| From FT: As recession looms, it is striking that Britain’s most prestigious architecture prize has been won, not by a glitzy embodiment of corporate or public ambition but – for the first time in its 13-year history – by a housing scheme.
However, whether or not the recipient of the Royal Institute of British Architects’ Stirling Prize reflected a changing zeitgeist or simply underlined the poor standard of most UK housebuilding, a scheme of the quality and intelligence of Cambridge’s Accordia deserved its evening in the televised spotlight on Saturday..... Full Article: Source
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