The Stirling Prize has been awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects since 1996 to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution in the past year to the evolution of architecture and the built environment. Along with the Pritzker Prize in the United States, the Stirling Prize is one of the world's most prestigious and best-known architectural awards, and the list of shortlisted and winning buildings reads like a primer to the very best of British architecture at home and abroad.
A celebration of all the shortlisted and winning buildings during ten years of the Stirling Prize Copiously illustrated with photographs, drawings and plans, and featuring incisive contributions from some of the best-known architecture critics and commentators
Features some of the most enduringly popular works of contemporary architecture, including the Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground, London (Future Systems), the Gateshead Millennium Bridge (Wilkinson Eyre Architects) and 30 St Mary Axe (the 'Gherkin'), London (Foster and Partners)
Essential reading for anyone interested in architecture and design