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Caruso St John to design Brexit-themed British Pavilion at 2018 Venice Biennale

2017-09-29T14:29:00-04:00

Plans for the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale are well under way, with curators for the U.S., Australian, and German Pavilions already announced. This morning, the winning team for the British Pavilion was revealed to be the Adam Caruso, Peter St. John—the founding partners of the acclaimed practice Caruso St. John—and artist Marcus Taylor. Responding to the theme of Freespace set by curators Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects, the British team has settled on the concept Island and have promised the proposal will engage with current political themes.

Peter St. John spoke of the news remarking that "it is an honor for us to have been selected to curate the British Pavilion. In the year before Brexit, we plan to transform the building into a generous public space that can be a popular meeting point within the gardens of the Biennale."

Sarah Mann, Director of Architecture, Design, and Fashion at the British Council responsible for the Pavilion spoke of the news...

Breaking: the Newport Street Gallery by Caruso St. John Architects wins the 2016 Stirling Prize

2016-10-06T15:33:00-04:00

The news is in! The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has just announced the winner of the 2016 Stirling Prize: the Newport Street Gallery by Caruso St. John Architects. Considered to be the most prestigious prize in the United Kingdom, the Stirling is awarded to a British architect whose building “has made the greatest contribution to the evolution of architecture in the past year”, and comes with a stipend of £20,000. This is the first time that Caruso St. John has won the Stirling Prize, although they've been nominated twice before.

The Newport Street Gallery was chosen from a shortlist of six buildings: the Blavatnik School of Government by Herzog & de Meuron; the City of Glasgow College by Michael Laird Architects, and Reiach and Hall Architects; Outhouse by Loyn and Co. Architects; Trafalgar Place by dRMM Architects; and Weston Library by WilkinsonEyre.

Located in Vauxhall, the Newport Street Gallery houses the collection of artist Damien Hirst. It is the only project...