PLUS to DETAIL-Issue 04/2008 | Page 418

Outstanding architecture not only meets high aesthetic criteria, but also fulfils its function – right down to the last detail. See the winning projects!

On Wednesday the 14th of January the DETAIL Prize was awarded in seven different categories during the DETAIL Gala at the Munich House of Artists. The main prize was won by FAM architectura y urbanismo from Madrid together with Schlaich Bergermann & Partner from Stuttgart for the M-11 Memorial in the centre of Madrid.

The Accordia housing scheme in Cambridge, designed by a collaboration between Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects and Macreanor Lavington has won the 2008 Stirling Prize.

The Royal Institute of British Architects has unveiled the Stirling Prize Shortlist. The winner will be announced this October 11. The shortlist for the Stirling Prize chosen from the winners list of the RIBA National Awards and the RIBA EU awards.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the five winners of this year’s international awards and shortlisted three of them for the Lubetkin Prize. The Lubetkin Prize is awarded for the most outstanding building outside the EU by an RIBA member and is chosen from the winners of the RIBA International Awards.

Barking Town Square, designed by muf architecture/art, has been declared winner of the 5th European Prize for Urban Public Space, making it the first project in Britain to receive the prestigious prize.

Jean Nouvel was announced to be the Pritzker Prize Laureate of 2008. The prize, which includes 100.000 US-Dollars and a bronze medal, is annually awarded by the Hyatt Foundation. The 62 year-old French architect will officially receive the highest architectural honor on June 2nd, 2008 in Washington D.C..

Six major European architectural institutions announced the 5th EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR URBAN PUBLIC SPACE for interventions to improve or create public spaces, carried out in European cities in 2006 and 2007. The deadline for submissions of entries is on March 15, the awards taking place in June 2008 in Barcelona.

The Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach am Neckar, Germany, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, has won the 12th RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects' Journal.