Bookmaker William Hill has named Mae Architects and Sergison Bates Architects as its favourites to win the 2023 Stirling Prize after RIBA announced the six-strong shortlist for the highest accolade in UK architecture.

Mæ’s John Morden Centre in Blackheath and Sergison Bates’ Lavender Hill Courtyard Housing in Clapham have both been given odds of 3/1 of victory this year.

The two shortlisted practices with previous Stirling Prize wins under their belts are not far behind, however. Witherford Watson Mann Architects, which won in 2013, and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, which shared 2008’s prize with Alison Brooks Architects and Maccreanor Lavington, both have odds of 4/1 for their projects – Courtauld Connects and the University of Warwick Faculty of Arts.

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