Restoration of Big Ben tower on shortlist for major architecture award

FOUR LONDON BUILDINGS FEATURE IN THE RUNNING FOR PRESTIGIOUS PRIZE

- By JENNY GARNSWORTHY

THE restoration of the Elizabeth Tower, famous for housing the bell known as Big Ben at London's Palace of Westminster, has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.

Six projects are in the running for the Riba Stirling Prize, the UK's highest accolade in architecture, including Appleby in southeast London, described as a pioneering model of housing for later living, and the new home of the London College of Fashion.

Also shortlisted are:

■Hastings House, which saw an ageing hillside home in East Sussex extended with a modern, timber framed rear;