Australian architects Denton Corker Marshall have scooped the most prestigious prize in their country’s architectural field for their design of Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre (that’s Manchester, England, not New Hampshire, Missouri or Connecticut). The 15-storey court complex’s bold design ‘replaces the traditional solid courthouse structure’ but with a feeling of ‘transparency and connection’. A stunning public building, anyone who has come within sight of it is transfixed by the innovation of the design. The latest addition to Manchester’s burgeoning skyline (the 47-storey glass and chrome Beetham Tower and the Urbis building are leading the way towards making the city more closely resemble a US metropolis) is breath-taking in a ‘How does that work?’ way. The building has to be seen to be believed, but this photo should give you an idea.