This article is taken from the press release by the Royal Institute of British Architects. More fantastic architecture in Valencia being given the recognition it deserves.
The Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) Stirling Prize winner has been announced,. The debate surrounding which building the jury picked to be the 2007 winner is hotting up. The betting odds published by William Hill, had placed British architect David Chipperfield’s America’s Cup building in Valencia as the favourite, with odds of 3/1 but it lost out to his other entry.
The £20,000 prize, now in its 12th year, is awarded to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. The winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize in association with the Architect’s Journal was announced live on Channel 4 on Saturday 6 October at 8pm.
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