good evening, it's been the hottest october day in seven years. with temperatures over 2a celsius, things are about to turn more unsettled and cooler of the next few days. but for this evening and tonight, it is still very mild. quite humid in fact, some showery rain initially in the southwest. moving its way northwards, across most parts of the country at some point through the night. and thursday morning, some low clouds and mist, and also the odd rumble of thunder potentially on some of those heavy showers. they'll continue to work eastwards through scotland in eastern england and then we see the next batch of rain moving in from the west, so i think most barriers are going to see a little bit of showery rain on thursday. went to see things are turning breezier as well, the still mild 21 or 22 degrees in the southeast. it will turn fresher from the west behind that cold front. that front makes its way gradually further east and then we see the influence of storm callum moving in from the west and that's

going to bring increasingly windy and some pretty wet weather on friday and on through the weekend too. bye— bye. welcome to the roundhouse in london. for this the royal institute of british architects stirling building of the year. as you can see everyone is gathered around in the next few minutes we will be finding out who has won. when people talk about architecture, to talk about brick—and—mortar. but it is also about human problems. for instance, what is the best colour to get a three—year—old off to sleep? or if you have a chamber music, rock music and children's you have a chamber music, rock music and child ren‘s concerts you have a chamber music, rock music and children's concerts all happening in the same venue had to make that work or high finance or a roman temple were? an interesting

one. how do you involve people in a funeral if they are not allowed to go anywhere near a coffin? all those are problems that have been sought by this year's architects nominated for the prize. let's have a quick look at those six buildings. music. how much? i think it was over one and a half, maybe one three quarters billion dollars by the time we got done. you don't realise the scale of how big this build is and how clever it was to imagine that it would fit here. previously, most of us spent our time studying in our bedrooms which could be a bit dark and boring and also quite lonely. whereas in comparison now, we can study in the nazrin shah centre which is much brighter an area. it makes you want to...

i want to play, actually. great! but i think it makes everyone want to play. student housing is often very mean. and one of the meanest bits is the window. but in this context, in a garden, we thought, "why not some french windows?" choral vocalising. when you were told it was going to be made of compacted soil, what were your feelings? it's interesting, i had a sort of spiritual tingle. that gave you a flavour of what the

buildings look like. but for a rather more pointed analysis of how good they are, i am joined by daisy. you work with a lot of communities encourage them to get the best out of architecture. yes, helping them get buildings that were for them and sit the way which they need to use the building. let's run through this quickly. bloomberg. it is a £1 billion building. it's a palace of versailles for a corporate came right in the middle of the city of london. versailles as an office building? is provided for those office workers and indeed for the public a very luxurious monument in the middle of the city. what makes

it good, which is... indisposed me the most sustainable office building in the world. what does that mean? it comes through in architecture. there are 2.5 million aluminium pedals that act as cooling devices and pedals that act as cooling devices a nd flowers pedals that act as cooling devices and flowers are stars. and it cools gently and flowers are stars. and it cools ge ntly by and flowers are stars. and it cools gently by natural air? and by water running over the top of it to the ceiling. there was a roman temple in the basement? it has been open, an old roman road has been opened up. it is making greatjesters but the building itself feels like it may have benefited from a little less money. everything has been... so much more homespun, bushey cemetery. it isa much more homespun, bushey cemetery. it is a religious building. an orthodox jewish it is a religious building. an orthodoxjewish cemetery. it is a religious building. an orthodox jewish cemetery. in the largest orthodox jewish orthodox jewish cemetery. in the largest orthodoxjewish cemetery in the uk. it is a series of mortar

read designs around the needs of a funeral home. it is made out of brown earth. soil has been gathered from the site combined with sand and gravel and packed in blocks that look a bit like stone. soilfrom gravel and packed in blocks that look a bit like stone. soil from the cemetery? yes and in time that so it will go back in the ground. so it is very long—term, sustainable and poetic. exactly. deal like this? i really appreciate it. for me compared to some of the other buildings, simply being in it, spatially and it didn't have a spiritual affect me but then i am not of the jewish faith. so i spiritual affect me but then i am not of thejewish faith. so i had to suspend that. chadwick hall. so we go from the sublime to the ridiculous, student flats. student accommodation does not have a great name. they usually cheapest chips. it's a long list of buildings and is next to stop into the architect says

it isa next to stop into the architect says it is a landscape rather than a building. in landscape project designed in response to 18th—century georgian architecture. around the 19205 georgian architecture. around the 1920s courtyard... what makes a good, but last? it is pitifully crafted. the idea is that it will be a wonderful ruin in the future. it has been conceived as a ruin that one day... the students will be good at that one, aren't they? yes. story‘s at that one, aren't they? yes. story's stories field community centre and nursery. we have both been to this one. it's one of those buildings where it is polite. it is a village hall. and it is a village hall that is to help the community create itself and create a place. it's been put up or hold the development grade to northwest. there is a nursery in there. a hall

that can adapt to many... many communities ofjosephus seidel is a great building. and that colour, what is it about? the cover of the bricks? oh the colour... the babies go to sleep in the nurseries and they taken a lilac. this is the cover of va n they taken a lilac. this is the cover of van gogh‘s bedroom. and he painted his bedroom the way he did so he could sleep. they took some detail into this. sultan nazrin shah centre. study spaces for an oxford couege centre. study spaces for an oxford college this time. a building that has had a lot of money and care invested in it. a wonderful relation ship —— relation to its landscape. so, what makes this special? there

aren't a lot of alleged theatres, it's in the garden, as in it?|j believe it is because of the garden. what i like is that has this wonderful conversation with all the other buildings around it. notjust those of architectural importance. how did you like your study there? why was there up i was thinking "maybe i would just find a way to come in and writing about something... " it's been lovely for the students. and now the tape. ten st ives. what makes this special? this is a feat of engineering as much as it is architecture. it took 12 years to achieve from the beginning the plant and homes to be moved. and it has been smelted into an extension. a lot of granite. 900 lorries were working. it is like a cave. a cave would not describe the beautiful set and feel of this massive and underground public

gallery that has been created. beautiful gallery and a whole set of house spaces, the nicest adventures i have ever seen. the nicest staff entrance, what makes a good then?- at the top of the building which is the crown in which you see when you are down on the beach. and it is covered in beautiful hand glazed blue brick. if you sit there you watch the light change and then with wonderful landscaped roof falling down in this new part of the gallery into the sea. everyone has gone back to their seats. who do you think should win? i would like stories field centre to win. such loving care. i also have a soft spot for dictate. that are these extra dairies that have student accommodation and all of that. . can

accommodation and all of that. . can a community hall stand? yes, but it isa a community hall stand? yes, but it is a committee to halt that has the level of care usually taken towards galleries put into it. it is interesting. the university of cambridge has the episode —— development to accommodate academics and postdoctoral researchers who cannot afford housing. and postdoctoral researchers who cannot afford housinglj and postdoctoral researchers who cannot afford housing. i was subbing out because i believe we are stuck... close to the knows of. we are —— he —— the president of riba. thank you very much. sir david is in india. ithink thank you very much. sir david is in india. i think he should be here tonight, don't you? i have to say seen tonight, don't you? i have to say seen those films kind of revisiting the experience, i thought it was tremendously exciting and very moving. and david when we met less night wanted me to say how tough it was to select a winner. it really

was to select a winner. it really was not like a journey down the and six. —— m6. it was more like a papal enclave. it was tough. on behalf of the jury want each of the six shortlisted projects are as beautiful as you see in scale and in cell and its purpose, they are all bound by the common theme. which is to say the place people at their heart. and they enrich the lives of the communities that use them. and everybody involved in the creation and construction of these fantastic buildings should be so proud of the positive impact that they have made on people's lives. the uk has an enviable worldwide reputation for our architecture and design. our shortlist shows british architecture despite all is for sharing. applause

. now the heavy bit. i am glad we have the secondary —— secretary stay with us this evening because we must secure with us this evening because we must secure the future of our profession at this time of political and —— uncertainty. and i must stress that a bad breaks it is a huge risk for uk architecture. —— a bad breaks it. and all of us who benefit from exceptional buildings and places architects create. applause . -- bad breaks it. architects create. applause . —— bad breaks it. architecture transcends boundaries and borders. our university's trained talented architecture students from all over the world. and a fifth of our architect friends and colleagues working in the uk are eu nationals.

applause. applause . now more than ever, we at riba and all of us in this or need to see our politicians coming together to ensure that the uk continues to be an outward facing and a creative country supporting the excellent tale nt country supporting the excellent talent that we are celebrating tonight. and, from that exceptional talent, we must and we have select a winner. and before i come to that on behalf of the jury again we must congratulate every single one of this year's wonderful finalists. each are truly remarkable projects designed and built with outstanding excellence for the people that they serve. so to those setback built

them... applause .to them... applause . to those that backed and build them, we are deeply in your debt. now, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the riba stirling prize for architecture 2018 is... the bloomberg building by foster and partners! (music). -- recent macro. #do partners! (music). -- recent macro. # do you really think i care # do you really think i care # what your reader what you care —— where # i want you tojoin where # i want you to join together in the band. the stirling prize is foster and partners for the wennberg

building. —— forthe and partners for the wennberg building. —— for the bloomberg building. —— for the bloomberg building. described as an office building. described as an office building and the palace of versailles. £1.3 billion was spent on it to achieve architect michael jones will be heading to the stage. he has worked for many years on this. a huge operation. we think about all of the various different things. they design their own special floorboards, they muffle the sound of footsteps. they enter through a vortex. and also creates a sense of awe. almost like entering a james bond layer. ——james bond lair. music. # you don't have to wait

# you don't have to wait # i want you tojoin # you don't have to wait # i want you to join together in the band. michaeljones on the right of foster and partners. an awe—inspiring hq for europe. foster and partners. an awe-inspiring hq for europe. thank you everybody. it is such an honour to be the recipient of this. and i think as has already been said, the shortlist was an incredibly diverse group of buildings. in some way when we we re group of buildings. in some way when we were talking about collectively at those lectures, there was a conversation about how on earth would anyone be able to choose between him and i think that is true. in one way we are all winners tonight. and i think everyone has produced exceptional buildings on the shortlist and we are very grateful to be the lucky winner. i am only staying here for a whole

group of enormous people —— enormous group of enormous people —— enormous group of enormous people —— enormous group of people behind the project. it takes a huge effort to produce a building like bloomberg. i would just like to say a personal thank you to everybody and not least of which to mike bloomberg and norman foster who clearly led the team and we re foster who clearly led the team and were inspirational in the way that they push us to innovate and pioneer a whole new way of thinking for the workplace in bloomberg. so i'm behalf of a huge body of people and our very distinguished client without which we would not have been able to produce the building we have, thank you very much and it is an honourand a have, thank you very much and it is an honour and a privilege to receive this award on behalf of the mall. thank you. applause many congratulations to foster and

partners. you can't leave the stage yet. but i'm going to speak first to then into alex. we saw films, each of these buildings utterly beautiful and divine in their own way... there is the winner of the riba stirling prize, it is the bloomberg building. let's have a little look at that building. music. bloomberg is a globalfinancial information company. in 2008, we realised that we were running out of space. our population in london was growing dramatically and so we commissioned ourown building. the building's thought to be the largest stone project in the city of london since st paul's cathedral. mike bloomberg felt very strongly that he wanted the outside and the interior to be completely contrasting so the outside would be

restrained and elegant. and the interior will be dynamic and open. unlike most offices instead of a big central core with all of the elevators and staircases, we pushed the cores on the outside and actually made the people the core of the building. so when you first come to our building, you come to our discreet entrance through which you will flow into the vortex, you would take the glass lift up to the sixth floor and you will come out in the pantry, which is the heart of all of our bloomberg buildings, and particularly here where you get a stunning view of st paul's. and then they can flow through the building on this triple helix bronze—clad ramp which is an absolute architectural masterpiece. foster's really did think outside of the box. they were really creative responding to our functional and business needs. we developed the multi—function ceiling, made from 2.5 million polished aluminium petals and half a million led lights which deal with acoustics, they deliver cooling and they also reflect the light around the spaces below. i'm really proud to work

for a company that has invested so much in our working environment. it really embodies the spirit of transparency, collaboration, innovation. that is so fundamental to bloomberg's ethos. there it is, the winner of the royal institute of british architect riba stirling prize, the bloomberg building. daisy, when the announcement was made, it was a general look of surprise on her face there. yeah. you have digestion of architectural prizes in the past and thought "no they can go for this one". i am interested and i have been sitting here and i am it said in their reasons and i think i do understand. for me, it is quite a

funky building and one of the few occasions i heard myself say "less is more". it does operate on two important levels for architecture. one asa important levels for architecture. one as a building in the city, it has made a commitment to be a solid structure that is there for a long time. it looks as though it would be a good ruin. and good space for the public. it is good, but there could've been much more succulent that has been a massive drive to but people, to let people into this,... it is free to get in there and it is an absolute spectacle to go down there. as temple they found at the end of the second world war, into is now gone back to its original home. it is certainly a gift to london. and everyone who is been says it is a magical experience. the architecture is doing the right

things in terms of a philanthropic, not closing itself off to the city. and i guess it is about a technological level, energy—saving level. it is awe-inspiring. i believe that is what people say. this is my personal taste, but i just. do like the more homespun stories. i like the buildings until magical. but i think there is something about a lot of the proportions of that building. and all the different materials, all the things it does. for me personally it didn't quite come together. things it does. for me personally it didn't quite come togetherlj things it does. for me personally it didn't quite come together. i need to beckon someone over here. it was a thing we'll be joined now by the winner. michael, i have to say first of all congratulations stop thank you very much. i think you were genuinely surprised were you? such stiff competition june coming genuinely surprised were you? such stiff competitionjune coming in. —— coming in. when we were on the

public lecture tour, we had a conversation about how would they decide which is the winning scheme. a smalljewish prayer hall against a £1.73 a smalljewish prayer hall against a £1.3 billion building. it's how you compare those two. there is so much i would like to talk to you about. just to give an idea of how much went into this building, explain where the stone came from which is on the outside and how much you had to do for that because that alone makes you go "my goodness".m to do for that because that alone makes you go "my goodness". it is anecdotally to be the largest own project in london since st paul's cathedral. it goes back to mike bloomberg saying that he wanted the building to fit in. it was going to bea building to fit in. it was going to be a stone building because it is very much in a set against on building. where did you get it? we got it from the yorkshire derbyshire quarry that we had to reopen to deliver the stone for all of the structure. did you get the stone

masons as well? in crafting a building like this, we found the skill set did not exist any more. not only did you have to find the right stone, you had to open the quarry and train the stone arts. and train them and we had to build a worse was to train. and all of them are hand carved? they're all hence efficient —— hand finished. are hand carved? they're all hence efficient -- hand finished. you created special floorboards. each forward has a magnetic backing, you consider them as a fridge magnet. the cushions are footfall. if you wa nt the cushions are footfall. if you want to go under the floor to the cape brewing, you just pop the board of and put the board —— for back down and then you had this amazing continuous of four. ottawa to talk about too much. but in order to do this, you had to invent it. again, to do the things you have to have a

very willing client and it took a huge amount of resource and skill to deliver it. you had to build your own lab. the laboratory to test it did not exist and bloomberg very willingly said we will create the space you need to deliver a naturally ventilated for plate. we employed about eight or 900 people. huge floor plates moving across. employed about eight or 900 people. huge floor plates moving acrossm there anything he said no to? guess. he said there are limits. but he say on the other hand "never don't show is on the" because it is often done before always show me what it is. there are limits and we did have a budget. two things had to come together. and massive budget but congratulations. all of pleasure. riba stirling prize winner. the thing about it is a £1.3 billion building described as a mix of an

office and a palace of versailles, and has an awful lot in common with the other buildings. for instance it wa nts to the other buildings. for instance it wants to be the good neighbour to fit injust like wants to be the good neighbour to fit in just like chadwick hall. ed also wanted to look good but also be functional to encourage people to move around to make life better for the people there. also the sound better and feel better. all of these are the extraordinary things an extraordinary level of work that goes into architecture in britain. a celebration tonight notjust of the bloomberg building but of the incredible successes of british architecture. that is it from us here live at the royal institute of british architects stirling prize. thank you and i hope you've enjoyed it. music. good evening, it's been the hottest october day in seven years.

with temperatures over 2a celsius, things are about to turn more unsettled and cooler of the next few days. but for this evening and tonight, it is still very mild. quite humid in fact, some showery rain initially in the southwest. moving its way northwards, across most parts of the country at some point through the night. and thursday morning, some low clouds and mist, and also the odd rumble of thunder potentially on some of those heavy showers. they'll continue to work fairly used words through scotland in eastern england and then we see the next batch of rain moving in from the west, so i think most barriers are going to see a little bit of showery rain on thursday. went to see things are turning breezier as well, the still mild 21 or 22 degrees in the southeast. it will turn fresher from the west behind that cold front. that front makes its way gradually further east and then we see the influence of storm callum moving in from the west and that's going to bring increasingly windy

and some pretty wet weather on friday and on through the weekend too. bye— bye. hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. hurricane michael has made landfall on the gulf coast of florida — packing winds of 240 kilometres an hour. some 4 million people are under a hurricane warning. this is the worst storm the florida panhandle has seen in a century. hurricane michael is upon us and now is the time to seek refuge. video images emerge of what's thought to be saudi intelligence officals arriving at istanbul airport, just before journalist jamal khashoggi disappeared. now president trump has weighed in. it's a very sad situation. it's a very bad situation, and we want to get to the bottom of it. plus we'll have stories from china, nicaraga and nepal. nicaragua and nepal.