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NEWS AWARDS
Elizabeth Line fi rst rail winner of Stirling Prize
The entirety of the Elizabeth Line in London, designed by Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis, was named as the winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize, which recognises the UK’s best new architecture. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced the winners of the 2024 RIBA Awards at a ceremony held in October at London’s Roundhouse. Four RIBA Special Awards were also announced at the ceremony: • Croft 3 in the Isle of Mull, by fardaa, won the RIBA Reinvention Award;
• Wraxall Yard in Dorset, by Clementine Blakemore Architects, won the Stephen Lawrence Prize;
• Chowdhury Walk in Hackney, by Al-Jawad Pike, won the Neave Brown Award for Housing;
• Shakespeare North Trust and Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council won the Client of the Year Award for Shakespeare North in Prescot, by Helm Architecture.
The Elizabeth Line
The Elizabeth Line spans 62 miles of track and 26 miles of tunnels, carrying 700,000 passengers every weekday. The RIBA judges commented that the project was: “an extraordinary, complex architectural feat masked by an elegant simplicity.” Six million tonnes of earth were
excavated to create room for the tunnels in what became Britain’s largest ever archaeological dig, repurposed to create a nature reserve in Essex.
The Elizabeth Line was designed to provide a quiet and calm environment, and features a “muted palette” of perforated cladding, sensitive lighting and coherent wayfi nding systems. “Curvaceous, fl uid lines guide passengers around corners, down vaulted tunnels and onto the wide platforms,” said RIBA. The lighting shifts between warmer and cooler tones to highlight different levels and junctures. Step-free access features throughout, and sensory experience considerations include hidden acoustic mats to absorb noise, the removal of unnecessary fi xtures and fi ttings, and a restrained colour palette. Passive cooling at platform level and escalator motion sensors, as well as provision for further air conditioning and temperature control, are some of the environmental measures included in the project. The Elizabeth Line is the result of a collaboration between architects, engineers and designers. The Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis team “have designed a highly-inclusive, cohesive transport system that has already evidenced its social, environmental, and economic value” commented RIBA. Speaking on behalf of the jury, Muyiwa
Oki, RIBA president and jury chair said: “The Elizabeth Line is a triumph in architect-led collaboration, offering a fl awless, effi cient, beautifully choreographed solution to inner-city transport. It’s an uncluttered canvas that incorporates a slick suite of architectural components to create a consistent, line-wide identity – through which thousands of daily passengers navigate with ease.”
The Elizabeth Line
Croft 3 Winner of the RIBA Reinvention Award, Croft 3 by fardaa saw the restoration of an original croft building into a dining hall, with a new extension housing a kitchen, entrance, and back-of-house
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spaces. Located in the remote Isle of Mull in Scotland, it was purchased by its owner to expand her local restaurant. The low- carbon restoration “honours the nature of the ruin and the cultural and historical traditions of the locale” said RIBA.
Wraxall Yard
The Stephen Lawrence Prize, established in 1998 in memory of Stephen Lawrence, recognises projects led by an early career project architect. Wraxall Yard director Nick Read has personal experience with inaccessible holiday accommodation for wheelchair users so partnered with architect Clementine Blakemore to restore and convert the ruins of the old dairy farm into highly accessible holiday lets.
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