July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Richard Rogers, the architect whose design for a London building was blocked by the Prince of Wales, is a two-time nominee for the RIBA Stirling Prize, the U.K.’s highest architectural distinction.

Rogers, 76, carried two of the six nominations for the award, which will be announced on Oct. 17 and is worth 20,000 pounds ($32,951). His firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners was shortlisted for Maggie’s Centre for cancer patients in London and the Bodegas Protos winery near Valladolid, Spain, the Royal Institute of British Architects said in an e-mailed release.

Earlier this year, Prince Charles intervened to help prevent an apartment complex designed by Rogers being built on the site of a former barracks in London’s Chelsea district. The development is based on 12 acres (5 hectares) of land that were purchased for 959 million pounds by the Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co. -- a unit of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund -- and by the property-developing brothers Christian and Nick Candy.

The other four nominees for the Stirling 2009 are:

- Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, in Denmark, by Tony Fretton Architects;

- Liverpool One Masterplan, by BDP;

- 5 Aldermanbury Square, in London, by Eric Parry Architects;

- Kentish Town Health Centre, in London, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.

To contact the writer on the story: Farah Nayeri in London at farahn@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: July 22, 2009 19:01 EDT