Journal – Mikhail Riches

Goldsmith Street wins the @riba Stirling Prize and the @riba Neave Brown Award for housing.
We are beyond thrilled. Thank you to @riba and to the judges.
It’s been a huge team effort – the culmination of 11 years of hard work and dedication by everyone involved. Thank you to every single one of the entire team who worked on it. And special thanks to every one of our own team in the office – particularly James & Henry who lived and breathed it, and made Norwich their second home. To everyone on site – especially our builder, RG Carter, who achieved 100% Passivhaus Standard on the build. And it’s very important for us to remember we wouldn’t have been here tonight if it wasn’t for the vision of our extraordinary client @norwichcitycouncil .
The purpose of our practice is to create buildings people love. So above all, it’s been such a pleasure to see the residents enjoy living on Goldsmith Street. Thank you to them for their patience and generosity recently in welcoming the visitors and cameras to their homes.
Goldsmith Street shows that with teamwork, we architects, designers, clients and builders can deliver such projects. An estimated 38 percent of global energy related emissions come from buildings and the construction industry. Our ideas and decisions have a direct impact on our planet’s future.
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We were lucky enough to conceive this project 11 years ago. Things are now more extreme. We have a climate emergency. To deliver more, we do need a level playing field from Government, so we’re not seen now as the so called ‘crusties’ in the room. .
Finally, as Alan Jones said this evening, this year’s shortlist was the most sustainable ever. It was an honour to be in such company. 📷 @timcrockerphotographer .
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