Stirling prize 2017 shortlist: from a cool crowdfunded pier to a giant hole in the ground

Julian WorkerJuly 27, 2017July 21, 2017architecture, news, photo2017, architects, architecture, buildings, design, exciting, in london, in the uk, new, prize, shortlist, stirling

The biggest truck-lift in Europe, built by Richard Rogers for the British Museum, is vying with a gloriously ungaudy pier and a Glasgow tower that thinks it’s a town. Read our critic’s take on the full shortlist here

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Julian was born in Leicester, attended school in Yorkshire, and university in Liverpool. He has been to 94 countries and territories and intends to make the 100 when travel is easier. He writes travel books, murder / mysteries and absurd fiction. His sense of humour is distilled from The Marx Brothers, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, and Midsomer Murders. His latest book is about a Buddhist cat who tries to help his squirrel friend fly further from a children's slide. View more posts