The award is named in memory of James Stirling who died in 1992. The five-person jury is chaired by architect Ian Ritchie. The other four members are architect Stefan Behnisch, Behnisch Architekten (Germany), broadcast journalist Mariella Frostrup, Isabel Allen, editor of the Architects’ Journal and U.S. landscape architect Martha Schwartz. Martha Schwartz Partners is based in Cambridge, Mass., with an office in London. In the Aug. 2006 issue, we featured the firm?EUR??,,????'?????< landscapearchitect.com).

Marta Schwartz has a major interest in urban projects and 28 years of experience collaborating with architects. She is currently a professor of landscape architecture at Harvard University.

The shortlist:

Barajas Airport, Madrid, by Richard Rogers Partnership; Brick House, London, by Caruso St. John; Evelina Children’s Hospital, St. Thomas’s Hospital site, London, by Michael Hopkins; Idea Store, Whitechapel, London, by David Adjaye; Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany, by Zaha Hadid; National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff, also by Richard Rogers Partnership.

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