{"id":4514,"date":"2012-07-27T18:05:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T18:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=4514"},"modified":"2012-07-27T18:05:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T18:05:03","slug":"heritage-education-themes-in-2012-riba-stirling-prize-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4514","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Heritage &#038; Education\u2019 themes in 2012 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The RIBA has highlighted \u2018heritage and education themes\u2019 at the heart of its shortlist for the prestigious 2012 Stirling Prize, which celebrates the best of new British architecture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RIBA says<\/span>:<br \/>\nThe shortlist features six exceptional and completely different buildings from across the country which will now go head to head for architecture\u2019s highest accolade and a \u00a320,000 prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The RIBA Stirling Prize is now in its seventeenth year; the 2012 winner will be announced at a special event in Manchester on Saturday 13 October.<\/p>\n<p>The seemingly simple yet highly innovative London Olympic Stadium, the thoughtful and intimate Maggie\u2019s Cancer Centre in Glasgow, the stunningly original Hepworth Wakefield gallery in Yorkshire, the beautifully detailed and rule-breaking Sainsbury Laboratory for plant science in Cambridge, the New Court Rothschild Bank in London that rises high whilst opening new views at street level, and the crafted and careful reincarnation of the Lyric Theatre on a small suburban site in Belfast are all in the running for the 2012 RIBA Stirling Prize.<\/p>\n<p>The buildings on this year\u2019s shortlist are all highly-crafted buildings and use rich materials, with exceptional attention to every detail. These are buildings that clearly value the individual and visitor\u2019s experience; from the very personal and peaceful Maggie\u2019s Cancer Centre to the new Olympic Stadium, which despite its enormity has an atmosphere of intimacy for every spectator.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage and education are strong themes in this year\u2019s shortlist with the success of the Sainsbury Laboratory housing Darwin\u2019s collection, New Court\u2019s careful integration of the Rothschild\u2019s art collection into its design and both the Lyric Theatre and Hepworth Wakefield skillfully creating exceptional new homes for regional arts.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RIBA News<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.architecture.com\/\/NewsAndPress\/News\/AwardsNews\/News\/2012\/2012RIBAStirlingPrizeshortlistannounced.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RIBA has highlighted \u2018heritage and education themes\u2019 at the heart of its shortlist for the prestigious 2012 Stirling Prize, which celebrates the best of new British architecture. RIBA says: The shortlist features six exceptional and completely different buildings from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4514\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4515,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4514\/revisions\/4515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}