Assemble has landed the 2015 Turner Prize, becoming the first architects to land the holy grail of British art awards.
The group takes home £25,000 for its winning project: the ongoing regeneration of Liverpool’s Granby Four Streets, where it is working with locals to revive houses and shops abandoned after the 1981 Toxteth Riots.
![A visualisation of a community garden by Assemble, who are working in collaboration with Granby Four Streets Community Led Trust. Courtesy of Assemble](https://thespaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Assemble’s-Granby-Four-Streets-616x440.jpg)
Matt Leung told Sky News earlier today that the nomination was in itself a surprise.
‘We were mostly confused at the beginning,’ he said. ‘It’s the largest visual art prize in the UK and we didn’t really understand what was happening.’
Three other nominees – Bonnie Camplin, Janice Kerbel and Nicole Wermers – receive £5,000 each.
The 2015 Turner Prize win – announced at Tramway in Glasgow – caps a busy year for Assemble, during which it also created The Brutalist Playground at the RIBA’s Architecture Gallery.
‘A Showroom for Granby Workshop’, the group’s spin-off installation from the Granby Four Streets project, remains on show at Tramway alongside works by the other Turner Prize nominees until 17 January 2016.