Appleby Blue Almshouse wins the 2025 RIBA Stirling Prize
Jason Sayer2025-10-20T15:11:10+01:00Appleby Blue Almshouse in Southwark, by Witherford Watson Mann Architects for United St Saviour’s Charity, has won the 2025 RIBA Stirling Prize.
Appleby Blue Almshouse in Southwark, by Witherford Watson Mann Architects for United St Saviour’s Charity, has won the 2025 RIBA Stirling Prize.
Witherford Watson Mann’s carefully considered addition to the second oldest college at Cambridge delicately improves access to the college and adds a new riverfront café.
Stirling Prize-winning practice Witherford Watson Mann has completed Appleby Blue in Bermondsey, south London, a contemporary take on the traditional almshouse that allows older people to enjoy inner-city life.
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Witherford Watson Mann and Kinnear Landscape Architects’ transformation of a Victorian waterworks into a public nature reserve demanded delicate handling of history and ecology, explains William Mann