The competition also recognised more modest structures, including this bus drivers’ toilet in Dagenham. RIBA president Ruth Reed said the awards provided an “opportunity for gem-like small projects to shine through”.

Guy Holloway architects were cited for their conversion of a Georgian Mill House to a modern-day family home. The building, in rural Kent, retained many of its 16th Century features, including a fully operational water wheel.

An extension to Clapham Manor primary school was one of 17 new school and university buildings listed in the awards. Such projects are likely to dry up under the coalition government, who have announced a moratorium on new plans for school buildings (parisan crap-ed.).