Stirling Prize Judges 2008:
Lauren Laverne, BBC's The Culture Show
Ben van Berkel, UNStudio
Gordon Murray, Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects
Shelley McNamara, Grafton Architects
Kieran Long, AJ Editor

Stirling Prize dinner Venue:
Arena and Convention Centre, Liverpool, England

Date: 11 October

The Stirling Prize shortlist will be drawn from the 16 RIBA National Award winners, and eligible RIBA European Award winners for the prize:

Stirling Prize : contenders

Stirling Prize Shortlist announcement : 17 Jul


Stirling Prize 2008 - Change
Revisions made to the Stirling Prize to strengthen the prize’s British connections. Eligibility remains unchanged for all other awards, with the ‘pyramid structure’ introduced in 2007 where RIBA Awards are judged and presented at local level.

For next year the description ‘built or designed in Britain’ will have to apply to all schemes shortlisted for the Stirling Prize. The rule change will restrict eligibility to buildings in the UK designed by RIBA chartered members and International Fellows, and to buildings built elsewhere in the EU as long as the practice has its principal office in the UK.

Tony Chapman, RIBA Head of Awards, says the new pyramid structure has been judged successful and better reflects the diversity of architectural practice.

‘The RIBA Awards reward the best buildings throughout the regions and nations of the UK, allowing for responses to local contexts of style, scale and materials, while the RIBA National Awards compare schemes nationally and by building type. From these a shortlist will be derived for the RIBA Stirling Prize in association with the Architects' Journal.’ Chapman explained.

Another recent change to the awards was the call this year for statements on the sustainability of buildings, reflecting the institute’s climate change commitments - energy performance statistics, signed by an engineer, are now ‘highly desirable’ for all entries and mandatory for all projects with a contract value over £1m. For 2008, there will also be a requirement for a statement on how projects address the principles of inclusive design.

RIBA Awards 2008 Entry Details: www.architecture.com/Awards/Home.aspx

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