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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). Stirling Prize laureates receive a stipend of GB£20,000.
   The RIBA Stirling Prize is awarded to "the architects of the building which has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year." The architects must be RIBA members, but the building can be anywhere in the European Union.
   The award was founded in 1996, and is considered to be the most prestigious architecture award in the United Kingdom. It is publicised as the architectural equivalent of the Booker Prize and Turner Prize. The presentation ceremony is televised by Channel 4 and the prize is sponsored by the Architects' Journal.
   Six short-listed buildings are chosen from a long-list of buildings that have received a RIBA Award. These awards are given to buildings showing "high architectural standards and substantial contribution to the local environment". In 2003, 70 such buildings received RIBA Awards and so made the long-list.
   In addition to the RIBA Stirling Prize, seven other awards are given to buildings on the long-list. In 2003 they consisted of the Stephen Lawrence Prize, the RIBA Client of the Year, the RIBA Journal Sustainability Award, the Crown Estate Conservation Award, The Architects’ Journal First Building Award, and the ADAPT Trust Access Award.

Laureates and runners-ups

2007

Winner

David Chipperfield Architects: Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach am Neckar, Germany

Runners up

David Chipperfield Architects: America's Cup Building, Valencia, Spain

Office for Metropolitan Architecture/Arup-AFA: Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal

Foster and Partners: Dresden Station Redevelopment, Dresden, Germany

Glenn Howells Architects: The Savill Building Visitors Centre, Windsor Great Park

Haworth Tompkins: Young Vic Theatre, London SE1

2006

Winner

The Richard Rogers Partnership: Terminal 4, Barajas Airport, Madrid

Runners up

Adjaye Associates: The Whitechapel Idea Store

Hopkins Architects: The Evelina Children's Hospital

Caruso St John Architects: Brick House

The Richard Rogers Partnership: The Welsh Assembly Building

Zaha Hadid Architects: The Phaeno Science Centre, Wolfsburg

2005

Winner

EMBT/RMJM: Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh

Runners up

Bennetts Associates: Brighton Library, Brighton

Zaha Hadid: BMW Central Building, Leipzig

Foster and Partners: McLaren Technology Centre, Woking

O'Donnell & Tuomey: Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork

Alsop Designs: Fawood Children's Centre, Harlesden
2004

Winner

Foster and Partnersb: '30 St Mary Axe, London
Runners up

Studio Daniel Libeskind: Imperial War Museum North, Manchester

MacCormac Jamieson Prichard: The Phoenix Initiative, Coventry

Foster and Partners: The Business Academy, Bexley

Ian Ritchie Architects: The Spire of Dublin

Peter Cook, Colin Fournier: Kunsthaus, Graz
2003

Winner

Herzog & de Meuron: Laban dance centre, Deptford, London
Runners up

Bill Dunster Architects: BedZED

Eric Parry Architects: 30 Finsbury Square, London EC2

Foster and Partners: Great Court, British Museum

Ian Ritchie Architects: Plymouth Theatre Royal Production Centre

Sutherland Hussey Architects with Jake Harvey, Donald Urquhart, Glen Onwin and Sandra Kennedy: Tiree Shelter
2002

Winner

Wilkinson Eyre, Gifford: Gateshead Millennium Bridge
Runners up

Malcolm Fraser Architects: Dance Base, Grassmarket, Edinburgh

Edward Cullinan Architects: Weald and Downland Gridshell, Weald and Downland Open Air Museum

David Chipperfield Architects: Ernsting's Service Centre, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany

Building Design Partnership: Hampden Gurney Church of England Primary School, London W1

Richard Rogers Partnership: Lloyd's Register of Shipping

Benson & Forsyth: Millennium Wing, National Gallery of Ireland
2001

Winner

Wilkinson Eyre: Magna Centre, Rotherham
Runners up

Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, Anthony Hunt: Eden Project

Eldridge Smerin: The Lawns, Highgate

Jeremy Dixon Edward Jones: National Portrait Gallery extension

Guy Greenfield Architects: The Surgery, Hammersmith

Michael Hopkins & Partners: Portcullis House and Westminster Underground Station

Michael Wilford & Partners: British Embassy in Berlin
2000

Winner

Alsop & Störmer: Peckham Library
Runners up

Caruso St John: New Art Gallery Walsall

Norman Foster & Partners: Canary Wharf Station

Marks Barfield: London Eye

Richard Rogers Partnership: 88 Wood Street, City of London

Sauerbruch Hutton: GSW Headquarters, Berlin

Chetwood Associates: Sainsburys Supermarket, Greenwich
1999

Winner

Future Systems: Lord's Media Centre
Runners up

David Chipperfield Architects: River and Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames

Benson & Forsyth: Museum of Scotland

Alsop, Lyall & Störmer: North Greenwich Jubilee Line Underground station

Chris Wilkinson Architects: Jubilee Line Extension Project

Wilford Associates: Sto AG Marketing and Training Building

Foster and Partners: Reichstag, Berlin

O'Donnell & Tuomey: Ranelagh Multi-Denominational School
1998

Winner

Foster and Partners: American Air Museum, Imperial War Museum, Duxford
Runners up

Rick Mather: Private house, North London

Ian Ritchie Architects: Concert platform, Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform, London

Ian Taylor with Bennetts Associates: Richard Attenborough Centre

Stephenson Bell: Quay Bar, Manchester

Inskip and Jenkins: Temple of Concord and Victory (restoration), Stowe

Günter Behnisch: St Benno School, Dresden

Günter Behnisch: Landesgirokasse, Stuttgart

David Chipperfield: Office and studio building, Düsseldorf

Norman Foster and Partners: Commerzbank HQ, Frankfurt

Colin St John Wilson: British Library
1997

Winner

Michael Wilford: Music School, Stuttgart
Runners up

Will Alsop: Hotel du Département des Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille

Mark Guard: Roof-top apartment, Paris

Richard Murphy: Maggie's Centre, Edinburgh

Richard Rogers: Paul Hamlyn Learning Resource Centre, Thames Valley University

Chris Wilkinson: Stratford maintenance depot, Jubilee Line
1996

Winner

Stephen Hodder: Centenary Building, University of Salford
1995

Winner

Alfred McAlpine: McAlpine Stadium, HuddersfieldFurther Information
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