| critics choose fashion-buildings, the reviewer called those
| buildings Architecture, and criticizes from a people's functionalism
| point of view. confusion heaps on obfuscation.
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| Let the circus continue.
The truth about those iconic buildings: the roofs leak, they're dingy
and too hot
· Research finds Stirling prizewinners 'inadequate'
· Architects are out of touch, says design expert
Matt Weaver
Saturday October 14, 2006
The Guardian
Winners of the prestigious Stirling prize for architecture, which will
be announced tonight, have been lauded by architects but are often beset
by faults and loathed by the people who use them, according to one of
the government's design advisers.
Last year the judges were widely criticised for selecting the
controversial new Scottish parliament building for the top prize in the
face of a catalogue of problems that dogged its construction and forced
it to go 10 times over budget.
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Tony Chapman, Riba's head of awards said the the institute was
considering this. "We are going to discuss it again, particularly in the
context of beefing up the sustainability element of the prize. But the
public is interested in architecture and in particular what's new. It
would be something of a dereliction of duty for us not to consider
buildings that are new." He added that no new building was perfect,
whether a Stirling prize winner or not.
This year's favourite for the £20,000 prize is Zaha Hadid's Phaeno
Science Centre in Wolfsburg, Germany. The five other shortlisted
buildings include two by Richard Rogers: the National Assembly for
Wales, Cardiff and a Madrid airport terminal. The other three buildings
are all in London: Caruso St John's Brick House, Hopkins Architects'
Evelina children's hospital, and the Idea Store by Adjaye Associates.
cont'd....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1922306,00.html