The Stirling Prize is a prestigious award in the UK that celebrates outstanding architecture. This year's shortlist reflects a wide range of styles and functions, emphasizing the creativity and innovation in contemporary British architecture. It's an exciting opportunity to recognize and appreciate the best in the field.

Six contenders for the prestigious UK award for excellence in architecture also include two houses, a medical research centre and a college of fashion – but nothing north of the FensRather like contenders for best in show at Crufts, where the perfect chihuahua is obliged to do battle with the perfect great dane, the new British buildings vying for this year’s Stirling prize for excellence in architecture are supremely dissimilar in scale, style and purpose. The shortlist encompasses a medical research centre, almshouse, college of fashion, two houses and a quintessential national monument. Geographically, though, they are conspicuously less disparate, with four schemes in London, one in Hastings and one in Cambridge, which begs the question: is there really no noteworthy new architecture north of the Fens?Historically associated with pastoral benevolence and distressed gentlefolk, the almshouse gets a modern reboot by architects Witherford Watson Mann. Their <a href="https://www.wwmarchitects.co.uk/projects/almshouse-southwark">Appleby Blue</a> development in Bermondsey, London, is a place of care and shelter, but above all, social connection. The human theatre of residents in its voluminous garden room can be appreciated from the street through a glazed walkway projecting out along the main facade like a shop window. “The idea was to build right in the heart of the community, not to hide people away,” says project architect Stephen Witherford. Both in its architecture and operation, Appleby Blue is a consciously extroverted presence and a retort to the notion that older people (especially poorer older people) should be shunted to the margins, with adverse effects on their mental and physical health. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/04/stirling-prize-for-architecture-shortlist-spruced-up-big-ben-cambridge-crystal-donut">Continue reading...</a>

جائزة ستيرلينغ هي جائزة مرموقة في المملكة المتحدة تحتفل بالعمارة المتميزة. تعكس قائمة المرشحين لهذا العام مجموعة واسعة من الأنماط والوظائف، مما يبرز الإبداع والابتكار في العمارة البريطانية المعاصرة. إنها فرصة مثيرة للاعتراف بأفضل ما في هذا المجال وتقديره.

تُظهر قائمة المرشحين لجائزة ستيرلينغ ستة مشاريع معمارية متنوعة، بما في ذلك بيغ بن المعاد تجديده وتصاميم مبتكرة مثل الدونات الكريستالية في كامبريدج. تبرز مرشحات هذا العام التميز في أنواع مختلفة من المباني، من المنازل إلى مركز أبحاث طبية.

El Premio Stirling es un galardón prestigioso en el Reino Unido que celebra la arquitectura sobresaliente. La lista de nominados de este año refleja una amplia gama de estilos y funciones, enfatizando la creatividad y la innovación en la arquitectura británica contemporánea. Es una oportunidad emocionante para reconocer y apreciar lo mejor en el campo.

La lista de nominados para el Premio Stirling presenta seis proyectos arquitectónicos diversos, incluyendo un Big Ben renovado y diseños innovadores como un donut de cristal en Cambridge. Los candidatos de este año destacan la excelencia en varios tipos de edificios, desde casas hasta un centro de investigación médica.

Le prix Stirling est une récompense prestigieuse au Royaume-Uni qui célèbre l'architecture exceptionnelle. La liste des nominés de cette année reflète une large gamme de styles et de fonctions, soulignant la créativité et l'innovation dans l'architecture britannique contemporaine. C'est une occasion passionnante de reconnaître et d'apprécier le meilleur du domaine.

La liste des nominés pour le prix Stirling présente six projets architecturaux divers, dont un Big Ben rénové et des conceptions innovantes comme un beignet en cristal à Cambridge. Les candidats de cette année mettent en avant l'excellence dans différents types de bâtiments, des maisons à un centre de recherche médicale.

The Stirling Prize shortlist showcases six diverse architectural projects, including a revamped Big Ben and innovative designs like a crystal doughnut in Cambridge. This year's contenders highlight excellence in various building types, from houses to a medical research center.