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Architecture prize to be awarded Airport scoops architecture prize
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The National Assembly for Wales and a family home are among six contenders for Britain's top architecture prize which is being announced later. Madrid's Barajas Airport has won the UK's most prestigious architecture award, the £20,000 Stirling Prize.
The £20,000 Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is being awarded at a ceremony in London. The colourful 1.2km-long Spanish airport building was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership.
It is given to the architects of the building judged to have been the most significant for the evolution of architecture in the past year. It is the first time the firm has won the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) prize.
Other contenders include a children's hospital in London. The prize is awarded to European Union architects for the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year.
'Spectacular spaces'
The judges said of the design: "Whatever the means of approach, by air or by land, the sheer scale and complexity of what has been tackled and achieved here cannot be overestimated.
THE SIX CONTENDERS The National Assembly for Wales, CardiffThe Brick House, west LondonPhaeno Science Centre, Wolfsburg, GermanyIdea Store, east LondonEvelina Children's Hospital, south-east LondonBarajas Airport, Madrid, Spain In pictures: Stirling PrizeTHE SIX CONTENDERS The National Assembly for Wales, CardiffThe Brick House, west LondonPhaeno Science Centre, Wolfsburg, GermanyIdea Store, east LondonEvelina Children's Hospital, south-east LondonBarajas Airport, Madrid, Spain In pictures: Stirling Prize
Some of the world's best architects have projects in the shortlist. "In response to the key challenge - that of efficiently processing constantly changing passenger flows and associated luggage handling - the resulting building presents a straightforward linear diagram in the form of a clear sequence of spectacular spaces for both departing and arriving passengers."
Lord Rogers has been nominated for the National Assembly in Cardiff and the New Area Terminal, Barajas Airport, in Madrid. Other nominees included the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff, the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany, a family home in west London, Evelina Children's Hospital in south-east London, and the Idea store in Whitechapel, east London.
Zaha Hadid has been short-listed for her Phaeno Science Center, in Wolfsburg, Germany. The prize, named after Scots-born architect Sir James Stirling and now in its 11th year, was awarded at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London.
Meanwhile, the Brick House, a family home in west London, has been praised as a "brave, intelligent, original study in the use of ordinary materials, developing in both a simple and sculptural way".
The £67m Welsh Assembly building, opened by the Queen in March, has been described by the judges as "an exceptional public building".
Other British-based candidates include Evelina Children's Hospital, in south-east London, and the Idea store in Whitechapel, east London.
Past winners include the Scottish Parliament building, the "Gherkin" in the City of London and Gateshead's Millennium Bridge.Past winners include the Scottish Parliament building, the "Gherkin" in the City of London and Gateshead's Millennium Bridge.
The winner is due to be announce at the award ceremony at the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, north London, at 2045 BST on Saturday.