Two former Stirling Prize winners are among a high-profile shortlist of architects asked to draw up proposals for an ambassador’s residence at the British Embassy in Beijing.

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios which, along with Alison Brooks Architects, won the prize in 2008 for the Accordia housing development in Cambridge, and 2015 winner AHMM have been joined by Carmody Groarke, Eric Parry Architects and The Manser practice competing for the job.

Organised by RIBA Competitions, the project’s brief is “to design a modern residence that provides a platform for the ambassador to project Britain’s global influence”.

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