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2016 Stirling Prize shortlist puts the focus on education and Oxford
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The contenders for the 2016 Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building were announced recently, with three out of the six buildings shortlisted by the RIBA coming from the education sector. The UK’s leading architecture prize’s shortlist also sees
Oxford University receiving two nominations for the first time. Projects at the university in the running for the prize, which will be awarded in October, are Herzog & de Meuron’s Blavatnik School of Government (pictured above left), and Weston Library, by WilkinsonEyre. The other education projects on the shortlist is City of
Glasgow College, Riverside Campus designed jointly by Michael Laird Architects and Reiach and Hall Architects. Completing the list are Newport Street Gallery in south London by Caruso St John Architects, Outhouse Gloucestershire by Loyn & Co Architects and Trafalgar Place, Elephant and Castle, London by dRMM Architects. RIBA President Jane Duncan commented on the quality
represented by the shortlist: “It 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 restoration of the internationally renowned
Bodleian’s Weston Library in Oxford by Wilkinson Eyre included the transformation of Giles Gilbert Scott Grade II listed building by the addition of a bold new glazed mez- zanine. Herzog & de Meuron has created a “a radical new landmark” in Oxford University’s conversation area, said the RIBA, featuring a succession of wide twisting staircases, offset balconies and communal spaces.
Both Herzog & de Meuron and Wilkinson Eyre are
previous winners, the former for the Laban Dance Centre in south London (2003) and the latter for Magna Centre, Rotherham (2001) and Gateshead Millennium Bridge (2002). Also on the shortlist, Trafalgar Place is the first fruit of
the wholescale redevelopment of Elephant and Castle’s 1970s Heygate Estate. dRMM Architects’ flagship devel- opment of 235 high density, high-quality homes features extensive landscaping to “bring a sense of tranquillity to a very urban location.” The RIBA also celebrated its “clever use of brickwork, giving the new buildings an identity of their own and referencing neighbouring buildings.” Outhouse (pictured above right and designed by first-
time shortlisted firm Loyn & Co) is the first private house to feature on the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist in 15 years – the previous contender being The Lawns by Smerin Architects in 2001. A concrete house on the Welsh borders designed for a couple of retired artists, Outhouse “delights with unexpected spaces, some underground, with a field as its roof,” said the RIBA. The design of City of Glasgow College’s Riverside
Campus by Michael Laird Architects (shortlisted for the first time) and Reiach and Hall Architects is “anchored by two generous civic spaces, a cloistered garden and grand hall,” said the RIBA. In Vauxhall, London, Newport Street Gallery saw Caruso St John Architects converting three Victorian workshops to create new gallery spaces. The winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize will be announced on Thursday, 6 October.
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Blavatnik School of Government © Iwan Baan
Outhouse Gloucestershire © Charles Hosea
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