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| Flats with wicker balconies and Chatham Historic Dockyard among finalists RIBA architecture prize 2017 | |
| Nicola Slawson | |
| Thu 20 Jul 2017 00.01 BST | |
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| A block of flats with wicker balconies, a dockyard redevelopment and a new college campus will be among the competitors for the UK’s most prestigious architecture prize. | A block of flats with wicker balconies, a dockyard redevelopment and a new college campus will be among the competitors for the UK’s most prestigious architecture prize. |
| There are six projects vying for the Stirling prize 2017, which is awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in recognition of the building that has made the greatest contribution to UK architecture in the past year. | There are six projects vying for the Stirling prize 2017, which is awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in recognition of the building that has made the greatest contribution to UK architecture in the past year. |
| This year’s shortlist “typifies everything that is special about UK architecture”, said Jane Duncan, RIBA president. | This year’s shortlist “typifies everything that is special about UK architecture”, said Jane Duncan, RIBA president. |
| “This is not just a collection of exceptionally well designed buildings, but spaces and places of pure beauty, surprise and delight.” | “This is not just a collection of exceptionally well designed buildings, but spaces and places of pure beauty, surprise and delight.” |
| The shortlist for the prize features Barrett’s Grove, a slender brick-clad and wicker-balconied development of six flats in east London; the subterranean extension of the British Museum’s World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre; the redevelopment of Chatham Historic Dockyard, Command of the Oceans; a new central campus for the City of Glasgow College; the community-led restored Hastings Pier; and a new photography studio complex in west London for the photographer Juergen Teller. | The shortlist for the prize features Barrett’s Grove, a slender brick-clad and wicker-balconied development of six flats in east London; the subterranean extension of the British Museum’s World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre; the redevelopment of Chatham Historic Dockyard, Command of the Oceans; a new central campus for the City of Glasgow College; the community-led restored Hastings Pier; and a new photography studio complex in west London for the photographer Juergen Teller. |
| Last year the prize, now in its 22nd year, was won by Newport Street Gallery, a row of listed industrial buildings converted to house artist Damien Hirst’s private collection. Other previous winners include the Scottish parliament, Gateshead Millennium Bridge, and Liverpool Everyman theatre. | Last year the prize, now in its 22nd year, was won by Newport Street Gallery, a row of listed industrial buildings converted to house artist Damien Hirst’s private collection. Other previous winners include the Scottish parliament, Gateshead Millennium Bridge, and Liverpool Everyman theatre. |
| Duncan said: “This year’s shortlisted schemes show exceptionally creative, beautifully considered and carefully detailed buildings that have made every single penny count. | Duncan said: “This year’s shortlisted schemes show exceptionally creative, beautifully considered and carefully detailed buildings that have made every single penny count. |
| “Commissioned at the end of the recession, they are an accolade to a creative profession at the top of its game. Each of these outstanding projects has transformed its local area and delights those who are lucky enough to visit, live, study or work in them.” | “Commissioned at the end of the recession, they are an accolade to a creative profession at the top of its game. Each of these outstanding projects has transformed its local area and delights those who are lucky enough to visit, live, study or work in them.” |
| Duncan said half of the shortlisted buildings were visitor destinations while the other half demonstrate intelligent were responses to challenging urban sites. | Duncan said half of the shortlisted buildings were visitor destinations while the other half demonstrate intelligent were responses to challenging urban sites. |
| The World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre was an “extremely skilful” partially underground extension for the display, conservation and storage of the British Museum’s incredible collections, she said. “Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners have overcome incredibly complex planning constraints to create a building that enhances the area and this much-loved institution.” | The World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre was an “extremely skilful” partially underground extension for the display, conservation and storage of the British Museum’s incredible collections, she said. “Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners have overcome incredibly complex planning constraints to create a building that enhances the area and this much-loved institution.” |
| Command of the Oceans brought a “bold and accessible new visitor experience” to Chatham Historic Dockyard, she continued. “A striking black visitor entrance, exciting approach to conservation, and inventive raised route around the complex have given the dockyard a dramatic new lease of life.” | Command of the Oceans brought a “bold and accessible new visitor experience” to Chatham Historic Dockyard, she continued. “A striking black visitor entrance, exciting approach to conservation, and inventive raised route around the complex have given the dockyard a dramatic new lease of life.” |
| Hastings pier, meanwhile, has been driven by the passionate local community in response to the fire that destroyed the Victorian structure in 2010. Duncan said: “This versatile and beautiful contemporary pier and visitor centre sits upon the repaired Victorian ironwork of the original pier, and is kickstarting the town’s renaissance.” | Hastings pier, meanwhile, has been driven by the passionate local community in response to the fire that destroyed the Victorian structure in 2010. Duncan said: “This versatile and beautiful contemporary pier and visitor centre sits upon the repaired Victorian ironwork of the original pier, and is kickstarting the town’s renaissance.” |
| Of Barret’s Grove, the RIBA president said: “Through careful use of a tactile palette of materials including brick, timber and wicker, [the building] has injected an extraordinary small development of delightful, warm homes into an otherwise ordinary street in north London.” | Of Barret’s Grove, the RIBA president said: “Through careful use of a tactile palette of materials including brick, timber and wicker, [the building] has injected an extraordinary small development of delightful, warm homes into an otherwise ordinary street in north London.” |
| The City of Glasgow College’s new campuswas an “immensely confident contribution” to the architecture of the city, she Duncan. “Unique elements like street-front ‘shops’ for the college’s trainee hairdressers and chefs to earn and learn add to the comprehensive facilities that raise the bar for higher education buildings.” | The City of Glasgow College’s new campuswas an “immensely confident contribution” to the architecture of the city, she Duncan. “Unique elements like street-front ‘shops’ for the college’s trainee hairdressers and chefs to earn and learn add to the comprehensive facilities that raise the bar for higher education buildings.” |
| Despite its constrained and semi-industrial plot in west London, Teller’s studio complex was, she said, an “oasis in which the architects and landscape designer Dan Pearson have created a seemingly modest yet sublime light-filled studio and garden”. | Despite its constrained and semi-industrial plot in west London, Teller’s studio complex was, she said, an “oasis in which the architects and landscape designer Dan Pearson have created a seemingly modest yet sublime light-filled studio and garden”. |
| Duncan added: “Every single detail created by this exceptionally talented architect is precise and highly considered.” | Duncan added: “Every single detail created by this exceptionally talented architect is precise and highly considered.” |
| Several of the architects have won or been shortlisted before, including previous winners Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. They have previously won for Maggie’s Centre London in 2009 and Barajas airport, Madrid, in 2006. dRMM, this year up for Hastings pier, have been shortlisted twice before (Clapham Manor school in 2010 and Trafalgar Place in 2016). | Several of the architects have won or been shortlisted before, including previous winners Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. They have previously won for Maggie’s Centre London in 2009 and Barajas airport, Madrid, in 2006. dRMM, this year up for Hastings pier, have been shortlisted twice before (Clapham Manor school in 2010 and Trafalgar Place in 2016). |
| The winner will be announced in October at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London. | The winner will be announced in October at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London. |
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