Cambridge Mosque Nominated for 2021 Stirling Prize

The Cambridge Central Mosque has been nominated for the 2021 Stirling Prize, the UK’s most prestigious architecture award given to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to the evolution of architecture in the past year.

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) organizes the annual award which has been named after the famous British architect, James Sterling.

According to details, a total of six buildings have been shortlisted for the 2021 Stirling Prize. These are Cambridge Central Mosque, Tintagel Castle footbridge, Windermere Jetty Museum, Kingston University London Town House, Key Worker Housing, and 15 Clerkenwell Close.

Goldsmith Street council housing in Norwich that was designed by Mikhail Riches and Cathy Hawley won the Stirling Prize in 2019. The 2020 edition of the awards was postponed till 2021 due to Coronavirus. Whereas, the 2021 Stirling Prize will be announced on 14 October.