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Architectural collective wins Turner Prize



  • This year’s winning nomination looks set to continue the trend as judges of the prestigious contemporary art prize have widened the definitions of contemporary art, choosing an architectural collective as the winner for the first time.
  • At the Turner Prize exhibition they showcased their work through a showroom of a social enterprising workshop set up in Granby to help the community.
  • The 16 core members of the collective attended the ceremony on Monday night to receive the prize cheque of £25,000.
  • Assemble was awarded the prize for their work refurbishing 10 houses in Granby, Liverpool, an area which had fallen into disrepair.
  • Jewish founding member of the collective, Paloma Strelitz, said the group was surprised to be nominated, adding: “We sit between disciplines.


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UK’s Top Art Award, the Turner Prize, Won by Architecture Project for Derelict Houses



  • The UK’s Turner Prize for 2015 has been won by Assemble, a collective group of architects that has restored derelict houses.
  • The Turner is the leading award in British contemporary art, and arguably Europe’s most prestigious contemporary visual art prize, and Assemble is its first winner from the architecture and design field.
  • Alex Farquharson, director of Nottingham Contemporary, has been appointed the new director of Tate Britain.
  • Assemble was nominated both for this “Granby Four Streets” project as well as others.
  • The total prize pool for the Turner is £40,000 (about $60,300).


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London’s Walkie Talkie judged UK’s worst building



  • A City of London skyscraper, nicknamed the Walkie Talkie, has won the annual Carbuncle Cup, awarded to a building judged to be the UK’s worst.

  • To find a winner, readers of Building Design nominate their most hated buildings, which are then whittled down into a shortlist by a jury of architects and writers.

  • Mr Lane, editor of Building Design magazine, said it was a challenge to find anyone with something positive to say about the Walkie Talkie, officially known as 20 Fenchurch Street, which was completed in April 2014.
  • Thomas Lane, who runs the awards, said the carbuncle “crashes into London’s skyline like an unwelcome party guest”.
  • Other buildings vying for architecture’s wooden spoon were Parliament House, Southampton City Gateway and Woodward Hall in north-west London.


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