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BUILDING STORIES - 2022 RIBA

SEPTEMBER 2022

Building Stories - 2022 RIBA

On the 21st September at London's RIBA and the 4th October at the Everyman Cinema in Leeds, the architects shortlisted for the 2022 RIBA Stirling Prize will reveal the stories behind their buildings, what inspires them, and what it would mean to win the UK’s most prestigious architecture prize.  

The six shortlisted projects are:  

  • 100 Liverpool Street, Hopkins Architects  
  • Forth Valley College – Falkirk Campus, Reiach and Hall Architects  
  • Hackney New Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road, Henley Halebrown  
  • Orchard Gardens, Elephant Park, Panter Hudspith Architects  
  • Sands End Arts and Community Centre, Mæ Architects  
  • The New Library, Magdalene College, Niall McLaughlin Architects  

The architects behind the six shortlisted buildings will give brief presentations, followed by a panel discussion and a live Q&A with the audience.  Talking on behalf of our pratice to present the New Library, Magdalene College will be Claire McMenamin and Tim Allen-Booth. You can watch the RIBA London event here. 

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM PROGRESS

MARCH 2017

Natural History Museum Progress

Below are some from the Natural History Museum site showing the scaffold ‘tunnel’ going up at the Museum. This is the framework required to lift, manipulate, and move the blue whale skull into position in a few weeks.

Though the main hall has had a sperm whale in it before, this was only around 15m long. In contrast, the blue whale, the largest known animal to have ever existed, is about 30m long once assembled.

Unfortunately, due to the various extensions and alterations to the Museum over time, the skull can only come in via the front doors. And – much like a very large, very heavy, very valuable sofa – it’s a case of squeezing it in at strange angles.