It is named after James Stirling, the great British Architect who died in 1992. Every year the prize is presented to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to the evolution of architecture over the past year.
This video is 10 years in the RIBA Stirling Prize and holds the winners of past years. take a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Hxa_xCZqRVk
Winner 2012
Sainsburys laboratory , by Stanton Williams
An Architectural promenade forms the heart of the building, which focuses on botanical research being situated next to the botanical gardens at the university of Cambridge from the front to the back the building progresses from a grand colonnaded facade to an open balcony and glazed public cafes.
the building is an exciting new space for research.
I really like this building as it looks clean cut and fresh with the environment around it and i think it fits in really well to the surroundings. with the repeated panels in front of the windows it gives it a symmetrical look and a nice square finish. I would agree with this being a piece of special architecture.
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