Purple Diary
[November 22 2011]
EVELYN GRACE ACADEMY BY ZAHA HADID IN BRIXTON, LONDON
Zaha Hadid’s Evelyn Grace Academy has recently been awarded the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize for the building that has made the greatest contribution to the evolution of architecture in the past year. Run by the charity ARK (Absolute Return for Kids), a 100m running track passing through the building that houses up to 1,200 students in four smaller ‘schools’. Evelyn Grace Academy, 255 Shakespeare Road, Brixton, London. Photo Elias Redstone
