Riba Stirling Prize: London care home wins top architecture prize

John Morden Center in Blackheath, LondonSource of image, Jim Stephenson/RIBABy Leisha Chi-SantorelliBBC News Culture

London's John Morden Centre, a daycare center for retirees, has won the Kingdom's top architecture prize -United.

The new building has been praised for its use of sustainable materials by the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) Stirling Prize 2023 jury.

Designed by Mæ, the judges said it was an example of how to “raise the bar for quality in social healthcare”.

< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" >He beat five competitors, including A House for Artists and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Warwick.

The other finalists, in full, were:

A Home for Artists, Barking (Apparata Architects) Central Somers Town Community Facilities and Housing, Camden (Adam Khan Architects) Lavender Hill Courtyard Housing, Clapham (Sergison Bates architects) Courtauld Connects - The Courtauld Institute of Art (Witherford Watson Mann Architects) University of Warwick - Faculty of Arts (Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios)

Riba Stirling Prize: London care home wins top architecture prize
John Morden Center in Blackheath, LondonSource of image, Jim Stephenson/RIBABy Leisha Chi-SantorelliBBC News Culture

London's John Morden Centre, a daycare center for retirees, has won the Kingdom's top architecture prize -United.

The new building has been praised for its use of sustainable materials by the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) Stirling Prize 2023 jury.

Designed by Mæ, the judges said it was an example of how to “raise the bar for quality in social healthcare”.

< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" >He beat five competitors, including A House for Artists and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Warwick.

The other finalists, in full, were:

A Home for Artists, Barking (Apparata Architects) Central Somers Town Community Facilities and Housing, Camden (Adam Khan Architects) Lavender Hill Courtyard Housing, Clapham (Sergison Bates architects) Courtauld Connects - The Courtauld Institute of Art (Witherford Watson Mann Architects) University of Warwick - Faculty of Arts (Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios)

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