zaha hadid's MAXXI wins the 2010 stirling prize

zaha hadid’s MAXXI – national museum of XXI century art, rome has been announced the winner of the RIBA (royal institute of british architects) stirling prize for 2010. the award is presented to the architects of the building which has been the most significant for the evolution of architecture in the past year.

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the 27,000 square meter ‘MAXXI’ museum, took nearly 10 years to complete. the design is integrated into the urban fabric of the city and features a permeable plaza under its cantilevered volumes. the trajectory of the design revolves around the use of walls as spatial ordering elements in the museum. limited only by a set of parallel walls, the interior gallery space follows the building’s natural longitudinal movement and orientation.

see designboom’s full coverage of the project here.

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