It’s unlikely that Prince Charles heads the Richard Rogers fan club, but Lord Rogers recently received validation from another luminary when the Royal Institute of British Architects named the Rogers Stirk Harbour–designed Maggie’s Centre the winner of its RIBA Stirling Prize 2009.
The annual honor, announced on October 17, is the 14th that the United Kingdom’s professional organization for architects has bestowed upon a built work, and the second for Rogers Stirk Harbour. The London-based practice—whose Chelsea Barracks scheme was recently scrapped due to opposition from the prince—won the Stirling Prize 2006 for its design of Barajas Airport outside Madrid.
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