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Retirement day centre in London named UK’s best new building by RIBA

The centre provides care for the residents of charity Morden College

Evening Standard

Retirement day centre in London named UK’s best new building

Designed by Mae, who is the winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2023, the centre provides care for the residents of Morden College.

The Independent UK

Managers and leaders only: Britain’s best new building is a retirement home with entry requirements

With a verdant courtyard at its heart, the John Morden Centre in London is a touchy-feely place for a certain type of retiree – and is a very deserving winner of the RIBA’s Stirling prize

The Guardian - UK

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‘A polite beige consensus’: are these really Britain’s best new buildings?

The six nominees for the 2023 RIBA Stirling prize shortlist are tasteful and well made – but a great many quirky buildings with a sense of fun have been overlooked

The Guardian - UK

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: five London buildings shortlisted for top UK architecture prize

Five out of six shortlisted projects are in London, including artists’ residences in Barking and a re-designed day care centre in Blackheath.

Evening Standard

More diversity is needed in architecture, says body’s first Black president

Muyiwa Oki, 32, is the youngest president in the Royal Institute of British Architects’ 189-year history

The Independent UK

More diversity is needed in architecture, says body’s first black president

Muyiwa Oki, 32, is also the youngest president in the Royal Institute of British Architects’ 189-year history.

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Architect Muyiwa Oki: ‘We need a diversity of people to solve the big issues of the day’

The youngest, and first black president of the RIBA wants to rebuild the profession with an accent on workers’ rights, the community and sustainability

The Guardian - UK

RIBA’s architecture film screenings promise a cinematic summer

Reach for the popcorn! The RIBA in London has a series of architecture film screenings in the works, ensuring the summer unfolds with plenty of cinematic drama and fun

Wallpaper

Manchester Jewish Museum named among UK's best buildings

The museum and adjoining synagogue has been praised for blending the old and and new and "producing a place rich in detail and delight"

Manchester Evening News

Yasmeen Lari celebrated with RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2023

Pakistan’s Yasmeen Lari has been presented with the RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2023 this week, marking her celebrations as this year’s architecture honour recipient

Wallpaper

Who should win the 2023 Stirling prize? One of these…

Of the 131 RIBA regional award winners just announced, this year’s Stirling prize contenders ought to include a precision-tooled Isle of Wight house, the LSE’s latest addition and a farm in the middle of Belfast

The Guardian - UK

Sunderland church conversion named North East's best building for 2023

Six buildings were singled out for praise in the RIBA North East Awards

Birmingham Post

Second staircases needed in buildings of 18 metres and over, groups tell Gove

Architects, fire safety and disability rights organisations said the Government’s current proposal ‘fails to address our shared concerns’ on safety.

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Birmingham Post

RIBA reveals shortlist of 2023 West Midlands Awards

Nine separate construction and restoration projects across the region have been named as finalists in recognition of their architecture excellence

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth Foulkes obituary

Other lives: Vice president of the Royal Institute of British Architects who was equally committed to standards in architecture, social justice and the Welsh countryside

Birmingham Post

Full list of stunning buildings named by RIBA as the best in the South West

A luxury treehouse, a former jail and a reconstruction of a Roman villa are among the 23 buildings shortlisted for the 2023 RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) South West Awards.

The Guardian - UK

Unions call for urgent action on England’s ‘dangerous’ school buildings

RIBA weighs in as seven unions write to education department over structures at risk of collapse

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The Guardian - UK

John Thompson obituary

Founding chair of the Academy of Urbanism determined to involve local people in architectural decisions about their neighbourhoods

Evening Standard

RIBA House of the Year: ‘inappropriate’, eccentric twist on traditional farmhouse named overall winner on Grand Designs

An ‘inappropriate’ and eccentric twist on a traditional farmhouse in Dorset has won the top prize.

Evening Standard

Grand Designs: London home with ceiling inspired by a Peckham car park shortlisted for House of the Year

Two more projects have been added to the House of the Year 2022 shortlist.

Evening Standard

Your very own Grand Design: 10 striking architect-designed London homes on the market now

Glued to House of the Year? In the spirit of architectural excellence, we’ve rounded up 10 London properties for sale that would be worthy of the title

Evening Standard

Grand Designs: rustic tin barn and London eco mews join House of the Year shortlist

This week’s projects were judged for their ‘architectural shapeshifting’ merits

The Conversation

Stirling prize: why Cambridge's Magdalene library was named the UK's best new building

Each year the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) awards its Stirling Prize to one of the UK’s best new buildings. For its 26th year, the prize in 2022 was awarded to the Irish architect Niall McLaughlin, for the new library he designed for Magdalene College at the University of…

The Guardian - UK

National Gallery entrance revamp row recalls King Charles’ ‘carbuncle’

Architects’ society forced to defend scheme to remodel entrance from ‘unjustified’ criticism

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