Notes to editors

1. For images and further information please contact Mina Vadon in the RIBA Press Office on 07805 173681, 020 7307 3761 or mina.vadon@inst.riba.org

2.       Short citations for the projects follow:
Kielder Observatory, Northumberland

Architect:                       Charles Barclay Architects

Client:                           Peter Sharpe on behalf of the Kielder Partnership

Led by curator Peter Sharpe, The Kielder Partnership has a proven track record of finding little-known architects and artists and commissioning adventurous works of art and architecture, set in the unique landscape of Kielder Water and Forest Park.  The recently completed Observatory by Charles Barclay Architects, is the latest in a long line which includes Softroom’s Belvedere and James Turrell’s Skyscape.

 

KentishTown Health Centre, LondonNW5 

Architect:           Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Client:               Dr Roy Macgregor on behalf of Camden & Islington Community Solutions

KTHC sets a new standard for the NHS. Dr Roy Macgregor has championed a building where new thinking on holistic healthcare, connectivity, flexibility and transparency were harnessed and worked on collaboratively by his team. Through its fusion of health practice, architecture and art the resulting building is uplifting for both staff and patients. 

 

Kings Place, LondonN1

Client:                                       Peter Millican on behalf of Parabola Land

Architect:                                   Dixon Jones

Kings Placefulfils the personal dream of Peter Millican, ophthalmologist turned client and now arts administrator. This is a genuinely mixed-use building which brings a vibrant public environment into the heart of the building. As well as a restaurant, bar, shops and gallery there are and two concert halls good enough to offer residencies to national orchestras. 

 

Liverpool One Masterplan, Liverpool

Client:                                       Rod Holmes on behalf of Grosvenor

Architect:                                   BDP + 25 other architects

The one billion pound Liverpool One is recognized as one of the most significant city regeneration projects in Europe.  Rod Holmes, aided and succeeded by Guy Butler, has led Grosvenor’s drive for quality and guided all aspects of the design and construction process.  To engage three major architects might be deemed brave, to employ 25 is sheer but brilliantly successful madness.  

 

Maggie's Centre, London Charing CrossHospital, London W6

Client:                                       Laura Lee on behalf of Maggie's

Architect:                                   Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

As a cancer-care nurse Laura Lee promised her patient Maggie Jencks that she would carry out her dying wish: to see cancer sufferers and their families and friends offered humane facilities in which they could learn about the illness and receive support.  Six centres by the world’s leading architects are now open, with eight more planned or under construction. 

 

St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square, LondonWC2

Client:                                       Rev Nicholas Holtam for St Martin’s-in-the-Fields

Architects:                                 Eric Parry Architects and Caroe & Partners (Conservation Architect)

Eric Parry Architects’ design for St Martin-in-the-Fields has breathed new life into this London landmark church.  It has been painstakingly delivered with great consideration and sensitivity at all levels of design from masterplan to detail, all completely endorsed and supported by an enlightened client the Vicar, the Reverend Nicholas Holtam, supported by Chief Executive Hugh Player.    

 

3. The RIBA Stirling Prize is a ‘built or designed in Britain’ prize, for which only buildings in the UK by RIBA chartered members and International Fellows, or buildings in the rest of the EU by practices whose principal office is in the UK, are eligible.   The RIBA Stirling Prize is fully funded by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation.

 

4. The RIBA Trust manages the cultural assets of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), including the internationally recognised collections of the British Architectural Library. It is the UK’s national architecture centre, delivering the RIBA Awards and RIBA Stirling Prize (broadcast on Channel 4); the Royal Gold Medal; International and Honorary Fellowships; RIBA partnership in architecture festivals; a full programme of lectures, exhibitions, tours and other events; and an education programme.

 

5. 2009 marks the 175th anniversary of the founding of the RIBA. To celebrate this milestone the Institute is holding a programme of special events throughout the year that aim to show the breadth of our activities throughout the world of architecture, and engage an even wider public and celebrate the benefits to society of good design. For further information visit www.architecture.com