News: the Sainsbury Laboratory by Stanton Williams has been awarded the 2012 RIBA Stirling Prize for the most significant contribution to British architecture this year.
A combination of limestone columns and concrete bands surrounds the exterior of the building, which provides scientific research facilities in the botanic gardens of Cambridge University.
Glass-fronted laboratories allow scientists to look out onto a courtyard at the centre of the building, beyond a double-height corridor filled with informal meeting areas.
Read more about the project in our earlier story.
The building was one of six shortlisted entries, including projects by OMA and David Chipperfield  – read more about each one here.
Previous winners include Zaha Hadid for the Evelyn Grace Academy (2011) and the MAXXI Museum (2010), and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for the Maggie's Centre in London (2009) - see all our stories about previous winners here.
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Photography is by Hufton + Crow.