{"id":111961,"date":"2025-09-03T17:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/111961\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:02:13","slug":"riba-stirling-prize-2025-ai-picks-its-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/111961\/","title":{"rendered":"RIBA Stirling prize 2025: AI picks its shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making an \u2018informed guess\u2019 as to which six of the 20 contenders from the RIBA\u2019s National Awards<\/a> will be named as those in the running for UK\u2019s highest accolade in architecture, AI has made its choice of the country\u2019s finest architecture a day before the official list (see below).<\/p>\n

Basing its speculative predictions on factors including scale, innovation, social impact, heritage value and environmental design, AI has chosen a shortlist of contenders from a longlist of award-winning projects which included a Scottish women\u2019s prison and a Scottish 16th century tower to a healing trauma centre and caf\u00e9 for women in Southampton.<\/p>\n

Perhaps controversially \u2013 but not unpredictably \u2013 all AI\u2019s contenders come from London and the South. Will the RIBA make similar choices when the official shortlist is revealed tomorrow (4 September)? How accurate will AI be? We will soon find out.<\/p>\n

ChatGPT predicts the 2025 Stirling shortlist<\/p>\n

London College of Fashion, London, by Allies and Morrison<\/p>\n

A monumental piece of civic architecture for learning, the college\u2019s new 40,000m\u00b2 home<\/a> brings together six former sites into one vertical campus and a haven for fashion production on the former Olympic Park\u2019s East Bank waterfront. The jury said they could imagine the \u00a3216 million, 17-storey scheme \u2013 the tallest higher-education building in the UK \u2013 becoming a \u2018dynamic contributor to the ongoing economic and social transformation of Stratford\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Simon Menges<\/p>\n

The Discovery Centre (DISC), Cambridge, by Herzog & de Meuron with BDP<\/p>\n

A triangular 62,800m2 medical research facility for pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca blending \u2018thoughtful placemaking with scientific innovation\u2019. Long delays caused by the company\u2019s focus on the Covid-19 pandemic added to the project\u2019s complicated history following the architects\u2019 design contest win in 2012. The jury described the scheme, which sits between the Royal Papworth and Addenbrooke hospitals and boasts a continuously serrated glass fa\u00e7ade, as \u2018visually and ecologically attractive\u2019, adding: \u2018One would forgive the design team if they concentrated on the science alone, yet there is more than a nod to placemaking here.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Photo: Hufton + Crow<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Tower, London, by Purcell<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Tower houses Big Ben \u2013 the symbolic bell and timepiece of the nation. The tower\u2019s restoration is \u2018a veritable masterclass in conservation and craftsmanship\u2019. Completed in 1859 to architect AWN Pugin\u2019s designs for the Houses of Parliament, the tower has been renovated every 30 years or so, most recently in the mid-1980s. But Purcell\u2019s scheme has been the most comprehensive. The jury was impressed by how every element of the building fabric and the clock\u2019s workings had been \u2018painstakingly examined, researched and assessed\u2019 then preserved with \u2018incredible skill\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Photo: House of Commons<\/p>\n

Young V&A, London, by AOC Architecture and De Matos Ryan<\/p>\n

The former Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green has been reimagined as a \u2018light, bright and energising\u2019 cultural destination for young visitors. The \u00a38.4 million project<\/a> refurbishes, upgrades and internally reorders the Grade II*-listed building. The team consulted on the proposals with 20,000 children and young people. According to the jury, this has resulted in a \u2018palpable sense of energy and vitality since the museum reopened\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Luke Hayes<\/p>\n

Hazelmead, Bridport Cohousing, Dorset, by Barefoot Architects<\/p>\n

The RIBA jury praised the sustainable, co-housing development of 53 timber-framed homes as a \u2018complete triumph\u2019. The \u2018generous, accessible and inclusive\u2019 \u00a39.5 million residential settlement on the fringes of Dorchester was the result of a more than 10-year collaboration between the Bristol-based architect and the community housing organisation client. The judges were \u2018highly impressed\u2019 by the client\u2019s commitment to \u2018sustainability, inclusivity and shared living and their incredible tenacity in overcoming funding challenges, navigating complex planning processes, and co-designing their net-zero-carbon homes with their dedicated architects\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Rebecca Noakes<\/p>\n

Sheerness Dockyard Church, Kent, by Hugh Broughton Architects<\/p>\n

A twice fire-damaged Grade II*-listed church has been \u2018exquisitely restored\u2019 and transformed into a community facility<\/a> through a \u00a35.9 million project for the Sheerness Dockyard Preservation Trust. Before its rebirth as an 874m2 enterprise centre with caf\u00e9, co-working space and meeting rooms, the trust had described the 200-year-old church as \u2018an architectural masterpiece and one of the most important buildings at risk in the south-east of England\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0The jury said the now-occupied internal areas were \u2018beautifully light\u2019 and \u2018moving\u2019.<\/p>\n

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