Winner RIBA East Midlands Awards 2009

RIBA Awards are given for buildings that have high architectural standards and make a substantial contribution to the local environment. The awards are annual, and have been running continuously since 1966.
The buildings are judged in the first instance by shortlisting panels in each region, who visit schemes individually and meet to produce a list of buildings to be visited by the region's jury. Each regional jury is made up of a regional representative, a lay assessor from various disciplines and the jury chair, who is a nationally renowned architect and chairs the shortlisting panel. They visit the shortlisted projects, talking to clients and users and assessing design excellence irrespective of style, size or complexity of the project. The jury changes every year.

On the Leicester John Lewis store Ridge provided advice and project management support services during the agreement to lease negotiations, shell design development and construction as well as carrying out the role of on-site Project Manager and Contract Administrator during the fit-out and shop-fit stage of the project.