The Institution of Structural Engineers' Structural Awards have been awarded for the structural design of buildings and infrastructure since 1968. The awards were re-organised in 2006 to include ten categories and the Supreme Award for structural engineering excellence, the highest award a structural project can win.
The David Alsop Sustainability Award, in memory of David Alsop, who died on 18 October 1996 while a vice president and president elect of the Institution of Structural Engineers, is made for "an outstanding structure which demonstrates excellent coordination of all aspects of the engineering elements and services combined with elegance, life-time economy and respect for the environment in which the structure is built."The Structural Engineer, Volume 78 No 4 15 February 2000 It was first awarded in 2000.
Laureates
Supreme Award The Supreme Award was first awarded in 2003 to recognise the very best of structural engineering design.
YearLaureateWinning workRef(s) 2019 Buro Happold & Schlaich Bergermann Partner Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England 2018 Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner Tamina Bridge, Switzerland 2017 Jacobs Engineering Group British Airways i360, Brighton 2016 Fast + Epp Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre, Surrey, British Columbia 2015 Arup Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore 2014 Eckersley O'Callaghan Glass Lantern, Apple Store, Zorlu Center, Istanbul 2013 Jiangsu Provincial Communications Planning and Design Institute and Aecom Taizhou Bridge, China 2012 Flint & Neill and Sinclair Knight Merz West Gate Bridge, Australia 2011 Expedition Engineering Lee Valley VeloPark, London 2010 Arup Stonecutters Bridge, Hong Kong 2009 Expedition Engineering Infinity Bridge, Stockton-on-Tees, England 2008 Arup Heathrow Terminal 5, England 2007 Buro Happold & engineers Haskins Robinson Waters Savill Building, Windsor Great Park, England 2006 Dar Al-Handasah Consultants - Sungai Prai Bridge, Butterworth,[Malaysia 2005 Not awarded - - 2004 Dewhurst Macfarlane & Partners with Goldreich Engineering PC David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 2003 Gifford ; Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Gateshead, England
Other Categories
2016 Award for Sustainability: 5 Broadgate, London, England - Buro Happold Award for Arts or Entertainment Structures: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece - Expedition Engineering Award for Commercial or Retail Structures: Torre BBVA Bancomer, Mexico City, Mexico - Arup Award for Community or Residential Structures: Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre, Surrey, British Columbia - Fast + Epp Award for Education or Healthcare Structures: Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Oxford, Pell Frischmann Award for Pedestrian Bridges: Elizabeth Quay Bridge, Perth, Australia - Arup Award for Sports or Leisure Structures: City of Manchester Stadium Expansion, Manchester, England - Buro Happold Award for Infrastructure or Transportation Structures: Transformation of Birmingham New Street railway station, England - Atkins - AKT II Structural Heritage Award: Mount Stewart House, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK - Mann Williams Award for Small Projects: Formby Helical Stair, Formby, UK - Webb Yates Engineers Award for Small Practices: Expo 2015 Hive, Milan, Italy & London, UK - Simmonds Studio Award for Regional Groups: Information Age Gallery, Science Museum, London, UK - Heyne Tillet Steel
Commendations
No commendations were made.
2015
Award for Sustainability: Housing for low-income communities in El Salvador - Arup Award for Arts or Entertainment Structures: The Vegas High Roller, Las Vegas, United States - Arup Award for Commercial or Retail Structures: Intesa SanPaolo Tower, Turin, Italy - Expedition Engineering - Studio Ossola Award for Community or Residential Structures: Malapa Hominid Fossil Site Cover + Visitors' Platform, Malapa, South Africa - Fellows Consulting Award for Education or Healthcare Structures: Melbourne School of Design, Melbourne, Australia - IrwinConsult Award for Pedestrian Bridges: Greenwich Reach Swing Bridge, London, UK - Flint & Neill Award for Sports or Leisure Structures: Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore - Arup Award for Infrastructure or Transportation Structures: Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), Anaheim, California - Thornton Tomasetti Structural Heritage Award: Restoration of Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, Singapore - T.Y. Lin International Pte. Ltd Award for Highway or Railway Bridge Structures: Schuman Bridge, Lyon, France - Flint & Neill Award for Small Projects: Stage by the Sea, Littlehampton, UK - Expedition Engineering Award for Small Practices: Steel and Glass Features for the 300th Anniversary of Omsk, Russia - Malishev Engineers Award for Regional Groups: The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland - Arup
Commendations
For Commercial or Retail Structures: Believe in Better Building - Arup Associates and Engenuiti For Education or Healthcare Structures: Alfriston School Swimming Pool, Beaconsfield, UK - Elliott Wood Partnership For Pedestrian Bridges: Jim Stynes Bridge, Melbourne, Australia - Aurecon For Pedestrian Bridges: Merchant Square Footbridge, London, UK - Knight Architects and AKT II For Small Projects: Central London Stone Stair - Webb Yates Engineers
2014
Award for Sustainability: Muregeya Bridge - Ove Arup & Partners Award for Arts or Entertainment Structures: Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art - Arup Award for Commercial or Retail Structures: Glass Lantern, Apple Zorlu - Eckersley O'Callaghan Award for Community or Residential Structures: Kew House - Price & Myers Award for Education or Healthcare Structures: WWF Living Planet Centre - Expedition Engineering Award for Pedestrian Bridges: Footbridge over the Bow, Banff, Alberta - Fast + Epp Award for Sports or Leisure Structures: Adelaide Oval Redevelopment - Arup Award for Infrastructure or Transportation Structures: Pulkovo Airport - Ramboll Structural Heritage Award: Forth Rail Bridge Restoration - Pell Frischmann Award for Highway or Railway Bridge Structures: Elbebridge Schönebeck - Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner Award for Small Projects: Somerset House, The Miles Stair - Techniker Award for Small Practices: Lower Hātea River Crossing (Te Matau a Pohe) - Knight Architects / Peters & Cheung Award for Regional Groups: Bangor Aurora Aquatic & Leisure Complex - WYG
Commendations
For Sustainability: WWF Living Planet Centre - Expedition Engineering For Commercial or Retail Structures: Trimble Navigation's Office, Christchurch - Opus International Consultants For Community or Residential Structures: Temple Lodge - Ramboll For Highway or Railway Bridge Structures: Shenyang Hun River Ribbon Bridge - Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd. For Pedestrian Bridges: Muregeya Bridge - Ove Arup & Partners For Small Projects: Red Bridge House - Lyons O'Neill Ltd For Sports or Leisure Structures: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium - Thornton Tomasetti For Structural Heritage: Manchester Town Hall Complex Transformation Programme - URS
2013
Award for Sustainability: Halley VI Antarctic Research Station by Aecom (formerly Faber Maunsell) Award for Arts or Entertainment Structures: Gardens by the Bay - Atelier One and Meinhardt Infrastructure Award for Commercial or Retail Structures: CCTV Headquarters - Arup Award for Community or Residential Structures: Bishop Edward King Chapel - Price & Myers Award for Education or Healthcare Structures: The University of Exeter Forum - Buro Happold Award for Pedestrian Bridges: Pembroke College footbridge - Price & Myers Award for Sports or Leisure Structures: First Direct Arena - Arup Award for Infrastructure or Transportation Structures: Emirates Air Line - Expedition Engineering, Buro Happold and URS Structural Heritage Award: Cutty Sark Restoration - Buro Happold Award for Highway or Railway Bridge Structures: Taizhou Bridge - Jiangsu Provincial Communications Planning and Design Institute and Aecom Award for Small Projects: KREOD Pavilion - Ramboll Award for Small Practices: Feature stairs for the new Mariinsky Theatre - Malishev Engineers
Commendations
For Commercial or Retail Structures: The Shard - WSP For Commercial or Retail Structures: Trinity Leeds gridshell roof - Sinclair Knight Merz For Community or Residential Structures: Tsingtao Pearl Visitor Centre - Fast + Epp For Education or Healthcare Structures: Botanical Garden Hothouse - Søren Jensen Consulting Engineers For Structural Heritage: Tynemouth Metro station - Ramboll For Small Projects: Castle Green Bridge - Flint & Neill
2012
Sustainability Award: Conservation and Restoration of the Iron Market, Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Alan Baxter and Associates Award for Arts or Entertainment Structures: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas - Buro Happold Award for Commercial or Retail Structures: Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Award for Community or Residential Structures: VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Fast + Epp Award for Education or Healthcare Structures: the Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England - Ramboll Award for Pedestrian Bridges: Jarrold Bridge, Norwich, England - Ramboll Award for Sports or Leisure Structures: London Stadium, Stratford, England - Buro Happold Award for Infrastructure or Transportation Structures: London King's Cross railway station Redevelopment, London, England - Arup Structural Heritage Award: West Gate Bridge Strengthening, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - West Gate Bridge Strengthening Alliance Award for Highway or Railway Bridge Structures: Compiègne Bridge, France - Flint & Neill Award for Small Projects: Rise (sculpture), Belfast, Northern Ireland - Price & Myers Award for Small Practices: Retention and Relocation of Facade at Chenil House, London, England - Considine Consulting
Commendations
For Education or Healthcare Structures: Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Fast + Epp For Pedestrian Bridges: Peace Bridge (Foyle), Derry, Northern Ireland - AECOM For Structural Heritage: Victoria Memorial Museum Rehabilitation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Parsons Brinckerhoff Halsall For Structural Heritage: Conservation and Restoration of the Iron Market, Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Alan Baxter and Associates For Highway or Railway Bridge Structures: Twin Sails Bridge, Poole, England - Ramboll For Small Practices: Georgia Ministry of Justice Prosecutor's Office, Georgia - Engenuiti
2011
Heritage Award for Buildings or Infrastructure Projects: Royal Shakespeare Theatre redevelopment, Stratford upon Avon, England - Buro Happold Award for Pedestrian Bridges: Media City Footbridge, Manchester, England - Gifford Award for Transportation Structures: Dublin Airport Terminal 2, Dublin, Ireland - Arup Award for Commercial or Retail Structures: Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center, Astana, Kazakhstan - Buro Happold Award for Education or Healthcare Structures: NMIT Arts and Media Centre, Nelson, New Zealand - Aurecon Award for Community or Residential Structures: Elsinore Culture Yard, Elsinore, Denmark - Søren Jensen Consulting Engineers Award for Sports Structures: London Velodrome, England - Expedition Engineering Award for Arts, Leisure or Entertainment Structures: Las Arenas Bullring, Barcelona, Spain - Expedition Engineering Award for Industrial or Process Structures: Port Phillip Estate, Red Hill, Victoria, Australia - Arup Award for Small Practices: Westgate Bridge Suspended Access Platforms, Melbourne, Australia - Alan White Design David Alsop Sustainability Award: Wales Institute for Sustainable Education, Powys, Wales - Buro Happold Award for Small Projects: Bridge of Dreams, Princeton, Canada - Fast + Epp
Commendations
For Heritage Infrastructure: Mizen Head Footbridge, County Cork, Ireland - Gifford