An
18-strong collective of architects and designers have won this year's
Turner Prize, arguably the UK's most prestigious award for contemporary
art.
London-based group Assemble were selected for their work helping a local community restore
condemned Victorian terraces in Granby Four Streets, a run-down area of Liverpool, north England.
In
collaboration with residents, the collective created a low-cost model
of grass-roots regeneration, using found materials to produce fittings
(think terrazzo-style polished mantelpieces fashioned from brick and
rubble or ceramic door handles fired in sawdust-powered barbeques) that
have so far been used to refurbish 10 derelict properties.
The
multi-disciplinary practice were up against three other nominees:
London-born Bonnie Camplin for study room "The Military Industrial
Complex", Canadian artist Janice Kerbel for operatic performance piece
"DOUG" and Germany's Nicole Wermers for her installation
"Infrastructur".
Accepting the prize
at a cavernous former tram station-turned-exhibition space in Glasgow,
Scotland, the young group (all of them are under 30) looked joyfully
bewildered as they huddled on stage to receive a £25,000 ($38,000) check
from the host, Sonic Youth co-founder Kim Gordon.
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