The project architect behind this year's RIBA Stirling prize winner, the Evelyn Grace Academy, has hit out at the negative reaction to its surprise victory, writes Will Hurst. The £36.5m school in Brixton defeated favourite the Olympic velodrome to land the award at the beginning of this month, provoking a storm of criticism and claims that the judging process was politically motivated and lacking in transparency. Zaha Hadid Architects' project director Lars Teichmann said the 1. school and the practice were proud of the building and attacked the "bitter" reaction of many of the critics, who posted their comments on websites and social networking site Twitter. "To be honest, we were surprised to win it because there seemed to be so much support for the velodrome," he said.
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