Who do you want to win the RIBA Stirling Prize 2024?

The results of the poll – click here to take the survey – will be announced in October.

Bookmaker William Hill has already made London’s new £19 billion rail route, The Elizabeth Line, its early favourite to win the 2024 RIBA Stirling Prize, with its odds shortening from a starting price of 7/4 to just 6/4.

The mammoth project was designed by a raft of architects to line-wide designs by Grimshaw and is one of six finalists in the running for the UK’s highest architectural accolade.

The list also includes the two decades-long King’s Cross Masterplan by Allies and Morrison and Porphyrios Associates, which has slipped back from the bookies’ second favourite at 3/1 to join Al-Jawad Pike's Choudhury Walk social housing scheme in Hackney. Now both are offered with odds of 4/1.

Going in the other direction, previous winner Mikhail Riches Architects’ work on Sheffield’s Park Hill estate has seen its odds shift from 7/1 to 9/2.

Meanwhile, the National Portrait Gallery refurbishment by Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell is now at 13/2.

Clementine Blakemore Architects’ Wraxall Yard project – a conversion of a Dorset dairy farm into holiday accommodation – remains priced by the bookmaker at 7/1.

In 2022, AJ readers correctly predicted that Níall McLaughlin Architects’ The New Library building at Magdalene College in Cambridge would win that year’s Stirling Prize.

The winner of the 2024 prize will be announced on 16 October.

Odds to win the Stirling Prize – as of 28 August

6/4 The Elizabeth Line, London Underground by Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation, Atkins et al

Source:Hufton + Crow

Judges’ comments ‘A transport tour de force. A mammoth feat of construction and collaboration, The Elizabeth Line creates a familiar yet significantly improved experience, with a slick line-wide identity, for the 200 million passengers it carries each year.’

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4/1 King’s Cross Masterplan, London by Allies and Morrison and Porphyrios Associates

Source:John Sturrock

Judges’ comments ‘A successful piece of city-making, 20 years in the making. The redevelopment is a remarkable reintegration and regeneration of a former industrial wasteland in the heart of London. New streets, squares, offices, schools, university facilities and accommodation sit alongside thoughtfully restored historic structures.’

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4/1 Chowdhury Walk, Hackney, London by Al-Jawad Pike

Source:Rory Gardiner

Judges’ comments ‘An exemplary blueprint for social housing. Built on a plot previously occupied by garages and ad-hoc parking, these 11 homes – of which seven are social rented – herald the development of a new generation of ambitious council housing in Hackney.’

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9/2 Park Hill Phase 2, Sheffield by Mikhail Riches Architects

Source:Rory Gardiner

Judges’ comments ‘The second phase of the ongoing regeneration of Europe’s largest listed structure features internal spaces modernised through open plan designs and the addition of balconies. A fresh colour palette blends with the estate’s original concrete and preserves its design heritage.’

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13/2 National Portrait Gallery, London by Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell

Source:Jim Stephenson

Judges’ comments ‘This reimagination of a Grade I*-listed cultural institution is a seamless blend of contemporary design and conservation of historical elements. A welcoming new entrance reorientates the gallery towards London’s bustling West End. Crucial accessibility alterations have opened the building to all.’

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7/1 Wraxall Yard, Dorset by Clementine Blakemore Architects

Source:Emma Lewis

Judges’ comments ‘An inclusive and accessible rural retreat. A run-down Dorset dairy farm has been sensitively repaired and converted into holiday accommodation with access to wildlife and farming. The development offers extensive yet discreet accessible features, providing disabled guests – particularly wheelchair users – with a high degree of independence.’