Studio Egret West
Public Realm Architect of the Year:
Adams & Sutherland
Runners up:
- East Architecture, Landscape, Urban Design
- LDA Design
- Studio Egret West
- What If: Projects
- Witherford Watson Mann Architects
Sports & Entertainment Architect of the Year:
Stanton Williams
Runners up:
- Allies & Morrison
- David Morley Architects
- FaulknerBrowns Architects
- KSS Design Group
- Pringle Richards Sharratt
Office Architect of the Year:
Reiach & Hall Architects
Runners up:
- Allies & Morrison
- EPR Architects
- ORMS Architecture Design
- Project Orange
- Squire & Partners
Masterplanning Architect of the Year:
5th Studio
Runners up:
- Allies & Morrison
- Karakusevic Carson
- Maccreanor Lavington
- Peter Barber Architects
- Studio Egret West
Environmental Excellence Award:
Civic Architects
Runners up:
- +3 Architecture
- Aedas Architects
- Architype
- Pascall & Watson Architects
- Pringle Brandon Perkins & Will
Refurbishment Architect of the Year:
Witherford Watson Mann Architects
Runners up:
- Allies & Morrison
- David Kohn Architects
- Donald Insall Associates
- Hawkins Brown
- ZMMA
Small Project Architect of the Year:
Coffey Architects
Runners up:
- Ashton Porter Architects
- Carl Turner Architects
- Featherstone Young
- Paul Archer Design
- Simon Conder Associates