so much more homespun, bushey cemetery. it isa much more homespun, bushey cemetery. ious 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 sub

bushey cemetery. one line from genesis says it all. unto dust shalt thou return." and now, all that's left is the big question. ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the riba stirling prize for architecture 2018 is... the bloomberg building by foster and partners. thank you, everybody. it is such an honour to be the recipient of this. of course, i'm only standing here for a whole group, an enormous group of people, who are the people behind the project. it takes a huge, huge effort to produce a building like bloomberg, so i would just like to say thank you to everybody and not least of which to mike bloomberg and norman foster who clearly led the team and were inspirational in the way in which they pushed us to innovate and pioneer a whole new way of thinking for the workplace in bloomberg. michael, i have to say, first of all, congratulations. i think you were genuinely surprised. i was. it was such stiff competition. michaeljones of foster and partners, but this is far from the work ofjust one architect. it is a huge team, and a very s

spun and home key, a jewish to something much more home spun and home key, ajewish cemetery, bushey cemeteryw set of funerary buildings, the most significantjewish cemetery in the uk had outgrown its base, so it is made of earth. this building is actually made of compacted soil? yes, they've gathered from the site, added sand and gravel, then shaped it. it has come from the earth and will return to the earth, which is very poetic. it is a sustainable building ina very poetic. it is a sustainable building in a long—term way and it will melt away. do you love it? i like it but i found the cemetery itself is a very powerful, spiritual place to be in. the building to me is not my religion but it was i found very beautiful. let's move on to the chadwick hall. this is new student hounding. it has made the stirling prize shortlist?” student hounding. it has made the stirling prize shortlist? i know, surprisingly, normally it as cheap as chips, right cladding. but this is going to fit in in grade one buildings. yes, with listed georgian buildings. yes, with listed georgian buildings and a listed 20t

bushey cemetery. one line from genesis says it all. the winner of the riba stirling prize for architecture 2018 is... the bloomberg building by foster and partners. thank you, everybody. it is such an honour to be the recipient of this. of course, i'm only standing here for a whole group, an enormous group of people, who are the people behind the project. it takes a huge, huge effort to produce a building like bloomberg, so i would just like to say thank you to everybody and not least of which to mike bloomberg and norman foster who clearly led the team and were inspirational in the way in which they pushed us to innovate and pioneer a whole new way of thinking for the workplace in bloomberg. michael, i have to say, first of all, congratulations. i think you were genuinely surprised. i was. it was such stiff competition. michaeljones of foster and partners, but this is far from the work ofjust one architect. it is a huge team, and a very singular client with the vision and a great deal of money. is there anything he said no to? "there

i mentioned a cemetery, a jewish cemetery, what is interesting about that, bushey cemetery?tually comes from the side, from the local area, so it is quite poetic, in a way. it is about dust to dust. it is also very sustainable, in terms of it coming from the soil and it can return to soil and be recycled. coming from the soil and it can return to soil and be recycledm has a limited life expectancy because it'll fill up? yes, exactly. it is one of the most sustainable buildings on the shortlist. so, that is ajewish buildings on the shortlist. so, that is a jewish cemetery, bushey cemetery, very small scale in comparison with, let's say, £1 billion building on the shortlist, bloomberg. that, bloomberg is a bit of norman, i suppose —— a bit of a phenomenon. the quality of the materials are incredible. the outside, it is stone. yes. there is bronze, it has breathing walls. for a very large building it is very sustainable to run because you have seminatural ventilation. there is stack effect and there is a lot of really good public space created around it. so, that stone has been

we'll look at each building in the shortlist over the next few days and today it's the turn of bushey cemeteryand described as an extraordinary spiritual building with the beliefs and customs of the jewish faith at its heart. one of the fascinating and liberating things about building for the jewish community is that there isn't a typology, there is no religious typology in thejewish faith so there's no spires, there's no domes, no stained—glass windows. these buildings really are basic shelters. they are places for the community to gather. so, the form of the buildings, you know, they're quite orthogonal, they're quite linear, and the idea really behind that is to make them very understandable, to make them so that, you know, when you're in a distressed state, when you're at a funeral, that actually you have a kind of intuitive understanding of how to pass through those buildings. the prayer hall floor is at a slight slope so there's a constant orientation to really guide that flow of people through and then up into the cemetery. the relationship between the landscape and the building is abso

we've been looking at each building on the shortlist, and today it's the turn of bushey cemetery in hertfordshirend customs of the jewish faith at its heart. one of the fascinating and liberating things about building for the jewish community is that there isn't a typology, there is no religious typology in thejewish faith so there's no spires, there's no domes, no stained—glass windows. these buildings really are basic shelters. they are places for the community to gather. so, the form of the buildings, you know, they're quite orthogonal, they're quite linear, and the idea really behind that is to make them very understandable, to make them so that, you know, when you're in a distressed state, when you're at a funeral, that actually you have a kind of intuitive understanding of how to pass through those buildings. the prayer hall floor is at a slight slope so there's a constant orientation to really guide that flow of people through and then up into the cemetery. the relationship between the landscape and the building is absolutely fundamental. when the prayer hall doors fly open, after you've s

we'll look at each building in the shortlist over the next few days, and today it's the turn of bushey cemeterynary spiritual building with the beliefs and customs of the jewish faith at its heart. one of the fascinating and liberating things about building for the jewish community is that there isn't a typology, there is no religious typology in thejewish faith so there's no spires, there's no domes, no stained—glass windows. these buildings really are basic shelters. they are places for the community to gather. so, the form of the buildings, you know, they're quite orthogonal, they're quite linear, and the idea really behind that is to make them very understandable, to make them so that, you know, when you're in a distressed state, when you're at a funeral, that actually you have a kind of intuitive understanding of how to pass through those buildings. the prayer hall floor is at a slight slope so there's a constant orientation to really guide that flow of people through and then up into the cemetery. the relationship between the landscape and the building is absolutely fundamental. when the

we‘ve been looking at each building in the shortlist, and today it‘s the turn of bushey cemetery in hertfordshire the idea really behind that is to make them very understandable, to make them so that, you know, when you‘re in a distressed state, when you‘re at a funeral, that actually you have a kind of intuitive understanding of how to pass through those buildings. the prayer hall floor is at a slight slope so there‘s a constant orientation to really guide that flow of people through and then up into the cemetery. the relationship between the landscape and the building is absolutely fundamental. when the prayer hall doors fly open, after you've said the prayers and you're moving out into the landscape, that framed view is incredibly important, and it gives you a kind of sense of tranquillity, the sense of being connected with nature at the time you really need to be. the prayer halls themselves are made from rammed earth. so this is and ancient technology, so we use soil from the site compacted in form work. they‘re rammed down and made into these great blocks here so you can see the kind of, yo