The Stirling prize finds itself in interesting times in 2012, with its television coverage much reduced (to a promised mention on the Culture Show) but with a potentially fruitful new national newspaper tie-up with the Observer. This is the first Fleet Street deal since the prize was launched in 1996 in partnership with The Sunday Times. The shortlist this year is also a very different proposition to that of 16 years ago. Then, the UK was still limping out of recession, which much reduced the number of buildings of high enough quality to be eligible for the inaugural prize.
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