RIBA shortlists two LUC projects for 2023 Stirling Prize

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RIBA has announced two LUC projects are shortlisted for the 2023 Stirling Prize for Building of the Year.

The University of Warwick’s Faculty of Arts Building and Central Somers Town Community Facilities and Housing are two of the six schemes in the running for the prize.

University of Warwick’s Faculty of Arts Building

Our landscape architects worked with architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios on this landmark project. The work united the Arts and Humanities Faculties in one building, fostering new collaborations in the heart of the University campus.

The new building is set within a richly designed landscape, which incorporates a range of existing mature trees. The proposals include:

interconnected seating plazas;
‘Delphi’, a Mediterranean garden linked to the Department of Classics and Ancient History;
swathes of herbaceous planting;
ornamental grass borders;
lawns;
and an outdoor performance space.

University building in paved area, sign saying Faculty of Arts Building

Two people walking on path alongside shrubbery

Crowd of people walking past stone benches with motion blur

Building in paved area with outdoor furniture and street lighting in dusk

Three people sitting on outdoor stone bench

© Paul Upward Photography

Client: University of Warwick
Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and MCW architects
Landscape Design: LUC and Deborah Nagan
Engineers: BuroHappold
Contractor: Bowmer + Kirkland

Central Somers Town Community Facilities and Housing

LUC worked with Adam Khan Architects on the Central Somers Town Community Facilities project, for the London Borough of Camden. Our landscape architects delivered concept design for the new community hub and playspace as part of a wider Somers Town masterplanning project.