Since its establishment in 1998, 澳门王中王’s Client of the Year award has recognised the crucial roll of clients who commission and champion outstanding architecture. The four shortlisted projects were revealed on 7 August with the winner to be announced live on 16 October 2024 at the Stirling Prize ceremony. Hear from the jury chair and take a closer look at the projects below.
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“This is a truly inspiring shortlist. It celebrates four clients who have each shown huge courage and determination in commissioning and stewarding their buildings to fruition. Each brings with it incredible social value to its communities and constituencies.
Alfreton Park School is a welcoming and inclusive place for pupils aged 3 to 19 with special educational needs and disabilities. Wraxall Yard is a sensitively restored dairy farm offering inclusive holiday accommodation. With St Comgall’s, in Belfast, the client group are using the building as a unifying and positive force within the neighbourhood. And Shakespeare North commemorates the only known purpose-built indoor Elizabethan theatre, and in so doing has inspired and invigorated an historic Merseyside town.
For each there is a story. And these clients have demonstrated real ambition in commissioning out-of-the-ordinary buildings. Their determination in each case has brought about real joy.”
- Simon Henley, 澳门王中王 Awards jury chair
