RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist announced

Six buildings have been shortlisted for the 2016 RIBA Stirling Prize and are set to compete for the prestigious prize awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects in October.

Three of the six buildings on this year’s shortlist for the Almacantar sponsored prize are educational buildings. The other nominations are made up of a converted gallery; a house that is partly underground, and the redevelopment of Elephant and Castle’s 1970s Heygate Estate.

The shortlist in full:

Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford by Herzog & de Meuron

photo (c) Iwan Baan

City of Glasgow College, Riverside Campus by Michael Laird Architects & Reiach and Hall Architects

photo (c) Keith Hunter

Newport Street Gallery, Vauxhall, London by Caruso St John Architects

photo (c) Helene Binet

Outhouse Gloucestershire by Loyn & Co Architects

photo (c) Charles Hosea

Trafalgar Place, Elephant and Castle, London by dRMM Architects

photo (c) Alex de Rijke

Weston Library, University of Oxford by WilkinsonEyre

photo (c) James Brittain

RIBA President Jane Duncan said: “The RIBA Stirling Prize is awarded to the building that has made the biggest contribution to the evolution of architecture in a given year.

“Every one of the six buildings shortlisted today illustrates the huge benefit that well-designed buildings can bring to people’s lives. As seen at Trafalgar Place and Newport Street Gallery, they can breathe life and kick-start regeneration in neglected urban pockets to create new, desirable destinations and communities; as with Blavatnik School of Government, Weston Library and City of Glasgow College, they can give cities and institutions a new landmark to delight and draw in visitors, improve education potential, and increase civic pride. Meanwhile Outhouse provides a fantastic model for a private house – one that delights its owners and responds exceptionally sensitively to its treasured rural position.

“With the dominance of university and further education buildings on the shortlist, it is clear that quality architecture’s main patrons this year are from the education sector. I commend these enlightened clients and supporters who have bestowed such remarkable education buildings. Sponsors, such as the Blavatnik Family Foundation, the Garfield Weston Foundation, and Damien Hirst are continuing in the proud history of private patronage of architecture, and their continued support contrasts the slump in publicly-funded architecture.

“The shortlisted projects are each fantastic new additions to their individual locations – on an urban street, a city riverside, an estate regeneration, an historic city centre and a hidden part of the countryside – but their stand-out common quality is the inspiration they will bring to those who study, live, visit and pass by them, for generations to come. To me, this shortlist reflects everything that is great about UK architecture – a blend of experimental, artistic vision and a commitment to changing people’s lives for the better.”

The winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize will be announced on Thursday 6 October 2016.

 

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