news PRIZE SHORTLIST RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize shortlist announced
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the shortlist for the 2015 RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize. The prize, set up in memory of the
teenager who was setting out on the road to becoming an architect when he was murdered in 1993, and sponsored by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation, is intended to encourage fresh architecture talent and reward the best examples of projects that have a construction budget of less than £1 million. A South London house built around
a pear tree; a fishing hut in Hampshire; a seaside stage and shelter in West Sussex; a ‘living laboratory’ built from rubbish in Brighton; a converted eighteenth- century threshing barn in Kent; a Wiltshire garden retreat and a low- energy house in Somerset feature on the shortlist:
‘SKY POOL’
Plans unveiled for breath-taking Arup designed sky pool in Nine Elms
Plans for a breath-taking, suspended swimming pool named ‘Sky Pool’ have been unveiled for Embassy Gardens – the residential heart of London’s newest neighbourhood, Nine Elms on the South Bank. The stunning outdoor pool will link
two residential buildings at the 10th storey – a world first – and allow residents to swim from one building to the next. The sky deck at the top of the two buildings incorporates a spa, summer bar and Orangery for residents to relax and take in the views of London icons which include the Houses of Parliament, London Eye and new US Embassy located next door. The pool is entirely transparent and structure free, 25 metre long, 5 metre wide and 3 metre deep with a water depth of 1.2 metre. Designed by Arup Associates, with specialist
input from Eckersley O’Callaghan and aquarium designers
Reynolds, the experience is intended to be more akin to an aquarium than a pool, with glass that is 20cm thick. The pool is the vision of Sean
Mulryan, Chairman and CEO of Ballymore Group, working with the scheme’s architects Arup Associates. Ballymore are responsible for the development of Embassy Gardens with their development partners Eco World. Together they are developing the second phase as Eco World Ballymore. Ballymore has a reputation for creating places and spaces that are more than just bricks and mortar, and this pool is testimony to this philosophy – creating an inspiring environment and giving a unique character to the development. Embassy Gardens
takes design
inspiration from the Meatpacking District of New York with floor to ceiling windows and brick facades. The build- ings that the pool link are part of the
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second phase of the development which will be released to market this month, soon after the first residents have started to move in following the completion of phase one. This landmark development will see the creation of nearly 2,000 new homes, stunning landscaped gardens and a riverfront walkway threading from Embassy Gardens to Battersea Park, vibrant new bars and restaurants and al fresco and community spaces.
• Acoustic Shells, West Sussex by Flanagan Lawrence
• Ancient Party Barn, Kent by Liddicoat & Goldhill LLP
• Brighton Waste House, East Sussex by BBM Sustainable Design Ltd
• Dundon Passivhaus, Somerset by Prewett Bizley Architects
• The Fishing Hut, Hampshire by Niall McLaughlin Architects
• Myrtle Cottage Garden Studio, Wiltshire by Stonewood Design
• Pear Tree House, London by Edgley Design RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize
founder Marco Goldschmied said: “I am particularly impressed with the diversity of the projects shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize. Each has been expertly designed to work with rather than against the constraints of the
site, whether rural or urban. The short- list proves that brilliant architecture can be executed on a smaller budget and clearly demonstrates the ingenuity of the profession today. We very much look forward to selecting this year’s winner.” The winner of the 2015 RIBA
Stephen Lawrence Prize will be announced at the RIBA Stirling Prize party on 15 October at the RIBA in central London. The judges are Baroness Lawrence of
Clarendon, Doreen Lawrence CBE the mother of Stephen Lawrence, Marco Goldschmied, RIBA Past President and Founder of the Marco Goldschmied Foundation, which established the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize in 1998 and Murray Kerr, founder of Denizen Works, which won the Stephen Lawrence Prize in 2014.
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