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Stirling Prize 2024: a welcome turn towards reuse and retrofit but too safe to represent the UK’s ‘best’ architecture

The Stirling Prize is awarded every year by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for the UK’s best new architecture. This year’s six project shortlist includes only one new building. The rest is made up of a masterplan outlining the placement of buildings and streets around Kings Cross, London…

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Labour’s ‘grey belt’ plans could result in isolated communities, warns leading architect

Exclusive: Muyiwa Oki, president of the RIBA, says new estates must be high quality and have access to shops, schools, transport and green space

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s best new building: can a tiny dairy farm beat the epic Elizabeth line?

From increasing the National Portrait Gallery’s wall space to revitalising a notorious estate, this year’s finalists for the RIBA Stirling architecture prize couldn’t be more different

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2024 Stirling Prize goes to the Elizabeth Line: we speak to the winners

The 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize winner has been revealed, with the Elizabeth Line crowned as the year's best building project; find out about the design and what else made it into the running for the UK's most coveted architecture award

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2024 RIBA National Awards: browse the list of worthy winners

The 2024 RIBA National Awards have been announced, comprising 26 projects across the UK

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Art museum and mosque among Australian projects recognised in UK’s RIBA architecture awards

Judges praise disaster-resistant gallery and bridge on Arthur Boyd’s NSW estate and ‘profoundly moving’ place of worship in Sydney’s Punchbowl

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Stirling prize 2024: a two-horse race?

The big beasts of the Elizabeth line and King’s Cross loom large, but newly announced regional contenders should include a classy Cambridge dining hall, a life-enhancing Shoreditch office block and a converted Dorset dairy

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RIBA’s ‘Raise the Roof’ show is a deep dive into the history of its London HQ

With its ‘Raise the Roof: Building for Change’ exhibition, the RIBA explores themes including gender, ethnicity, race, and imperialism embedded within its own historic headquarters

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‘Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence’ at the V&A is a bold exploration

London’s V&A presents ‘Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence’, a deep dive into 1940s architectural influences within West Africa and India

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"New housing solutions" highlighted as 30 architect-designed homes shortlisted for the Riba London Awards 2024

The annual Riba London Award 2024 has shortlisted 76 projects

Evening Standard

Elizabeth line stations named among London's best new buildings by British architects

Four Elizabeth line stations and the line itself are contenders for Riba’s London Award

Evening Standard

Sex scenes and feasibility studies: architect and racy novelist Lesley Lokko wins RIBA gold medal

The unstoppable Ghanaian Scot, who shook up the Venice Biennale with a focus on the scars of postcolonial Africa, has now made history by winning architecture’s prestigious award

The Guardian - UK

2024 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture celebrates Lesley Lokko

The 2024 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture will be presented to Lesley Lokko for her contributions to the field, the RIBA announced

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‘100 Women: Architects in Practice’ celebrates exceptional global architecture

‘100 Women: Architects in Practice’, a new book by RIBA Publishing, elevates the work of international studios that lead in contemporary building design

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Green House crowned RIBA House of the Year 2023

RIBA House of the Year 2023 has been awarded to Green House in London by Hayhurst & Co

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Dubai Design Week 2023 spotlights sustainability, culture and tech

Dubai Design Week 2023 gathered nearly 500 designers, architects and creatives, offering a confluence of Middle Eastern and international design

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RIBA Photo Festival 2023 explores photography and the built environment

The RIBA Photo Festival 2023 runs 8 – 11 November, exploring photography and its powerful relationship with architecture

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The plant-covered Tottenham house that's a contender for RIBA House of the Year

The bamboo-filled biophilic family home impressed the judges with its budget-friendly sustainability

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Retirement day centre in London named UK’s best new building by RIBA

The centre provides care for the residents of charity Morden College

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Retirement day centre in London named UK’s best new building

Designed by Mae, who is the winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2023, the centre provides care for the residents of Morden College.

The Guardian - UK

Managers and leaders only: Britain’s best new building is a retirement home with entry requirements

With a verdant courtyard at its heart, the John Morden Centre in London is a touchy-feely place for a certain type of retiree – and is a very deserving winner of the RIBA’s Stirling prize

The Guardian - UK

‘A polite beige consensus’: are these really Britain’s best new buildings?

The six nominees for the 2023 RIBA Stirling prize shortlist are tasteful and well made – but a great many quirky buildings with a sense of fun have been overlooked

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RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: five London buildings shortlisted for top UK architecture prize

Five out of six shortlisted projects are in London, including artists’ residences in Barking and a re-designed day care centre in Blackheath.

The Independent UK

More diversity is needed in architecture, says body’s first Black president

Muyiwa Oki, 32, is the youngest president in the Royal Institute of British Architects’ 189-year history

The Independent UK

More diversity is needed in architecture, says body’s first black president

Muyiwa Oki, 32, is also the youngest president in the Royal Institute of British Architects’ 189-year history.

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