The Passivhaus and high-density Goldsmith Street social housing scheme designed by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley has been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize 2019.
London studio Mikhail Riches, led by architects David Mikhail and Annalie Riches, has won the biggest prize in UK architecture for the residential scheme in Norwich.
Goldsmith Street, which has provided Norwich City Council with 105 low-energy homes, was hailed by the jury as "a ground-breaking project and an outstanding contribution to British architecture".

RIBA president Alan Jones described the project as "a beacon of hope".
"Faced with a global climate emergency, the worst housing crisis for generations and crippling local authority cuts, Goldsmith Street is a beacon of hope," he said. "It is commended not just as a transformative social housing scheme and eco-development, but a pioneering exemplar for other local authorities to follow."
Located close to Norwich city centre, Goldsmith Street was designed by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley as an affordable high-density alternative to apartment blocks.
The development comprises seven terraced blocks arranged in four lines, containing a total of 45 houses and 60 flats, within an area of less than one hectare.

Each home faces south to maximise solar gain and is designed by Mikhail Riches to meet Passivhaus standard.
Over a quarter of the site is dedicated to communal space to encourage social cohesion ? including an ope...