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2018 International Architecture Awards winners announced

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies have announced the winners for this year's International Architecture Awards, an annual public celebration of global architecture that sees practices around the world compete for the title of Global Building of the Year.
Nomadic Resorts - Wild Coast Tented Lodge, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.
Nomadic Resorts - Wild Coast Tented Lodge, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Over 100 new buildings and urban planning projects have been awarded by a jury panel of architects, including Melike Yetim from DS Architecture, Serkan Cakit from Nevzat Sayin Mimarlik Hizmetleri, Elif Simge Fettahoglu from Tabanlıoğlu Architects, M. Yiğit Ersü from RMJM, Architects and Planners, Zeynep Tümertekin from Mimarlar Arch and Alper Aytaç from Aytac Architects.

Steven Holl’s Lewis Arts Complex at Princeton University, Thomas Heatherwick’s Grain Silo Art Gallery, Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp’s EY Centre, Nordic — Office of Architecture’s Oslo Airport Expansion, SPEECH’s Luzhniki Stadium, Tabanlıoğlu Architects’ Astana Train Station, Grimshaw and Crone Architects’ 333 George Street, AREP’s Lorient Bretagne-Sud Railway Station, C.F. Møller Architects’ Maersk Tower: Extension of The Panum Complex at the University of Copenhagen, HASSELL’s Huangpu East Bank Urban Forest, and Safdie Architects’ Sky Habitat top the list of awarded buildings for the 2018 International Architecture Awards.

edgeARCH - Abha Regional Hub Airport, Abha, Saudi Arabia
edgeARCH - Abha Regional Hub Airport, Abha, Saudi Arabia

“Following a rigorous process from over 1,000 submissions, this year’s 2018 shortlist of 380 projects shows the power and payback of investing in quality architecture, illustrating perfectly how well-designed buildings are worth every penny and can exceed the expectations of the community they serve," said Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, museum president, The Chicago Athenaeum.

"The projects on the shortlist were judged against a range of criteria including design vision; innovation and originality; capacity to stimulate, engage and delight occupants and visitors; accessibility and sustainability; how fit the building is for its purpose and the level of client satisfaction."

Archi-Union Architects - IN BAMBOO, Chengdu, China
Archi-Union Architects - IN BAMBOO, Chengdu, China

This year’s selected buildings are from 31 nations including: Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, México, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Singapore, Sri Lanka, Russia, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.

H&P Architects - Re-ainbow, Ha Tinh, Vietnam
H&P Architects - Re-ainbow, Ha Tinh, Vietnam

Full list of awarded projects for 2018:

Bridges

  • Monk Mackenzie Architects - Turanganui Bridge, Gisborne, New Zealand

Civic and Community

  • H&P Architects - Re-ainbow, Ha Tinh, Vietnam
  • H&P Architects - BE Friendly Space, Quang Ninh, Vietnam
  • Archi-Union Architects - IN BAMBOO, Chengdu, China
  • Vaslab Architecture - Pak Phanang Wind Park Community Center, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

Commercial

  • KTX archiLAB / Matsuya Art Works - The Cutting Edge Pharmacy, Himeji / Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
  • Squire and Partners - The Department Store, London, United Kingdom

Corporate

  • Jacques Ferrier Architecture - Headquarters of Métropole Rouen Normandie, Rouen, France
  • karres+brands, RAU, SeARCH, Atelier Philéas, Lateral Thinking Factory, BIGH, Studio Beyond - Triango, Paris, France
  • Mangado & Asociados S.L. - Building for New Norvento Headquarters, Lugo, Spain

Culture and Museums

  • Totement/Paper - Alliance 1892 Brandy Distillery Museum & Warehouse, Chernyakhovsk, Russia
  • Praxis d'Architecture - Spring Art Museum, Beijing, China
  • Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra Arquitecto - CaixaForum Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
  • Archi-Union Architects - CHI SHE, Xuhui, Shanghai, China
  • HW architecture - Beirut Museum of Art (BeMA), Beirut, Lebanon
  • ONG&ONG Pte Ltd. - Gateway Theatre, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
  • Lawrence Kim Architect / A+U Lab - Reflective Remembrance, Samcheok, South Korea
  • HGA Architects and Engineers - Walker Art Center Expansion, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  • Pei Cobb Freed & Partners - Spencer Museum of Art Renovation, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
  • Steven Holl Architects with BNIM - Lewis Arts Complex, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
  • Petrās Architecture - Minium Domus, Athens, Greece
  • Architects 49 Limited - Prince Mahidol Hall, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
  • Crone Architects - Orange Regional Museum, Orange, New South Wales, Australia
nA Nakayama Architects co., Ltd. - HIGO, Hokkaido, Japan
nA Nakayama Architects co., Ltd. - HIGO, Hokkaido, Japan

Display

  • Studio Joseph - Missing Voices, New Jersey, USA
  • Studio Joseph - Mithras, London, United Kingdom

Energy

  • Obayashi Corporation - Daiko Electric Research Institute, Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan
  • Laboratory for Visionary Architecture Berlin GmbH - Energie- und Zukunftsspeicher Heidelberg, Berlin, Germany

Entertainment

  • Pei Cobb Freed & Partners - Tivoli Hjørnet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Exposition

  • Domani Architectural Concepts - Sky Exhibition Hall, Guangzhou, China
  • Vo Trong Nghia Architects + Takashi Niwa Architects - The Lantern - Nanoco Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH - Ford Showroom in Halle-Westfalen, Halle (Westfalen), Germany
  • Pancorbo+De Villar+Chacon+Martin Robles - Vegas Altas Congress Center, Villanueva de la Serena, Spain

High-rises

  • C.F. Møller Architects - Maersk Tower, Extension of the Panum Complex at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Grimshaw and Crone Architects - 333 George Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp - EY Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Safdie Architects - Sky Habitat, Bishan, Republic of Singapore
  • Anmahian Winton Architects - Ankara Office Tower, Ankara, Turkey
  • Studio Libeskind - Corals at Keppel Bay, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
  • Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates - Sequis Centre Tower, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates - The Royal Atlantis, Dubai, UAE
KTX archiLAB / Matsuya Art Works - The Cutting Edge Pharmacy, Himeji / Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
KTX archiLAB / Matsuya Art Works - The Cutting Edge Pharmacy, Himeji / Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Hotels

  • AllesWirdGut Architektur ZT GmbH - Magdas Hotel, Vienna, Austria
  • Nomadic Resorts - Wild Coast Tented Lodge, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

Housing and Apartments

  • Sanjay Puri Architects – The Street, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • architect-k – Grandpa's Cool House, Busan, South Korea
  • Marge Architects - The Gardens, Örebro, Sweden
  • Contextos de Arquitectura y Urbanismo Arquitectura y Urbanismo - Housing for the Elderly in AldeamayorDe San Martín (Valladolid), Aldeamayor de San Martín, Spain
  • Monk Mackenzie Architects - Edition Apartment, Auckland, New Zealand
  • META-Project - New Youth Commune, Jilin, China
  • Gronych + Dollega Architekten - Live + Work - Hauserberg, Wetzlar, Germany

Industrial

  • IDOM - Beronia Rueda Winery, Rueda, Spain
  • ffbk Architekten - Datacube, Münchenstein, Switzerland
  • Tchoban Voss Architekten GmbH – SKF test centre, Schweinfurt, Germany

Infrastructure

  • RDHA - Williams Parkway Operations Centre, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
  • göbl architektur ZT GmbH - Tower of Power, Vienna, Austria

Libraries

  • nA Nakayama Architects co., Ltd. - HIGO, Hokkaidō, Japan

Private Houses

  • christ.christ. associated architects GmbH - Residential Building on Christian-Morgenstern-Straße, Wiesbaden, Germany
  • Sarl Pargade Architectes - The South Coast of the Landes House, Hossegor, France
  • Filipe Saraiva Arquitectos, lda - House in Melroeira, Ourém, Portugal
  • Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd. - Binh House, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
  • Proarh - Issa Megaron, Vis, Croatia
  • SheltonMindel - Ocean Pond Residence, New York, USA
  • Raulino Silva - Touguinhó III House, Vila do Conde, Portugal
  • Bohlin Cywinski Jackson with SheltonMindel - Independence Pass Residence, Aspen, Colorado, USA
  • BEHF Ebner Hasenauer Ferenczy ZT GmbH - Telegraf 7, Vienna, Austria
  • Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - The Bear Stand, Gooderham, Ontario, Canada
  • Llama Urban Design - Bridge House, Port Sydney, Canada
  • ONG&ONG Pte Ltd. - KAP-House, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
  • Monk Mackenzie Architects - X_House, Auckland, New Zealand
Llama Urban Design - Bridge House, Port Sydney, Canada
Llama Urban Design - Bridge House, Port Sydney, Canada

Public Space

  • Avanto Architects Ltd. - Löyly Sauna, Helsinki, Finland

Religious Buildings

  • Poiesis Architects - People's Chapel - Emmanuel At Everitt, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
  • Cukrowicz Nachbaur Architekten ZT GmbH - Suelchen Church, Bishop‘s Burial Vault, Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany
  • Ricardo Yslas Gámez Arquitectos - RLJ Chapel, Jalisco, Mexico
  • Moneo Brock - Parish Church in Pueblo Serena, Monterrey, Mexico

Restaurants

  • GRAFT Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH - BRLO BRWHOUSE, Berlin, Germany
  • Yonder – Architektur und Design - Haus B, Stuttgart, Germany

Restoration/Renovation

  • Nevzat Sayin Mimarlik Hizmetleri - Santralistanbul Transformation of the Boiler Houses to Architecture Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Heatherwick Studio - Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Scheitlin Syfrig Architekten - Dietschiberg Cable Car Station, Lucerne, Switzerland

Schools and Universities

  • LGA Architectural Partners - McEwen School of Architecture, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
  • J.Mayer. H und Partner, Architekten mbB - FOM University, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Mandviwala Qutub & Associates - Wockhardt Global School, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, IndiaArchitectus – Macquarie University
  • Incubator, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
  • Nordic — Office of Architecture - Voss Vocational High School, Voss, Norway
  • CHANG Architects - Wondrous Light Children's House, Singapore, Republic of Singapore 
  • CannonDesign + NEUF architect(e)s - Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec,Canada
  • KPMB Architects - Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Sports and Leisure

  • Populous - KL Sports City, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Auer Weber Assoziierte GmbH - Arena du Pays d'Aix, Aix-en-Provence, France
  • SPEECH - Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia

Transportation

  • AREP - Lorient Bretagne-Sud Railway Station, Lorient, France
  • edgeARCH - Abha Regional Hub Airport, Abha, Saudi Arabia
  • Tabanlıoğlu Architects - Astana Train Station, Astana, Kazakhstan
  • KAAN Architecten/Estudio Lamela - Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Terminal, Schiphol, The Netherlands
  • Nordic — Office of Architecture - Oslo Airport Expansion, Oslo, Norway

Urban Planning/Landscape Architecture

  • Turf Design Studio & Environmental Partnership - Sydney Park Water Re-Use Project, Sydney, Australia
  • HASSELL - Huangpu East Bank Urban Forest, Shanghai, China
  • Landscape Architects - 10 Kilometers, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Rogers Partners Architects + Urban Designers - Houston-Galveston Area Protection System (H-GAPS), Houston, Texas, USA
  • John McAslan + Partners - Cultural Forum, Doha, Qatar
Heatherwick Studio - Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
Heatherwick Studio - Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa

All buildings and urban planning projects can be viewed here. The awards presentation will take place adjacent to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece on Friday, 28 September.

The deadline for the 2019 International Architecture Awards is 1 December 2018.

Article originally published on World Architecture Community.

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