2 hours ago The Elizabeth Line is a worthy winner of the Stirling Prize – but the wrong choice

Comment: Phineas Harper, co-founder of New Architecture Writers, can see why the Elizabeth Line won the prestigious prize, but thinks this was a missed opportunity by the judges

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2 hours ago ‘A triumph’: London’s £19bn Elizabeth line is named best new architecture in Britain

With its futuristic panels, airy tunnels and elegantly unified design, the 73-mile addition to the tube is a worthy winner of the prestigious Stirling prize – and puts the rest of the creaking, sooty network to shameWith the longest platforms, the biggest tunnels and the fastest trains on the entire London underground, the Elizabeth line boasts a dizzying list of superlatives, carrying more people a day than any other train line in the country. It is now deemed to have the best design, too – being named as the winner of the 2024 RIBA Stirling prize for the finest architecture in the UK. The competition was stiff: from the National Portrait Gallery in London to the renovation of the Park Hill estate in Sheffield, from a Dorset dairy farm conversion to a street of social housing in Hackne...

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3 hours ago London's Elizabeth line wins 2024 Riba Stirling Prize for architecture

London's Elizabeth line wins 2024 Riba Stirling Prize for architecture  BBC.com

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5 hours ago Paul Pogba opens up on his doping ban 'hell' after being hit with four

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY SAMI MOKBEL: It is the afternoon of October 4, 2024. Paul Pogba stands at home gazing out of the window overcome with shock. Happy shock.

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9 hours ago Meghan Markle 'sets winter trend' but experts suggest she's 'copying' Kate

Meghan Markle debuted a new hairdo at a recent red carpet event, with experts saying her loose waves are right on trend for the autumn/winter 2024 season - but some have spotted a resemblance to Kate Middleton

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12 hours ago US Election Odds 2024: Here's who the bookies think will win the election, the popular vote and by how much

With just three weeks until the U.S. Presidential Election there’s still no obvious winner - but the bookies are now leaning one way.

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17 hours ago Victoria's Secret original Angels then and now as iconic supermodels Adriana Lima, Tyra Banks and Candice Swanepoel walk runway at 2024 fashion show

Victoria's Secret's legendary Angels spread their wings as they walked the runway at the 2024 fashion show on Tuesday night after a six-year hiatus.

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30 hours ago Great British Bake Off 2024: where are the Channel 4 show’s past winners now?

Show is facing backlash over controversial comments made on the Bake Off: Extra Slice show

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31 hours ago Trump bizarrely claims Democrats want to ban cows and windows in buildings

Former president makes remark during Las Vegas campaign event and says: ‘Honestly, they’re crazy’US politics – live updatesDonald Trump over the weekend told supporters of his campaign for a second presidency that his Democratic opponents want to ban cows and windows in buildings, inviting another round of questions about his mental fitness.“They just come up, they want to do things like no more cows and no windows in buildings,” the Republican White House nominee said during a campaign event with Hispanic voters in Las Vegas on Saturday. “They have some wonderful plans for this country.Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...

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