Stirling Prize - UK Architecture : Information + Images

Stirling Prize - 2005 Scottish Parliament wins - 16 Oct 2005 RIAS announced 27.07.05 that the Scottish Parliament Building - as expected - is shortlisted for the Stirling Prize RIBA Stirling Prize : 2005 Shortlist - Buildings: Bennetts Associates: Brighton Library EMBT/RMJM: Scottish Parliament Zaha Hadid Architects: BMW Central Building in Leipzig Foster and Partners: McLaren Technology Centre O'Donnell + Tuomey: Lewis Gluckman Gallery in Cork Alsop Design: Fawood Children's Centre Early favourites vary wildly: the AJ state Bennetts are outsiders whilst BD state Bennetts' library is the bookies favourite. In fact Readabet's initial odds show it equal with Foster's McLaren building. No mention of the Scottish Parliament, except BD's Ellis Woodman who tips it for the Prize. Confused?! Betting Odds - online once Stirling Prize shortlist announced Images of Stirling Prize shortlist architects 2005 O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects: Lewis Gluckman Gallery, Cork EMBT/RMJM Architects : Scottish Parliament Building Betting Odds - readabet.com Favourites 5/2 McLaren Technology Centre, Woking, Surrey - Foster and Partners 5/2 Jubilee Library, Brighton, Sussex - Bennetts Associates with Lomax Cassidy + Edwards 7/2 Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College, Cork, Ireland - O'Donnell + Tuomey 5/1 BMW Central Building, Leipzig, Germany - Zaha Hadid Architects 5/1 The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh - Enric Miralles: EMBT / RMJM Ltd 7/1 Fawood Children's Centre, Harlesden, NW10 - Alsop Design Ltd PR re Stirling Prize 2005 The early favourites appear to be Zaha Hadid's almost universally praised BMW building and the infinitely more controversial Scottish Parliament, while Alsop's nursery and the Bennetts' PFI library are probably the outsiders. This leaves O'Donnell + Tuomey's Gallery in Cork and the McLaren Offices by Foster and Partners. Both would certainly be acclaimed as winners with the Irish scheme celebrated for its classy architecture and the Foster & Partners project backed by the office specialists. The winner will be announced at an awards night held in Benson and Forsyth's National Museum of Scotland extension on 15 October. The judging panel for the Stirling Prize included AJ editor Isabel Allen, engineer Max Fordham, architect Piers Gough, RIBA president Jack Pringle and journalist Joan Bakewell.