RIBA Sterling 2005

Pretty neat architecture. Very different buildings. The Scottish Parliament won the prize this year. It was probably a foregone conclusion, especially since it was given twice as much time on air as the other buildings. I actually really liked the Fawoods Children's Centre a lot. It has open space indoor play grounds. Because the walls are just wiremesh, the indoors is equally outdoors. It looks wonderful, and gives the kids a lovely, uplifting and fun place in this otherwise quite dreary estate. The other buildings are also certainly worth a look. Channel 4 has a page on them here.