MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects has won the coveted £20,000 RIBA Stirling Prize 2010, in association with The Architects Journal and Benchmark. Now in its 15th year, the RIBA Stirling Prize is awarded to the architects of the best new European building ‘built or designed in Britain’. The winner was announced at the RIBA Stirling Prize Dinner on 2 October 2010, and broadcast live on BBC Two’s The Culture Show at 6.30pm, presented by Kevin McCloud. The 2010 shortlist_ Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by Rick Mather Architects | Neues Museum, Berlin by David Chipperfield Architects with Julian Harrap Architects | MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects | Clapham Manor Primary School, London by dRMM | Bateman’s Row, London by Theis and Khan | Christ’s College School, Guildford by DSDHA | Info: www.architecture.com