The international awards are organised by RIBA Journal and sponsored by Origin , the British manufacturer of bi-fold and residential doors , windows and blinds . The awards were presented at a ceremony in London . Entrants were judged on their original thinking , leadership , collaborative approach and hard work by a panel of judges that were once Rising Stars themselves . This was chaired by the RSA ’ s Matthew Taylor ; Lucy Tilley , associate director at Adjaye Associates ; Maria Smith , founder of Interrobang ; Patrick Bellew , principal at Atelier Ten ; Gus Zogolovitch , managing director of Inhabit Homes ; and Eleanor Young , executive editor of RIBAJ . It was the judges ’ task to pick a shortlist from a pool of talented UK designers which was then cut

further to an elite cohort : ‘ The RIBAJ Rising Stars of 2016 .’ This year ’ s list included :

• Ed Dale-Harris stood out for his work on a primary school in an Ebola-affected region of Sierra Leone .

• Dan and Max Zielinski won first prize with their plans to reimage Paris as part of the Living Cities design competition by putting in new electric transport .

• Brendan Sexton is leading the way on BIM-related practice and research .

• Shireen Hamdan has been trailblazing in major sports venues in the Middle East .

• Philip Graham is an entrepreneur passionate about Libya , who has led pioneering research into alternative forms of housing delivery .

• Alex Scott-Whitby , founder and director of ScottWhitbyStudio , is responsible for a team that can lay claim to a diverse range of projects including a new palace in the Middle East and a homeless shelter in London .

• Bethan Knightson , one of Hampshire County Council architects , is working on historic buildings such as Winchester Cathedral and Whitchurch Silk Mill .

• Rhys Jones is a successful project architect , tutor and mentor , whose talent shows the most in his extracurricular work , such as 2012 pavilion for music festival the Secret Garden Party . He also won with Jestico + Whiles and Canterbury School of Architecture .

• Tszwai So was commissioned to design the Belarusian Memorial Chapel in North London , to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster , and spent a year researching the vernacular timber churches of Belarus .

• Steven Kennedy is recognised for his stellar architectural work while working on an extensive botanic garden masterplan in the Middle East .

• Charlotte Knight is a young architectural assistant at Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios who took on two projects in her free time , The Observatory and Pea Soup House .

• Eliot Postma led the design team for the Bombay Sapphire Distillery and has been leading the Heatherwick Studio team for design at all scales at Google ’ s ‘ Terra Firma ’ campus at Mountain View , California .

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