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RIBA Stirling Prize.


The 2006 RIBA RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects  Stirling Prize The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture. It is named after the architect James Stirling (1926-1982), organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).  Building of the Year went to Barajas Airport in Madrid (AR July 2006) by Richard Rogers For the American composer, see .

Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside FRIBA (born 23 July 1933) is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs.
 Partnership. It beat Hadid's Phaeno (AR April 2006), Rogers' Welsh Assembly Building (AR February 2006), Hopkins Architects' Evelina Children's Hospital Evelina Children's Hospital is a specialist NHS hospital in London. It is administratively a part of Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and provides teaching hospital facilities for King's College London.  (AR May 2005), Caruso St John's brick house (AR March 2006), and David Adjaye's Ideas Store. Hopkins' hospital won the People's Choice Award--getting 46 per cent of the telephone vote. R. G.

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Publication:The Architectural Review
Date:Nov 1, 2006
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