The 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize winner is one of four London-based practices to have made the shortlist of five design teams revealed by the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW) this morning (20 February).Only two Welsh practices are among the finalists for the countrys awards the first stage of the regions RIBA Awards 2025. They are: Monmouthshire-based Hall + Bednarczyk Architects with a 400m new-build family home in the Brecon Beacons; and Carmarthen-based practice Rural Office, with the extension of a 19th century remote coastal farmhouse on the Gower Peninsular, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in South Wales.The other London practices in the running are: GWP Architecture and Archer Humphryes Architects, with the transformation of a Victorian powerhouse into a whisky distillery in Swansea; and Manalo & White, with the conversion of a Grade II-listed Victorian Church into a Welsh language theatre in Bangor.AdvertisementTodays Welsh Architecture Awards shortlist follows the RIBAs recent announcements of regional shortlists for the East, South East, North West, and South of England, and for London. Source:Taran WilkhuHafod Morfa Copperworks Distillery & Visitor Centre by GWP Architecture & Archer HumphryesLast year, eight teams were shortlisted for an RSAW Welsh Architecture Award 2024, of which five went on to win regional honours.RSAW 2025 jury chair Ian Chalk, director of London-based Ian Chalk Architects, said this years shortlist features a diverse range of projects, widely dispersed across North and South Wales, in a mixture of urban and rural settings.He added: Ranging from domestic extensions to a community arts centre and a distillery, each project shares a common thread to think beyond the immediate confines of the site boundaries and enrich the lives of the people and places which they inhabit. Source:Matt CantCroes Fach by Hall + Bednarczyk ArchitectsAll projects shortlisted for RIBA regional awards will be visited by a jury, with the winners announced later this spring.AdvertisementThe winners will then be considered for several RIBA Special Awards, including the RIBA Sustainability Award and RIBA Building of the Year, before being considered for a highly coveted RIBA National Award, to be announced in summer.The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize the UKs best new building will be drawn from the RIBA National Award-winning projects and announced in September.The Stirling Prize winner will be announced in October.Shortlist for 2025 RSAW Welsh Architecture AwardsCroes Fach by Hall + Bednarczyk ArchitectsDelfyd Farm by Rural OfficeHafod Morfa Copperworks Distillery & Visitor Centre by GWP Architecture & Archer HumphryesNewport Active Travel Bridge by GrimshawNyth by Manalo & White