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Sir David Chipperfield CBE has been named today as the recipient of the Royal Gold Medal one of the world’s most prestigious architecture prizes. The medal, which recognises lifetime achievement, will be presented to Chipperfield on 10 February 2011 at a ceremony at the RIBA headquarters in London and the award is approved personally by the Queen. [More info after the break]

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Christ’s College Secondary School was nominated for the Stirling Prize 2010.  Christ’s  College was designed as part of an overall campus with Pond  Meadow Special Needs school, in Guildford and sets the standard for  exemplary sustainable school design in the UK. This clever design for a secondary school is a worthy companion to the adjoining special-needs school by the same architects, which won an RIBA Award in 2009. But whereas that was single storey as befits the needs of young people with many and real learning and physical difficulties, this one achieves a great deal on three compact levels, yet has a gratifying generosity of circulation and inner courtyard spaces.

Project: Christ’s College Secondary School
Architect: DSDHA
Location: Guildford, UK
RIBA Stirling Prize 2010 shortlist

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MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects has won the coveted £20,000 RIBA Stirling Prize 2010, in association with The Architects Journal and Benchmark. The presentation of the UK’s premier architectural award took place at a special awards ceremony this evening (Saturday 2 October) at The Roundhouse in London, and was televised live on BBC Two’s The Culture Show at 6.30pm. [More info and images after the break]

           
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The RIBA is pleased to announce the RIBA Stirling Shortlist 2010

Neues Museum by David Chipperfield Architects with Julian Harrap Archtitects

MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts by Zaha Hadid Architects

Christ’s College School by DSDHA

Ashmolean Museum by Rick Mather Architects

Clapham Manor Primary School by dRMM

Bateman’s Row by Theis and Khan

The RIBA Stirling Prize is given for the RIBA Building of the Year. It is run in association with The Architects’ Journal and Benchmark and is presented to the architects of the building which has been the most significant for the evolution of architecture in the past year.

The winning architect receives a cash prize of £20,000. The prize is named after the great British architect Sir James Stirling (1926-1992). 

The RIBA Stirling Prize Winner 2009 was Maggie’s Centre London by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.

Images:
Neues Museum: Audringje
http://www.flickr.com/photos/audringje/

MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts: ZioPaolino
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ziopaopao/

Christ’s College School: Planning Resource
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33232053@N03/

Ashmolean Museum: Martin Beek
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshire_church_photos/

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced today the winners of the 2009 President’s Medals Student Awards.

The Royal Institute of British Architects has been awarding the President’s Medals since the 1850s and the awards were established in their current format in 1984.

The aim of these prestigious awards is to promote excellence in the study of architecture, to reward talent and to encourage architectural debate worldwide. Widely regarded as the best architectural education awards in the world, students aspire each year to be selected by their school to enter for the medals and for the opportunity for their work to be recognised and publicly exhibited.
During this week we’ll be publishing the winners.

Maggie’s Centre, a beautiful cancer care sanctuary in west London by Richard Rogers’ practice Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has won the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize 2009 in association with The Architects Journal and Crystal CG. This is the second time the practice has been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize (Barajas Airport, Spain, 2006).

The presentation of the UK’s premier architectural award took place at a special awards ceremony this evening (Saturday 17 October) at Old Billingsgate in London, and was televised live on Channel 4 at 9pm.

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The Chinese-born American architect I. M. Pei, who is best known in Europe for his transformation of the Louvre in Paris, has been named today (Tuesday 6th October 2009) as the recipient of one of the world’s most prestigious architecture prizes, the Royal Gold Medal.

Given in recognition of a lifetime’s work, the Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by Her Majesty the Queen and is given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence “either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture”.

I. M. Pei is one of the most prolific architects of all time having completed over 170 projects and more than 50 masterplans. At the age of 92, he remains actively engaged in architecture. His work easily spans the divide between commercial and cultural architecture, and he is equally respected and sought after by clients in all fields.

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Hind House, designed by John Pardey, recently won an award for architectural excellence in the 2009 RIBA Awards from the Royal Instute of British Architects.

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Lord Norman Foster

Foster and Partners has been granted with a prestigious RIBA Award for the “Zenith” a state-of-the-art music and cultural facility for St. Etienne that places the formerly industrial city on the cultural map, forming the heart of an exciting project to revitalise the area to the north-east of the city centre.

From Foster and Partners
The Zénith concert venue in Saint-Etienne has been granted a prestigious RIBA Award, it was announced today. The first purpose built, state-of-the-art performance venue in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, the Zénith is characterised by a cantilevered aerodynamic roof, which contributes to a highly efficient environmental strategy and has become a bold symbol for the city’s regeneration.

Grant Brooker, an executive director at Foster + Partners, said: “We are absolutely delighted and I would like to congratulate the full team involved in the project, particularly our collaborators Cabinet Berger. Winning this prestigious award is a wonderful credit to our clients, the Mayor and the people of Saint-Etienne Metropole, who initiated the Zénith, put their faith in us and supported the project at every stage.”