RIBA announces stirling prize shortlist for 2015
this year's nominations include only one work by a previous winner of the award, with a luxury apartment complex by rogers stirk harbour + partners nominated alongside a social housing scheme by niall mclaughlin architects.
RIBA announces stirling prize shortlist for 2015
(above) burntwood school by allford hall monaghan morris / image © rob parrish
all images courtesy of RIBA
the shortlist for the 2015 RIBA stirling prize has been announced, with six new buildings competing for the most prestigious award in british architecture. the prize is judged against a range of criteria including: ‘design vision; innovation and originality; capacity to stimulate, engage and delight occupants and visitors; accessibility and sustainability; how fit the building is for its purpose and the level of client satisfaction’. the nominated works are listed in alphabetical order below:
burntwood school by allford hall monaghan morris
darbishire place by niall mclaughlin architects
maggie’s lanarkshire by reiach and hall architects
NEO bankside by rogers stirk harbour + partners
university of greenwich stockwell street building by heneghan peng architects
the whitworth, university of manchester by MUMA
the shortlist includes only one work by a previous winner of the award, with a luxury apartment complex by rogers stirk harbour + partners nominated alongside a contrasting social housing scheme by niall mclaughlin architects. other nominated schemes include educational facilities by allford hall monaghan morris and heneghan peng architects, alongside MUMA‘s extension to the 19th century whitworth gallery in manchester, and a maggie’s centre in lanarkshire by reiach and hall architects.
the winner of the 2015 RIBA stirling prize will be announced on october 15, 2015.
burntwood school by allford hall monaghan morris
image © timothy soar
darbishire place by niall mclaughlin architects
image © nick kane
darbishire place by niall mclaughlin architects
image © nick kane
maggie’s lanarkshire by reiach and hall architects
image © david grandorge
maggie’s lanarkshire by reiach and hall architects
image © david grandorge
NEO bankside by rogers stirk harbour + partners
image © edmund sumner
NEO bankside by rogers stirk harbour + partners
image © edmund sumner
university of greenwich stockwell street building by heneghan peng architects
image © hufton + crow
university of greenwich stockwell street building by heneghan peng architects
image © hufton + crow
the whitworth, university of manchester by MUMA
image © alan williams
see more of the project on designboom here
the whitworth, university of manchester by MUMA
image © alan williams
