Zaha makes it on to the Stirling Prize shortlist for the third time
The Nordpark Cable Railway by Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid will be hoping to make it third time lucky after her Nordpark Cable Railway in Austria was named on the this year's Stirling shortlist.
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| Nordpark Cable Railway, by Zaha Hadid Architects |
The Priztker Prize-winner, who had buildings on the 2005 and 2006 shortlists (the BMW Central Building in Leipzig and the Phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg respectively), is joined by fellow former finalist Grimshaw (Eden Project, 2001) with its Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena Station, drawn up in collaboration with Arcadis Architecten.
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| Bijlmer Arena Station, by Grimshaw and Arcadis |
The other four shortlisted schemes for UK architecture's most prestigious prize are: the Accordia housing scheme in Cambridge by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects and Maccreanor Lavington; the Manchester Civil Justice Centre, by Denton Corker Marshall; the revamp of the Royal Festival Hall, London, by Allies and Morrison; and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris' Westminster Academy at the Naim Dangoor Centre in London.
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| Accordia, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Maccreanor Lavington and Alison Brooks Architects |
The winner will be announced in Liverpool on 11 October. The shortlist for the Stirling Prize is drawn from the winners of the RIBA National Awards and the RIBA EU awards. The Architects' Journal is the main sponsor of the Stirling Prize.
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| Manchester Civil Justice Centre, by Denton Corker Marshall |
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| Westminster Academy at the Naim Dangoor Centre, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris |
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| Royal Festival Hall, by Allies and Morrison |
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