Goldsmith Street Housing, Norwich Homes Stirling Prize Winner, UK Architecture Award News, Images
Goldsmith Street Housing in Norwich
2019 RIBA Stirling Prize Winners, England ? design by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley, architects
9 Oct 2019
Goldsmith Street Norwich
Architects: Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley
Location: Norwich, Norfolk, South East England, UK
Norwich council estate named UK?s best new building ? 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize Winner

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has on the 8 October 2019 named Goldsmith Street in Norwich, designed by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley, as the winner of the 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize. The annual prize, presented since 1996, is awarded to the UK?s best new building. Goldsmith Street is comprised of almost 100 ultra low-energy homes for Norwich City Council.

In contrast to the higher-rise flats dominating the surrounding area, Goldsmith Street is arranged in seven terrace blocks, modelled on the Victorian streets of the nearby ?Golden Triangle? district.
Rows of two-storey houses are bookended by three-storey flats, each with their own front door, generous lobby space for prams and bikes, and a private balcony. The back gardens of the central terraces share a secure ?ginnel? (alleyway) for children to play together, and a wide landscaped walkway for communal gatherings runs perpendicularly through the middle of the estate. Parking has been pushed to the outer edges of the development, ensuring that people own th...