The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the shortlist of six projects competing for the 2017 Stirling Prize, the UK?s most prestigious award for architecture, given to the building ?that has made the biggest contribution to the evolution of architecture in a given year.? Selected from the list of national award winners, the finalist buildings range from an elegantly detailed photographer?s studio in west London, to an immense new campus for the City of Glasgow College.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the shortlist of six projects competing for the 2017 Stirling Prize, the UK?s most prestigious award for architecture, given to the building ?that has made the biggest contribution to the evolution of architecture in a given year.? Selected from the list of national award winners, the finalist buildings range from an elegantly detailed photographer?s studio in west London, to an immense new campus for the City of Glasgow College.?This year?s shortlisted schemes show exceptionally creative, beautifully considered and carefully detailed buildings that have made every single penny count,? said RIBA President Jane Duncan. ?Commissioned at the end of the recession, they are an accolade to a creative profession at the top of its game. Each of these outstanding projects has transformed their local area and delights those who are lucky enough to visit, live, study or work in them.
?This year?s shortlist typifies ever...