2009 RIBA Stirling Prize Winner Announced
Richard Rogers Wins Architecture's Biggest Prize
Oct 18, 2009
The Maggie Centre, designed by the firm Rogers Stirk Harbour, has won the much coverted Royal Institude of British Architect’s (RIBA) Stirling Prize. Lord Richard Rogers' firm received £20,000 ($32,700) prize money for winning the most important accolade in British architecture.
The Maggie Centre was chosen at a televised award ceremony from a shortlist of six regional and national RIBA award winners.
Buildings Shortlisted for the 2009 Stirling Prize
- Kentish Town Health Centre, London, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
- Liverpool One, Liverpool, BDP.
- Maggie’s Centre, London, Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners.
- 5 Aldermanbury Square, London, Eric Parry Architects.
- Bodegas Protos Winery, Spain, Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners.
- Funglsang Kunstmuseun, Denmark, Tony Fretton Architects.
The Winning Building- The Maggie Centre
The buildings shortlisted for the 2009 Stirling Prize were all very restrained in comparison with previous competitions. In a year where thousands of people in the architecture profession have lost their jobs. due to the economic climate, the theme of these awards was modesty. The Maggie Centre was no exception, costing only £2.1 million ($3.1 million) to design and build.
The modest building is a cancer support center connected to the Charing Cross Hopsital in Hammersmith, west London. The judges praised the bright orange, warm building for its homey nature that aids its function as a cancer support center:
"Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners has produced a timeless work of architecture that not only distils the intentions of this brief, but expresses in built form compassion, sensitivity and a deep sense of our common humanity."
And: The Maggie Centre "could be a private house in a Finnish forest instead of a health building on the Fulham Palace Road."
Richard Rogers, the architect of some of the best modern architecture in London, joins Fosters & Partners and Wilkinson Eyre as two-time Strirling Prize winners. His first victory came in 2006 for the design of Madrid's Barajas airport.
Full List of Stirling Prize Winners
- 1996: Stephen Hodder- Centenary Building, University of Salford, UK.
- 1997: Michael Wilford- Music School, Stuttgart, Germany.
- 1998: Foster and Partners- American Air Museum, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK.
- 1999: Future Systems- Lord’s Media Centre, London, UK.
- 2000: Alsop & Störmer- Peckham Library, London, UK.
- 2001: Wilkinson Eyre- Magna Centre, Rotherham, UK.
- 2002: Wilkinson Eyre & Gifford- Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Gateshead, UK.
- 2003: Herzog & de Meuron- Lapan, Deptford, London, UK.
- 2004: Foster and Partners- 30 St Mary Axe, London, UK.
- 2005: EMBT & RMJM- Scottish Parliament building, Edinburgh, UK.
- 2006: Richard Rogers Partnership- Barajas Airport Terminal 4, Madrid, Spain.
- 2007: David Chipperfield Architects- Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach, Germany.
- 2008: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios & Alison Brooks Architects & Maccreanor Lavington- Accordia housing development, Cambridge, UK.
- 2009: Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners- Maggie’s Centre, London
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