Building of the Year: The RIBA Stirling Prize
16 October at 8pm
Congratulations!
This year's RIBA Stirling Prize goes to 30 St Mary Axe by Foster and Partners and the RIBA Manser Medal for the New Home of the Year has been awarded to The Black House by Meredith Bowles.
The RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects' Journal is the Oscar of British architecture. This year, for the first time in its 9-year history, the winner of this prestigious £20,000 prize will be announced live on Channel Four on October 16.
Founded in 1996 and named after one of Britain's greatest architects, the late Sir James Stirling, the prize is awarded to the designers of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. The judges, drawn from a range of disciplines, represent some of Britain's most creative artists and designers.
The architects do not have to be British in order to qualify but they, or a principal of their firm, must be a member of the Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA). Nor do the buildings have to stand on British soil, though they must be within the European Union.
This year's shortlist includes a diverse range of buildings, from a school in south London to a museum in Austria. Nevertheless, these six buildings can be grouped into three broad themes.
Previous winners represent an equally eclectic range of buildings. Last year, the Laban Dance Centre, on Deptford Creekside in south-east London, designed by Herzog & de Meuron triumphed. Other winners have included Norman Foster's Imperial War Museum in Duxford and the Music School in Stuttgart.
Alongside the Stirling Prize, the Riba Manser Medal for the New Home of the Year is presented to the architect of the best one-off house or substantial extension to a house built in the UK in the past three years. The four homes on this year's shortlist, to be awarded on Monday 11 October, represent the cutting edge of domestic architecture in Britain.
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