One of the three projects to receive top honors is The Collection in the medieval English town of Lincoln. The museum by Panter Hudspith Architects was lauded as a "beautiful sculptural piece, different and really beautifully detailed... almost baronial."

The form of the 48,000-square-foot (4,500-square-meter) museum is a response to the character and scale of its surroundings. It forms a new public square that opens out onto Temple Gardens. The architects conceived it as a series of inhabited stone blocks, making a direct link to the rampart walls of the Bishop's Palace. A route through the heart of the museum site leads into the courtyard and establishes links within its neighborhood.   >>>