RIBA Announces Shortlist For 2015 Stephen Lawrence Prize

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the shortlist for the 2015 RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize

The prize, set up in memory of the teenager who was setting out on the road to becoming an architect when he was murdered in 1993, and sponsored by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation, is intended to encourage fresh architecture talent and reward the best examples of projects that have a construction budget of less than £1 million. A South London house built around a pear tree; a fishing hut in Hampshire; a seaside stage and shelter in West Sussex; a ‘living laboratory’ built from rubbish in Brighton; a converted eighteent century threshing barn in Kent; a Wiltshire garden retreat and a lowenergy house in Somerset feature on the shortlist:

• Acoustic Shells, West Sussex, by Flanagan Lawrence

• Ancient Party Barn, Kent, by Liddicoat & Goldhill LLP

• Brighton Waste House, East Sussex, by BBM Sustainable Design Ltd

• Dundon Passivhaus, Somerset, by Prewett Bizley Architects

• The Fishing Hut, Hampshire, by Niall McLaughlin Architects

• Myrtle Cottage Garden Studio, Wiltshire, by Stonewood Design

• Pear Tree House, London, by Edgley Design

RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize founder Marco Goldschmied said: “I am particularly impressed with the diversity of the projects shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize. “Each has been expertly designed to work with rather than against the constraints of the site, whether rural or urban. The shortlist proves that brilliant architecture can be executed on a smaller budget and clearly demonstrates the ingenuity of the profession today. We very much look forward to selecting this year’s winner.”

The winner of the 2015 RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize will be announced at the RIBA Stirling Prize party on 15 October in central London

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