Excellence Awards 2025

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Creativity, innovation, technical expertise and skilful execution

Now in its eleventh year, the Schüco Excellence Awards is an established and prestigious showcase for the best in façade design, covering projects both large and small, in urban and rural locations, and designed by practices and specialist contractors of all sizes.

2025 winners

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Commercial and Mixed-Use Development
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Health, Culture and Leisure Building
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Education Building
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Refurbishment and Adaptive Reuse Building
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Residential Development

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Individual House

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Major Project
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Sustainable Building
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Specialist Contractor
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Overall Winner
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Billy Field

Façade industry consultant

FFaçade industry consultant with more than 25 years’ experience in business development and bid management in the façade and structural glazing sectors. Solaglas, OAG, Yuanda Europe, and Dane Architectural Systems Holdings are among the companies he has worked with.

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Ben Heath

Principal

Grimshaw Architects

Principal at Grimshaw Architects, whose Bath Schools of Art and Design project was the overall winner of the 2023 Schüco Awards. He is interested in the use of digital tools and how they can enhance the design and delivery of the built environment.

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Steve Mudie

Partner

Turner & Townsend Alinea

Façade director at Turner & Townsend alinea, with more than 40 years industry experience. He maintains excellent relationships with clients, consultants and the façade industry as a whole, and has been a judge for all 12 of the Schüco Awards.

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Carol Patterson

Director

OMA

Director at OMA, whose Brighton College project won the Education and Health Buildings category in the 2020 Schüco Awards. Current projects include Dhaka Tower in Bangladesh.

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Innes Johnston

Senior partner

Max Fordham

Senior partner at Max Fordham with substantial experience of working on high-profile cultural and arts buildings, including Bristol Old Vic. He is also a keen advocate of Soft Landings.

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Paola Sammarco

Façade Specialist

FMDC

Façade specialist at FMDC. In her previous position, Sammarco worked alongside Grafton Architects and tp bennett to design and deliver The Parcels Building in London, which was  named overall winner of the 2024 Schüco Awards. 

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Teresa Farina

Technical façade lead

Sir Robert McAlpine

Technical façade lead for major projects at Sir Robert McAlpine. Her role includes providing technical advice from pre-construction to completion, and evaluating suitable construction scenarios and procurement strategies.

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Mark Brighouse

Associate director

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Associate director at tp bennett, who helped deliver The Parcels Building with Grafton Architects, which was named overall winner of the 2024 Schüco Awards. He has more than 19 years’ experience in the construction industry both in the UK and Germany.

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Isabel Allen

Editor

Archtecture Today

Editor of Architecture Today and editorial director of BEAM (Built Environment and Architecture Media). She has chaired the judging for the Schüco Excellence Awards for the last five years.