Building Design magazine has published the shortlist for this year’s Stirling Prize. The six shortlisted buildings are:
America’s Cup Building in Valencia, Spain (top image) and The Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach am Neckar, Germany (above), both by David Chipperfield Architects
Casa da Musica in Porto, Portugal, by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (above)
Saville Building in Windsor, England by Glenn Howells Architects (above)
Young Vic, London, by Haworth Tomkins (above)
Dresden Station Redevelopment, Dresden, Germany by Foster + Partners (above)
The Stirling Prize is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects for “the building which has been the most significant for the evolution of architecture in the past year”.
The winner, to be announced in the autumn, gets £20,000. The prize is named after British architect Sir James Stirling (1926-1992).
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Posted by Marcus Fairs
July 26th, 2007 at 9:24 am
i think Chipperfield’s building in valencia is quite impressive, i guess the most iconic of the city… a sophisticated alternative to Calatrava’s district
July 26th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
I vote for OMA’s - although Chipperfield’s bldgs are amazing too.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
chipperfield
July 27th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Is this really the best that contemporary architecture has to offer? How depressing!!
July 28th, 2007 at 5:08 am
Chipperfield in Valencia. It should be mentioned that the architectural team had just 11 months to go from the first states of design planning to the completed structure. An amazing success that is entirely deserving of recognition.
September 16th, 2007 at 11:43 am
Shit! i don’t like it. It’s so boring.
October 7th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
I just saw Chipperfield’s bldg in Valencia and not looking that good. The ‘design’ is amazing but the execution, mh, we’ll see how it stands in a couple of years from now. It has lots of leaks and the ceiling material that was chosen is starting to look old and brown. As said in before, the building is very impressive anyway. They we’re also adding some stupid coffee pavillion at the first level completely destroying the mass of the building. Somebody stop that!
October 7th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Ando,
what… do you prefer a building by NOX instead?
September 16th, 2008 at 10:50 am
OMA..