Architectural awards are never likely to avoid controversy

摘要

The fuss over the house designed by Grayson Perry and FAT, the latest in a long line of controversies surrounding RIBA Award decisions, might almost be seen as part of the process. I spent a decade as a member of the institute's awards group, representing the AJ. For most of that period this magazine was the chief sponsor of the awards programme in general and the Stirling Prize in particular-contributing well over half a million pounds to Portland Place in the process.