2025 jury
Judges for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2025 are:
- Ingrid Schroder, Director, AA: (Chair/ Leading Architect)
- Neill McClements, Director, Grimshaw: Previous year’s RIBA Stirling Prize winner
- Chris Williamson: RIBA President
- Victoria Tang-Owen, Fashion designer and founder and creative director of thirty30creative: Specialist/Lay Assessor
- Anna Lisa McSweeny, UK Network Lead, Built by Nature : Sustainability expert
- Simon Gillis, Technical Director, Autodesk: Sponsor
About the Stirling Prize
The Stirling Prize is the UK’s most prestigious award for architecture, celebrating buildings that have made a significant contribution to the evolution of the built environment.
Each year, the prize is awarded to a project in the UK designed by a RIBA Chartered Architect or RIBA International Fellow, chosen from winners of the RIBA National Awards—the most rigorously judged architectural accolades in the country.
What makes a Stirling Prize winner?
Buildings shortlisted for the Stirling Prize are assessed across a range of criteria, including:
- design vision
- innovation and originality
- sustainability and accessibility
- functionality and fitness for purpose
- client satisfaction
- ability to engage, stimulate, and delight users and visitors
A legacy of excellence
Launched in 1996 as the successor to the Building of the Year Award, the Stirling Prize is named in honour of James Stirling, one of Britain’s most influential architects. Stirling was awarded the Royal Gold Medal in 1980 for both his built work and the enduring impact of his unbuilt designs.
Despite his groundbreaking contributions, James Stirling was often referred to as a “prophet without honour in his own country" and passed away unexpectedly at the peak of his career, before receiving the full public recognition he deserved.
MAXXI by Roland Halbe, Stirling winner 2010 | Credit: Roland Halbe
2024 winner
The Elizabeth Line designed by Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis
- 2023 - John Morden Centre by Mæ
- 2022 - The New Library, Magdalene College, by Niall McLaughlin Architects
- 2021 - Kingston University London by Grafton Architects
Kingston university townhouse | Credit: Ed Reeve
- 2019 - Goldsmith Street, by Michail Riches with Cathy Hawley
- 2018 – Bloomberg, London by Foster + Partners
- 2017 – Hastings Pier by dRMM
- 2016 – Newport Street Gallery, Vauxhall, London by Caruso St John Architects
- 2015 – Burntwood School, Wandsworth, London by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
- 2014 – Liverpool Everyman Theatre by Haworth Tompkins
- 2013 – Astley Castle by Witherford Watson Mann
- 2012 – Sainsbury Laboratory by Stanton Williams
- 2011 – Evelyn Grace Academy by Zaha Hadid Architects
Sainsbury laboratory | Credit: Hufton+Crow
- 2010 – MAXXI Museum, Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects
- 2009 – Maggie’s Centre at Charing Cross Hospital, London by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
- 2008 – Accordia housing development by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects, and Maccreanor Lavington
- 2007 – The Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach by David Chipperfield Architects
- 2006 - New Area Terminal, Barajas Airport by Richard Rogers Partnership with Estudio Lamela
- 2005 - The Scottish Parliament by Miralles Tagliabue EMBT and RMJM
- 2004 - 30 St Mary Axe, by Foster + Partners
- 2003 - Laban Dance Centre by Herzog & de Meuron
- 2002 - Millennium Bridge, Gateshed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
- 2001 - MAGNA, Rotherham by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Maxxi National Museum of XX1 Century Arts | Credit: Roland Halbe
- 2000 - Peckham Library and Media Centre by Alsop & Störmer
- 1999 - Natwest Media Centre,Lord's by Future Systems
- 1998 - American Air Museum, Duxford by Foster + Partners
- 1997 - Music School, Stuttgart by James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates
- 1996 - Centenary Building, University of Salford, by Hodder Associates
Centenary Building, University of Salford | Credit: Dennis Gilbert
