RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize Shortlist: Wolfson Tree Management Centre

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the shortlist for the Stephen Lawrence Prize, which is now in its twentieth year.

Six projects have been shortlisted, including the Wolfson Tree Management Centre at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, designed by Invisible Studio.

Established in 1998 in memory of Stephen Lawrence, who aspired to be an architect, the prize is supported by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation and rewards the best examples of projects with a construction budget of less than £1 million.

The 2017 shortlist is:

• The Compound, Birmingham by BPN Architects
  Former textile factory turned into an art venue, a workshop and a client’s home
• Fallahogey Studio, Kilrea, Northern Ireland by McGarry-Moon Architects
  Studio space set within the garden of the architects’ award winning house
• Houseboat, Poole, Dorset by Mole Architects with Rebecca Granger Architects
  A new nautical-inspired house overlooking Poole harbour
• Peacock House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk by BHSF Architekten with Studio-P
  Suburban courtyard home complete with studio space for a private art collection
• Silver House, Swansea, Wales by Hyde + Hyde Architects
  Concrete, timber and steel layered family home overlooking the Bristol Channel
• Wolfson Tree Management Centre, Tetbury, Gloucestershire by Invisible Studio
  Twin timber buildings to house equipment and staff facilities at the National Arboretum

The winner of the 2017 Stephen Lawrence Prize will be announced at the RIBA Stirling Prize party on 31 October at the Roundhouse in Camden, London.