2024-11-14T17:14:59-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149972506/breaking-the-newport-street-gallery-by-caruso-st-john-architects-wins-the-2016-stirling-prize Nicholas Korody 2016-10-06T15:33:00-04:00 >2016-10-11T09:27:39-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f1k4g7ze6aamsk51.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The news is in! The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has just announced the winner of the <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/19665/stirling-prize" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2016 Stirling Prize</a>: the Newport Street Gallery by <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/10495caruso-st-john" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caruso St. John Architects</a>. Considered to be the most prestigious prize in the United Kingdom, the Stirling is awarded to a British architect whose building &ldquo;has made the greatest contribution to the evolution of architecture in the past year&rdquo;, and comes with a stipend of &pound;20,000.&nbsp;This is the first time that Caruso St. John has won the Stirling Prize, although they've been nominated twice before.</p><p>The Newport Street Gallery was chosen from a shortlist of six buildings: the Blavatnik School of Government by Herzog &amp; 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.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/4i/4imvgt0buspeone5.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/qn/qnwhh4330oub16kz.jpg"></p><p>Located in Vauxhall, the Newport Street Gallery houses the collection of artist Damien Hirst. It is the only project...</p>