IBP Awards 2025 - the full roundup

The winners of the 2025 IBP Awards have been announced, recognising outstanding journalism across the built environment sector.

Held at The Building Centre on Thursday 27 November, the awards recognised excellence across architecture, construction, housing, property and infrastructure journalism, highlighting the vital role the media plays in shaping understanding of the built environment.

Among the winners, Melissa York, assistant property editor at The Times and The Sunday Times, was named IBP Journalist of the Year. She was recognised for three standout stories that uncovered complex policy and financial anomalies while bringing to life the human stories behind them. The judges praised her ability to combine rigorous investigation with clarity, narrative flair and real-world impact

York also won Housing and Residential Property Journalist of the Year, while nine category winners and a number of highly commended journalists were recognised for their contributions to built environment journalism.

The full list of winning and highly commended journalists is below:

Newcomer of the Year

• Winner: Shifali Gorka, Estates Gazette

Architectural Journalist of the Year

• Winner: Nat Barker, Dezeen

Commercial Property Journalist of the Year

• Winner: Jamie Bennett-Ness, Property Week

Construction & Infrastructure Journalist of the Year

• Winner: Charlotte Banks, Freelance

• Highly Commended: Joshua Stein, Construction News

Feature Journalist of the Year

• Winner: Harriet Saddington, The Developer

• Highly Commended: Joey Gardiner, Planning

Housing & Residential Property Journalist of the Year

• Winner: Melissa York, The Times & The Sunday Times

• Highly Commended: Katharine Swindells, Inside Housing

News Journalist of the Year

• Winner: Richard Waite, The Architects’ Journal

Scoop of the Year

• Winner: James Riding, Inside Housing

Podcast of the Year

• Winner: Inside Housing Management Podcast

• Highly Commended: Material Matters with Grant Gibson

Media Brand of the Year

• Winner: Inside Housing

• Highly Commended: The Developer

The IBP Awards are one of the built environment sector’s longest-running journalism awards programmes, recognising excellence in reporting and storytelling across architecture, construction, housing, property and infrastructure.

To find out more about the IBP Awards, including how to enter, sponsor or get involved, click here.