Celebrating the winners of the IBP National Journalism Awards 2022

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 49th IBP National Journalism Awards 2022. The ceremony took place on Thursday 17 November at the IET Savoy Place in central London.

Will Ing, Senior Reporter at the Architects’ Journal was named ‘Journalist of the Year’ and Dezeen won ‘Editorial Brand of the Year’. IBP also gave a special ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Profession’ award to Oliver Shah, Associate Editor and Leader Writer at The Sunday Times. You can see the full list of winners detailed below.

All of the winning articles are now presented in IBP’s new digital publication, the ‘Best Stories in Construction 2022’ – a must-read for anyone working in the built environment.

IBP National Journalism Award 2022 winners:
  • Journalist of the Year: Will Ing, Architects’ Journal
  • Editorial Brand of the Year: Dezeen
  • New Journalist of the Year: Gráinne Cuffe, Inside Housing
  • Architectural Writer of the Year: Will Ing, Architects’ Journal
  • Business / Financial Journalist of the Year: Joshua Stein, Construction News
  • Construction / Infrastructure Journalist of the Year: Rob Horgan, New Civil Engineer
  • Feature Writer of the Year: Peter Apps, Inside Housing
  • Housing / Residential Property Journalist of the Year: Peter Apps, Inside Housing
  • News Reporter of the Year: Will Ing, Architects’ Journal
  • Scoop of the Year: Jack Simpson, Inside Housing

The awards were judged by a panel of influential journalists and professionals drawn from across the industry. Chair of the judges Sarah Richardson commented: “Determined, passionate and informative: these are just three of the plaudits that cropped up time and again in the judging sessions for this year’s IBP Awards. Whether they were looking at hard-hitting investigations, thought-provoking features or the way that the built environment’s leading brands have evolved over the past year, our judges were deeply impressed with the best-in-class journalism that this year’s winning entries, and those on the shortlists, represent.”

Chair of IBP, Harriett Hindmarsh said: “Our annual IBP journalism awards are the heart of who we are, and who we strive to be as an organisation, as we move forward with our new vision to ‘Establish, champion and develop skill at the highest level in built environment journalism and communications.’

It is always great to see old and new friends at the awards every year. Thank you to our fantastic awards presenter David Bond, deputy Political Editor of the Evening Standard. Huge congratulations to all our deserving winners: Gráinne Cuffe, Will Ing, Joshua Stein, Rob Horgan, Jack Simpson and Peter Apps, and to Oliver Shah for his Outstanding Contribution award. And of course, congratulations to Dezeen for winning Editorial Brand of the Year. This has been a difficult year for Dezeen, losing founder and IBP friend Marcus Fairs, but the team continues to bring his concept to their readers in such an exciting way.”

Photos from the event, including shots of all the winners, social media graphics and more can be found on our Awards Hub.

 

IBP National Journalism Awards 2022 shortlist announced

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 49th annual IBP National Journalism Awards.

This years’ shortlisted journalists and media brands have once again wowed the judges. The standard of the entries is extremely high and there is some tough competition within each category.

The winners for these categories and the much-coveted ‘Journalist of the Year’ accolade will be revealed at the awards ceremony on Thursday 17 November at IET Savoy Place in Central London. You can now book your tickets for the IBP Award Ceremony via Eventbrite.

Thank you to everyone who entered the IBP Awards this year, and many congratulations to everyone who has been shortlisted.

2022 IBP National Journalism Awards Shortlist

New Journalist of the Year
Grainne Cuffe, Inside Housing
Daniel Gayne, Building
Rob Hakimian, New Civil Engineer
James Parkes, Dezeen
Tiya Thomas-Alexander, Construction News

Architectural writer of the Year
Nat Barker, Dezeen
Lizzie Crook, Dezeen
Ben Flatman, Building Design
Will Ing, Architects’ Journal
Thomas Lowe, Building Design
Fran Williams, Architects’ Journal

Business / Financial journalist of the Year
Will Ing, Architects’ Journal
Dave Rogers, Building
Joshua Stein, Construction News

Construction / Infrastructure journalist of the Year
Carl Brown, Building
Rob Horgan, New Civil Engineer
Thomas Lane, Building
Joshua Stein, Construction News

Feature writer of the Year
Peter Apps, Inside Housing
Thomas Lane, Building
Thomas Lowe, Building
Jess McCabe, Inside Housing
Jack Simpson, Inside Housing

Housing / Residential Property Journalist of the Year
Peter Apps, Inside Housing
Harry Scoffin, Leasehold Knowledge Partnership
Jack Simpson, Inside Housing

News reporter of the Year
Jennifer Hahn, Dezeen
Will Ing, Architects’ Journal
Jack Simpson, Inside Housing

Scoop of the year
Dave Rogers, Building
Jack Simpson, Inside Housing
Ian Weinfass, Construction News

Editorial brand of the year
Architects’ Journal
Building
The Developer
Dezeen
Housing Today
Inside Housing
New Civil Engineer

As a thank you to those who have participated, all entrants and judges are welcome to attend the awards ceremony for free. Tickets for non-entrants cost £30.

We hope to see you at the awards ceremony in November.

Book your ticket now

IBP Journalism Awards 2022 supporters

We are delighted to announce our supporters for the IBP Journalism Awards 2022. Their generous support means we are able to continue to recognise the very best in built environment journalism.

Thank you to:

Marley – Headline Supporter
AECOM
Arcadis
Barratt Developments
ECA
FTI Consulting
FutureBuild
Grimshaw
ING.
Willmott Dixon

If your organisation would like to become an IBP supporter, please contact board member, Andrew Geldard.

IBP online AGM and Journalism Awards shortlisting invitation

We will shortly be announcing the IBP National Journalism Awards 2022 shortlist alongside our Annual General Meeting (AGM). IBP members and non-members are invited to attend this online event on Thursday 13 October at 11am.

This will be your opportunity to discover the entire shortlist for these prestigious awards. In addition, we hope as many members as possible will be able to attend the AGM as we will be discussing changes of major significance.

As you will be aware, over the last year we have been undergoing some changes at IBP. We have been primarily looking at our purpose, our mission and the future structure of IBP, including how best to support journalists and communicators working in the built environment, as well as encouraging and supporting those hoping to work in our industry.  At this meeting, we will be launching our new mission and vision, and outlining our new structure as we move forward.

Members wishing to nominate any eligible member as an officer or member of the Board of Management, or put forward a resolution, should write to that effect to: Honorary Secretary, Cristie Hammond by email: internationalbuildingpress@gmail.com by Tuesday 11 October.

The online meeting will take place on Thursday 13 October at 11am, and last one hour. Click here to register.

Please do join us if you can as we are would like to count on your support as we start the important work to reimagine IBP.

How to Win an Award

2018 Communication and PR Awards Launch

The Awards are in their sixth year and showcase THE WORK and provide recognition to In-house PR departments, Public Relations Consultants and Freelance PR Practitioners working in architecture, construction and design, together with residential and commercial property.

Click here for a free ticket registration for the Communication and PR Awards Launch Evening

A panel of this year’s winners will share with us their tips for preparing a winning award entry, the high’s and the lows of the process and, along with an award judge, respond to a range of Q&A’s to help you prepare your entry. The entry timeline, with key dates, will also be announced.

The panel of winners includeS: Colliers International (In-house Communications Team, winner), London Communications Agency (Best PR Consultancy Team, winning in two consecutive years and highly commended this year) and Goodfellow Communications (Best PR Consultancy Team 2017).

The session will be structured to address such issues as: how did the winners choose the work to enter and prepare for their entry? How did their online entry compare to the presentation to the ‘interview’ panel and did their focus change during the build up to the final interview? What benefits have winners accrued from entering and winning an award?

The evening will allow plenty of time for you to ask questions of any of the speakers. The Q&A session with be followed by drinks and networking.

We recommend that you invest two hours of your time in learning how to win an award for yourself.

IBP Communication and PR Awards 2016 – Winners Announced

IBP Communication and PR Awards 2016
The following are the Winners and Highly Commended in each category. The Awards Bulletin will be available to view by Tuesday, with the full details and citations.

Best Business Communications Campaign
Stone Stories: Goodfellow Communications

Integrated Campaign
Winner: London Communications Agency
Highly Commended: Holistic

In House Communications Team
Winner: Colliers International
Highly Commended: Galliford Try

Young Communicator of the Year
Amelie Barrau, Press Officer
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

PR Consultancy Team
London Communications Agency

Campaign of the Year
Stone Stories: Goodfelloe Communications

Communicator of the Year
Alan Jones, Galliford Try

International Building Press Regional Awards Gather Momentum

The annual International Building Press (IBP) Regional Journalism awards continued to grow in stature with a record number of entries for this year’s event, which was held at the Lowry Galleries, Salford Quays.

well on the creative and exciting sector we operate in.”

Winners from left to right Jim Hancock (Host) Lisa Wise (MEN) Ben Walker (Regeneration and Renewal) Paul Unger (Property Week) David Conn (the Guardian) Neil Tague (Insider) Gerald Bowey (IBP)
Winners from left to right Jim Hancock (Host) Lisa Wise (MEN) Ben Walker (Regeneration and Renewal) Paul Unger (Property Week) David Conn (the Guardian) Neil Tague (Insider) Gerald Bowey (IBP)

The awards now in their third year, are designed to showcase construction and property journalism at its very best, rewarding some of the finest articles written about the North West in the past year.

The Awards were split into five categories with the following winners:

Best Regional Article in a National Newspaper

Winner: David Conn of the Guardian, who tackled the complex issue of regeneration through large retail development. David carefully documented the arrival of a new Tesco store in Failsworth, an economically deprived area of Oldham. The judges said David’s article was a distinctive, deeply investigative piece from nose to finish. Not afraid to handle difficult issues it provided an expansive view of large retail regeneration. Stephen Bayley of the Observer was Highly Commended for his article on the regeneration of Liverpool

Best Article in a Regional Newspaper

Jill Burdett of the Manchester Evening News was highly commended for her engaging examination of eco-homes. The judges said it was an engaging read with a highly unusual case study example, handled in a fun and interesting way.

Best Regional Article in a National Business Magazine

Winner: Paul Unger of Property Week for his revealing article on Grosvenor and Liverpool One. The judges said the article cleverly evoked the political and financial hinterland giving a fascinating first hand insight with the individual at heart.

Ben Walker of Regeneration and Renewal was highly commended for his article on the entrepreneurs behind the “madchester” movement that included the late Tony Wilson and the regeneration of Manchester.

Best Article in a Regional Business Magazine

Winner: Neil Tague of North West Business Insider for his piece on the supercasino debate. Judges said the article was a clearly structured discussion of the regenerative value of supercasinos, written in a lean and direct style with balanced analysis.

Best Commercial Supplement

Winner: Paul Unger of Property Week for his inside story on Peel Holdings, developers of media city.

The judges said it was a tightly crafted and wholly original article that gave profound insight into a business of breathtaking financial scale.

The awards were supported by a high profile, independent judging panel:

Stuart Lyell, Project Director at Allied London Properties
Robert Shaw, Chief Executive, Castlewood Developments
Colin Sinclair, Chief Executive of MIDAS
Steve Parry, Managing Director, Neptune Developments
Rupert Goddard, Design Director, Sheppard Robson
Andrew Stokes, Chief Executive, Marketing Manchester
Peter Lackey, Managing Director, dandara

Gerald Bowey, CEO of International Building Press comments:

“These articles serve to highlight the continuing regeneration and economic growth taking place in the North West. The high standard of journalism this year reflects