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| Airport scoops architecture prize | Airport scoops architecture prize |
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| Madrid's Barajas Airport has won the UK's most prestigious architecture award, the £20,000 Stirling Prize. | Madrid's Barajas Airport has won the UK's most prestigious architecture award, the £20,000 Stirling Prize. |
| The colourful 1.2km-long Spanish airport building was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership. | The colourful 1.2km-long Spanish airport building was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership. |
| It is the first time the firm has won the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) prize. | It is the first time the firm has won the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) prize. |
| The prize is awarded to architects for the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. | The prize is awarded to architects for the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. |
| 'Spectacular spaces' | '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 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 Prize | 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 Prize |
| "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." | "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 told the BBC: "We've tried to make it a palace of fun as well as an airport. | |
| "It's all about colour and light and space and transparency and it's all about making people look as though they are important in that space; they're not squashed by low ceilings or dominated by retail and shops, you've got great views out to planes and landscape and we have a fantastic landscape all the way around the site." | |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. |