The RIBA Lubetkin Prize is awarded to the architect of the best International Award winning building.
The jury for 2009 was Paul Monaghan, AHMM, Tony Chapman, RIBA Head of Awards, Sunand Prasad, RIBA President, Alison Brooks, Architect and Tom Dyckhoff, architecture critic.
The prize is named in honour of the Georgia-born architect, who worked in Paris before coming to London in the 1930s to establish the influential Tecton Group.
The National Stadium in Beijing, China by Herzog de Meuron was the 2009 Lubetkin Prize winner.
The 2009 Lubetkin shortlist:
Beijing Airport Terminal 3
Source: Foster Partners
Copyright: Nigel Young
Client: Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3
Award: RIBA International Award, shortlisted for the Lubetkin Prize
National Stadium Beijing
Source: Architects Herzog & de Meuron with China Architectural Design & Research Group and Arup Sport
Copyright: IwanBaan
Client: National Stadium Company
Award: RIBA International Award, shortlisted for the Lubetkin Prize
British High Commission
Source: Richard Murphy Architects
Copyright: Richard Murphy Architects
Client: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Award: RIBA International Award, shortlisted for the Lubetkin Prize
Museum Bradhorst
Source: Sauerbruch Hutton
Copyright: Annette Kisling
Client: Staatliches Bauamt Munchen 1
Award: RIBA International Award, shortlisted for the Lubetkin Prize
Sean O'Casey Centre
Source: O'Donnell Tuomey
Copyright: Dennis Gilbert
Client: Manager Architecture and Urban Design
Award: RIBA International Award, shortlisted for the Lubetkin Prize
The Water Cube
Source: PTW Architects, China State Construction and Engineering Corporation, China State Construction Design International and ARUP
Copyright: Ben McMillan
Client: People's Government of Beijing, State Owned Assets management Co. LTD
Award: RIBA International Award, shortlisted for the Lubetkin Prize