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

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

2017 Goldman environmental prize recipients – in pictures

The Goldman environmental prize honours the achievements of grassroots activists in six continents, recognising their sustained efforts to protect natural habitats often at great personal risk