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Marco Goldschmied Foundation to support £20,000 Stirling Prize 2009 cash fund

Date:

01 September 2009

Press office contact:

Mina Vadon
T: +44 (0)207 307 3761
E: mina.vadon@inst.riba.org

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) today announces that the Marco Goldschmied Foundation will be generously donating the £20,000 cash prize for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2009 , in association with The Architects' Journal and Crystal CG .

Set up by former RIBA President Marco Goldschmied, the Foundation supports the Stephen Lawrence Prize, which encourages fresh talent working with a budget of under £1 million, and has in addition extended its support this year to become the Stirling Prize Fund donor. It will, at the same time, contribute matching support of £20,000 to the Amnesty Arts Fund.

The RIBA Stirling Prize is awarded to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year; this year's shortlist features a pioneering health centre in London, an imposing winery in Spain, an elegant museum in Denmark, and a mixed-use scheme contributing to the regeneration of Liverpool.

This year, the RIBA is also pleased to welcome NBS (the National Building Specification) as an Associate Sponsor, who will join Autodesk, Ibstock, and SIV Human Resources as Associate Sponsors of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.

Sunand Prasad , RIBA Immediate Past President said:

"The RIBA Stirling Prize is the UK's foremost architecture prize.  No other architecture prize is so rigorously judged, hotly debated or broadcast on national television. We would like to extend our warmest gratitude to Marco Goldschmeid for his continued commitment to architecture, and the generous additional support he has provided this year to the Stirling Prize; the combination of winning both the kudos and prize fund have been of huge value to previous winners. I look forward to the ceremony in October; this year's shorlist boasts a fascinating set of schemes, and the judges have a hard but eagerly anticipated decision to make."

Speaking today, Marco Goldschmied said:

" Architecture needs to lead in the field of the arts, as well as in the environment and society. I am therefore delighted to sustain the Stirling Prize as a leading award alongside the Booker and Turner prizes for literature and art. At the same time I am making a matching contribution to the Amnesty Arts Fund, as I passionately believe that as a profession we should do what we can to remove oppression and injustice in the world."

The winner of the RIBA Stirling Prizein association with The Architects' Journal and Crystal CG  will be announced at Old Billingsgate, London on Saturday 17 October 2009, and broadcast live on Channel 4.

Previous winners include 30 St. Mary Axe by Foster + Partners, the Laban Centre by Herzog & de Meuron, Gateshead Millennium Bridge by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Barajas Airport by the Richard Rogers Partnership, Museum of Modern Literature by David Chipperfield Architects, and Accordia by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects, and Macreanor Lavington.

Notes to editors

  1. For further press information regarding the RIBA Stirling Prize, please contact Mina Vadon in the RIBA Press Office on 020 7307 3761 or mina.vadon@inst.riba.org
  2. The Architects' Journal is the voice of architecture in Britain. This weekly magazine sits at the heart of the debate about British architecture and British cities, forming opinions across the whole construction industry on design-related matters.  www.architectsjournal.co.uk
  3. Crystal CG is a media company that specialises in high-quality 3D animation and design. Established in 1995, Crystal CG helps its clients achieve their goals by applying 3D visualisation technology to produce creative solutions. Based on its advanced software and committed workforce, Crystal CG has now evolved into a broad-based media company and expanded into areas like digital entertainment, history, culture and education. www.crystalcg.com
  4. Autodesk, Ibstock, NBS, and SIV Architectural Recruitment are Associate Sonsors of the Stirling Prize.  For more information please visit www.autodesk.co.uk , www.ibstock.com , www.thenbs.com and www.siv.co.uk .
  5. 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.
  6. 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 such as the forthcoming London Festival of Architecture; and a full programme of lectures, exhibitions, tours and other events; and an education programme.
  7. 2009 marks the 175th anniversary of the founding of the RIBA. To celebrate this milestone the Institute is looking forward to a programme of special events to be held throughout the year that aims to show the breadth of our activities throughout the world of architecture, engage an even wider public and celebrate the benefits to society of good design. For further information visit www.architecture.com
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