AJ 27.09.18: Stirling Prize

AJ 27.09.18: Stirling PrizeThe AJ celebrates this years RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist with building studies of the six finalists: Foster + Partners Bloomberg London, Waugh Thistletons Bushey Cemetery, Henley Halebrowns Chadwick Hall, Tate St Ives by Jamie Fobert Architects, MUMAs Storeys Field Centre and Eddington Nursery, and The Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre by Nall McLaughlin Architects, as well as an overview of the shortlist and its common themes. PLUS Robert Venturi obituary

a tribute to architectural photographer Dennis Gilbert and David Grandorge's second column on Some Things That Could or Should be Learnt in a School of Architecture

Each study has photographs

Joe Holyoak evaluates 10 years of Birmingham’s Big City Plan

and Exeter University’s Living Systems Institute by Hawkins\Brown

and reveal the winning designs for Croydon’s Fair Fields public space

PLUS: The Crown Estate’s Future Office charrette

PLUS an investigation into what went wrong with the regeration of the Aylesbury Estate

The latest AJ features building studies of Peter Zumthor’s Secular Retreat holiday home in Devon

We also publish an AJ investigation into the exploitation of architectural assistants during the pandemic

We also publish a study of Jonathan Tuckey Design's performance space for a Hampshire school

Lot 8 housing by Maccreanor Lavington and Witherford Watson Mann

and WilkinsonEyre and Mole Architects’ Lot 1