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Beautiful engineering: 20 years of RIBA Stirling Prize projects
The annual Stirling Prize happens every October. This year, four projects we've worked on are up for the prize. We've been reflecting on our work on these projects and what the prize means to us.
We sat down with Anna Bardos, Principal Sustainability Consultant and Nick Cramp, Director of Light+Air, to hear their thoughts.
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"There's one thing which is the great honour to get on a shortlist or to get an award. The other is the people to whom it really matters, and that's the people using the building. Ideally, you want to do both."
Anna Bardos
MA DipArch ARB RIBA
Principal Sustainability Consultant
Partner
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Pembroke College, Mill Lane
© Fred Howarth
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“I think it’s a great honour to have a building on the Stirling Prize shortlist. It’s very heartening for me to see more and more of our projects shortlisted and winning this prize.“
Nick Cramp
BSc CEng MCIBSE FSLL
Director, Light & Air
Partner
20 years, 17 projects
We've worked on the following 17 projects that have been shortlisted or have won the Stirling Prize:
- 2007 Young Vic, Haworth Tompkins
- 2008 Royal Festival Hall, Allies and Morrison
- 2010 MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, Zaha Hadid Architects (winner)
- 2016 Newport Street Gallery, Caruso St John (winner)
- 2017 Juergen Teller Studio, 6a Architects
- 2018 Tate St Ives, Jamie Fobert Architects
- 2019 Neville Holt Opera, Witherford Watson Mann Architects
- 2022 Sands End Arts and Community Centre, Mae
- 2022 Magdalene College New Library, Niall McLaughlin Architects (winner)
- 2023 A House for Artists, APPARATA Architects
- 2023 The Courtauld Institute of Art, Witherford Watson Mann Architects
- 2023 Central Somers Town, Adam Khan Architects
- 2024 National Portrait Gallery, Jamie Fobert Architects with Purcell
- 2026 River Wing, Clare College, Witherford Watson Mann Architects
- 2026 Pembroke Mill Lane, Haworth Tompkins
- 2026 BEAM, Bennetts Associates
- 2026 Lion Green Road, Mary Duggan Architects with Ruff Architects
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“There are a lot of ways that a building can be sustainable. But one of the really basic ways is it has to be well-loved. It has to be something that people are going to want to keep using, maybe for lots of different uses over the course of its life.“
Anna Bardos
MA DipArch ARB RIBA
Principal Sustainability Consultant
Partner
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A film by Stephenson&, edited by Jim Stephenson
Featuring footage and photos by:
- Jim Stephenson
- Rob Parrish
- Lorenzo Zandri
- Hufton + Crow
- David Grandorge
- Dion Barrett
- Fred Howarth
- Philip Vile
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“So I think a good building is unique, and of course, I think a good building is sustainable. We try and do something the best way we possibly can. I think when you do that, the right solution stands out. But it is kind of simple, and it is logical, and it feels right, and we call that beautiful.“
Nick Cramp
BSc CEng MCIBSE FSLL
Director, Light & Air
Partner
