Winners 2021

GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE

Sectors

Leisure

Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center, Colby College

Hopkins Architects + Sasaki

Client: Colby College

The new building is rooted in Colby College’s ethos and values, supporting individual and collective growth through physical and mental health, and encouraging teamwork and community through sport and competition. The 350,000-square-foot building has become the largest athletics facility in the Northeastern US, comprising a multi-use f...

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Al Janoub Stadium

Zaha Hadid Architects

Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar was the first new venue commissioned for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The brief called for a 40,000-seat football stadium for the 2022 World Cup which could be reduced to a 20,000-seat capacity in its legacy mode - optimum capacity as home ground to Al Wakrah Sport Club pro-football team.The s...

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Healthy Villages of WuYuan

Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University CO.,LTD

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YANGO·XMXYGO Original Territory Exhibition Center

Shanghai PTArchitects

The project is located in Dengyun, Fuzhou, China. Dengyun is an urban oasis that has more than 1.66 million square meters of primitive forests, natural lakes, streams and diversified landforms, and it also boasts well-mainted old banyan trees, ancient bridges and other cultural heritages. In order to avoid damaging the site's ecology, ...

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Residential

EastLink I & II @ Canberra, Canberra Plaza

SAA Architects

EastLink I @ Canberra and EastLink II @ Canberra, along with Canberra Plaza, is a mixed-development project comprising public housing blocks ranging from 11 to 12 storeys, and a three-storey neighbourhood centre (NC) with education, medical, commercial, and retail programmes.The names reflect the development’s location along Canberra L...

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One Thousand Museum

Zaha Hadid Architects

One Thousand Museum (OTM) is a 62-storey residential tower opposite Museum Park in Miami. With views across Biscayne Bay, this popular 30-acre park was redeveloped in 2013 as one of downtown Miami’s primary public spaces and includes the city’s new art and science museums. The tower’s design continues ZHA’s research into high-rise cons...

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InnoCell

Leigh & Orange

InnoCell is a 17-storey building with around 392 furnished residential units of affordable accommodation for talents and incubatees, which caters for the increasing needs of affordable living for startup companies in Hong Kong Science and Technology Park. InnoCell envisioned bringing together like-minded people and offering a perfect e...

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Transport

Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal

LMN Architects

Client: Washington State Department of Transportation & Washington State Ferries

The cultural significance of the Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal transcends its function as a critical piece of transit infrastructure. The project is located on the site where the 1855 Point Elliott Treaty was signed, guaranteeing perpetual hunting and fishing rights to the tribes on their ancestral lands. The project illustrates h...

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Putuo Mountain New Passenger Transportation Center

The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University

Client: Management Committee of Putuo, Mountain Scenic Area

The project is located on the Mount Putuo Island, Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. It is the sole public port of the Putuo Mountain Scenic Area with a total construction area of 11,778 m2.The project integrates dock area, ticket office, tourist distribution area, waiting area at the exit and etc. The scenic resort receives more than 12 mil...

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Mixed Use

Northtown Library and Affordable Senior Housing

Perkins&Will

Northtown Affordable Senior Housing and Public Library represents a new urban typology, co-locating affordable senior housing with a community library to encourage life-long learning, collaboration, and exploration. Modular housing units wind above from the west to the east, enlivening the typical residential corridor while creating ro...

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Al Hosn Site – Abu Dhabi, UAE

Department of Culture and Tourism, DCT Abu Dhabi + CEBRA

The project reinstates Al Hosn, Abu Dhabi’s oldest and most significant heritage structure built c.1760, as the cultural heart of the city. The 140.000 m2 cultural park-scape combines modernity alongside the Emirate’s maritime and desert heritage in a coherent narrative that communicates between the site’s two contrasting buildings, th...

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Baoshan WTE Exhibition Center

Kokaistudios

A first milestone in a multifaceted mixed-use project, Baoshan Exhibition Center preserves the industrial legacy in Shanghai, while setting the stage for its future functions. Through imbedding new architecture volume, as well as in-built flexibility, Kokaistudios’ structure sets a benchmark and precedent for the site’s broader project...

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Urban Landscape

Chizhou City Moat Heritage Park

U.P.Space Landscape Architecture Design Consultants

Firstly, for the overflow pollution problem caused by peripheral combined sewer system, the sewage interception project and the combined sewer overflow storage tank have been constructed, which have finally realized the direct discharge of sewage of the community in dry season;Secondly, measures such as construction of rainwater garden...

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Healthcare

University of Virginia, University Hospital Expansion

Perkins&Will

Focused on healing and well-being, the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System’s new emergency department and in-patient bed tower offers an enhanced experience for patients and staff. The building is designed to connect people to the calming effects of nature, reduce the building’s environmental impact, and allow for future flexibi...

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Puntukurnu AMS Healthcare Hub

Kaunitz Yeung Architecture

Client: Robby Chibawe, CEO Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Service

This project builds on the practices more than a decade’s experience working with Western Desert communities to provide a state-of-the-art facility which is deeply rooted in place and imbued with humanity that engenders community ownership. It does so by cladding the building in rammed earth using earth from the site, incorporating art...

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The City of Hope Medical and Administrative Leadership Pavilion

Gensler

As a leading cancer treatment and research institution, The City of Hope needed a collaborative place for all their doctors and researchers who were spread across a multi-acre campus. The City of Hope Medical and Administrative Leadership Pavilion is a 100,000-square foot home for all of them, providing the proximity necessary to encou...

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Civic - Libraries, Museums and the Arts

House of Wisdom

Foster + Partners

Completed in December 2020, the House of Wisdom conceptualises the library as a social hub for learning, supported by innovation and technology. The building creates a new publishing and research-based institution that seeks to be the catalyst for a new cultural quarter in the city. The two-storey building embodies a sense of clarity a...

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The Renovation of Ankang Library

United Units Architects

Located in the old town of Ankang city, the original Ankang Library was opened in 1984. Over the duration of time, the library facilities had fallen behind the information age, prompting a need for a comprehensive regeneration program. The renovated Ankang Library consists of two buildings: the North Building facing the street and the ...

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United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum

Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Client: United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum

The 60,000 sf United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum features 20,000 sf of galleries, a state-of-the-art theater, event space and café. Inspired by the energy and grace of Team USA athletes and the organization’s inclusive values, the building’s spiraling form ensures that from entrance to exit, visitors of all abilities can tour th...

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Civic - Community and Tourist Hubs and Event Spaces

Fengqiao Experience Exhibition Hall

The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University

Client: Zhejiang Fengqiao Town People’s Government

Fengqiao Experience Exhibition Hall is next to Fengqiao Ancient Town that is located in Zhuji, Zhejiang, China. The Fengxi River passes in between two of them. At the preliminary design stage, the project was designed to not only function as an exhibition hall, but also the south entrance to the ancient town. It was intended to be an o...

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Climatorium Climate Centre

3XN

Client: Lemvig’s City Council and Lemvig Utility

Located at the port of Lemvig in Denmark, Climatorium is based in a town where many climate challenges are clearly felt and seen, such as rising sea levels which have seriously increased the risk of flooding. The building, developed for Lemvig City Council and Lemvig Utility, is a direct response to local and regional challenges relate...

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Yan'an Tourist Service Center

Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University

The project is located in the core urban area of Yan’an, and also in Baota Mountain Scenic Area, which faced many problems such as damaged ecological environment in the surroundings, cultural discontinuity and unsustainable urban development.When the project team was commissioned with the design task, the original buildings on the site...

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Future Projects

Future Projects: Civic

Shapu Village Banquets and Dragon Boat Center

PMT Partners

Located in Shunde, a coastal area in southern China, Jun'an is a small town famous for its delicacies. Every year, due to important festivals, weddings, and funerals, more than 80 village banquets are held in the local area, which has generated the demand for a village banquet kitchen. Next to the venue, it happens to be the river cour...

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Wednesday Market

Omraniyoun Consulting Engineers Partnership Alahsa Client Name update: Municipality - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Established more than 150 years ago, the Wednesday Market is a famous weekly market in the city of Mubarraz in the Al-Ahsa governorate. The popularity of the market was due in part to the historical site of the city which caters to the daily needs of the residents, which is an integral part of the social fabric, where culture and comme...

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Future Projects: Commercial

Lower Marsh

Conran and Partners

Conran and Partners was asked by Lambeth Council – via an open competition – to design a mixed-use building in Lower Marsh. The site is based in Waterloo, one of London’s most complex and colourful neighbourhoods. Lower Marsh has long supported a vibrant, independent, lively community. We have developed a scheme which complements the d...

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Future Projects: Education

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Campus

HPP Architects

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University is located in the Taicang High-tech Development Zone with a total investment of 4 billion yuan. It is a comprehensive campus with a blueprint of "a model for future universities ". With the core concept of “Syntegrative”, a series of U-shaped buildings such as teaching, scientific research, industry ...

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University of Toronto Koffler Scientific Reserve

Montgomery Sisam Architects

The University of Toronto’s Koffler Scientific Reserve is a major venue for research and instruction in ecology and environmental biology. it offers students an opportunity to move beyond the classroom to the actual practice of science. The 800-acre property was bequeathed to the university after having been a country estate for much o...

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Shenzhen Longling School

Shenzhen Yijing Architectural Design

We would like to design a school that can meet the needs of the future, where children's learning is not constrained by space. It is like a 'mountain of books' integrated with the city, allowing children to spend their most interesting teenage years learning and exploring the secrets of the school through taking a "hiking trail" to the...

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Future Projects: Healthcare

Guilin Medical School Affiliated Hospital

HDR, Zhejiang Modern Architectural Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd.

The Guilin Medical School Affiliated Hospital is located in one of the most spectacular destinations in China. A beautiful city on the west bank of Li River, Guilin is famous for its beautiful landscape, limestone karst mountains, and the fragrant sweet Osmanthus trees. The new 1,700-bed, two-million-square-foot hospital will accommoda...

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Joyful Healthcare Community Center

GN Architects

The project is located in a central courtyard of a healthcare community in Fengcheng Town, about 30km from Shanghai. Internally, it mainly serves middle-aged and elderly people aged 55-75 in the community; externally, it opens to the whole city, so that citizens within a larger radiation range can roam and stay there, and carry out cer...

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Midea Heyou International Hospital

BAI Design International

Client: Heyou International Hospital

Located in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, Midea Heyou International Hospital will be a comprehensive, large scale, tertiary medical complex.The design is inspired by the ancient water townscape of Shunde, with its crisscrossing rivers, resulting in a garden-style hospital that is symbiotic with nature. We are committed to focusing on...

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Future Projects: Leisure

Co-op Live

Populous

Client: Oak View Group

Co-op Live will build on Manchester’s rich cultural heritage to bring a new breed of live entertainment venue to the city. The state-of-the-art 23,500-capacity arena will host a broad range of music, sports and entertainment events and support East Manchester’s ongoing regeneration.The seating bowl design will place spectators closer t...

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Bergen True Blue

White Arkitekter

True Blue is set in an industrial waterfront bay area in Bergen, Norway. As part of the city’s vision for the future, the bay will turn into a park and leisure area. True Blue won the design competition and the park is slated to open in 2022. It has a GEA of 50000 sqm.The overarching concept of the proposal is about improving the water...

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Carolina Panthers Sports Performance and Event Center

Populous

The new Carolina Panther’s team headquarters features a world-class sports performance and event center, offering its region entertainment, dining, retail, athletics, and medical care. The $1 billion facility includes: headquarters offices, indoor practice facilities, outdoor practice fields, an indoor facility to host championship gam...

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Future Projects: Residential

Vancouver Forest

Urban Agency

The design for Vancouver Forest takes inspiration from the scenic forest re¬gions of the BC area. Using timber and greenery, the project forms a welcom¬ing and vibrant domain for residents and the community. Providing both private apartments and a community space on the upper and lower floors respectively, the develop¬ment is expressed...

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Future Projects: Mixed Use

King's Road, London

Benoy

Drawing inspiration from the site’s former use as a botanical nursery, the King’s Road project is marked by a seemingly suspended garden box that punctuates a refined fluted brick façade. This glass menagerie, inspired by the 19th century Wardian plant cases and showcasing botanical curiosities, becomes a sustainable beacon for the Kin...

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Circus Street

shedkm

Inspired by its community and location, Circus Street is a mixed-use development by regeneration specialist U+I, transforming a derelict area of Brighton – previously housing a fruit and vegetable market – into a bespoke new quarter delivering a rich mix of uses. Rated BREEAM Excellent, Circus Street offers sustainable living in Bright...

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Future Projects: Urban Design

Nantou Ancient Town Renovation Project

Wancheng Urban Design Research Institue (Shenzhen) & Value Design and Consulting (Shenzhen)

Nantou Ancient Town is located at the core area of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, with a history of 1700 years. Yet nowadays it has become a low-quality urban village. The project faces the dilemma between the different expectations of the client of developers and the government. Hence the renovation needs to balance the modern needs and ...

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Tharkanovo Eco-Park : A Journey through the Russian Nature

Juul | Frost Architects

The holistic design concept for the Tarkhanovo park reconnects the park to the city through a transformative landscape design. A design, that accentuates the bio-topes and biodiversity of the park and promotes social-, physical- and mental well-being. A visit to the park is an eye-opener and poetic journey through different biotopes an...

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Diriyah Gate

Atkins & DGDA

Client: Diriyah Gate Devlopment Authority (DGDA)

“Anchor Our Vision for the Future on a Jewel from the Saudi past.”Diriyah Gate master plan has been conceived around the UNESCO World Heritage site of At Turaif which represents the original capital of the Saudi Kingdom. It is one of the first major settlements and the birthplace of the ruling Saud family. The project is located to the...

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Specialist

Adaptive Reuse

Shougang No. 3 Blast-Furnace Museum

CCTN DESIGN

The project covers an area of about 2.53 hectares and completed in 2019.The design uses 3 core strategies, which specifically refer to keeping the authenticity of heritage in physical environment, adding new functions to make the heritage blend with social life and showing respects to history via exhibition arrangements and spatial dev...

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TaoCang Art Center

Roarc Renew

There are two granaries built in the 1950s/1960s nearby hundreds acres of lotus marsh and the TaoCang canal, which were previously for residents to store grains, but later were burned and discarded for years.Functionally, the future granaries are defined as an art center by the owner. After renovation, the granaries constitute the main...

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The Momentary

Wheeler Kearns Architects

Client: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

The Momentary is a one-of-a-kind multidisciplinary visual and performing arts venue creatively repurposed from a 70-year-old decommissioned cheese plant. The project transforms a patchwork of existing concrete and masonry buildings into a fluid arts experience. Rather than attempting to blur its newest additions into what existed befor...

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Affordable Housing

Bond Mansions

Conran and Partners

Bond Mansions is a key building within the three-phase redevelopment of Wornington Green - a community-focused regeneration project which seeks to provide much needed new high-quality, contemporary homes whilst enhancing all that is great about the vibrant Portobello Road neighbourhood. Conran and Partners won an invited competition fo...

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Dunqian Village Rural House

Hangzhou 9M Architectural Design

1. Original Situation of Dunqian Village: Dunqian Village was a typical aging hollow village. The lack of education, living facilities and the outdated bungalows do not attract young people. Through the attempt of new residential buildings in northern Jiangsu, it will gather residents of all ages in the three surrounding natural villag...

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KLEO Art Residences

JGMA

The KLEO Art Residences project is one piece in a greater comprehensive strategy for reinvigorating the Washington Park community on Chicago’s South Side. The inspiration for the Art Residences project emerged from KLEO’s mission. K.L.E.O. is an acronym for Keep Loving Each Other, but most importantly the KLEO organization is continuin...

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Colour in Architecture

GR.ID

SPARK Architects

SPARK’s transformation of an aged mall into GR.ID, a social and education destination for Singapore’s youth.Challenging the common practice of “demolish and rebuild”, the existing building was repurposed as a more economic and sustainable alternative.The ‘social stair’ introduced, is a key contributor to the transformed building corner...

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Dementia Wayfinding Project

IMMORTAL

Client: Nee Soon South Town Council and Chong Pang Town Council

In keeping with the Singapore government’s initiative to enable ageing in place, a dementia-friendly wayfinding solution was devised for Khatib Central and Chong Pang City, which were identified as residential estates with ageing populations.The project’s objective was to create a system that assists seniors and those afflicted with de...

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CIFI · Jingke Better Airport Sales Center

Shanghai PTArchitects

The architects attempted to adopt relatively new illustration-style design languages to create a dynamic, immersive and experiential exhibition center. Taking design cues from La Muralla Roja, which was built in 1973 and designed by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, the project is expected to be built into a surreal urban labyrinth. Gi...

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Facade

Nexxus

AIM Architecture

Some may question why a city like Shanghai, which only began its large-scale urbanization in the 1990s and is still undergoing rapid growth - needs to be concerned about regeneration. AIM’s projects usually start from within, also here, where we created a hybrid work landscape with shared functions and a commercial ground floor that ad...

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RMK Headquarters

Foster + Partners

The new headquarters of RMK, one of the world’s leading producers of copper reimagines the conventional cellular office to set new standards in quality, comfort and flexibility. Completed in September 2020, the 15-storey building’s innovative modular office units are enveloped in an energy efficient enclosure, which provides a distinct...

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Grand Théâtre de Québec

Lemay + Atelier 21

By adding a transparent, immaterial and structural layer to the original Grand Théâtre de Québec, Lemay + Atelier 21’s innovative envelope refurbishment solution protects and preserves the building’s two distinguishing components: its brutalist architecture by Victor Prus and integrated sculptural mural by artist Jordi Bonet.The theatr...

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Small Spaces

Tea Leaf Market of Zhuguanlong Township

SUP Atelier of THAD

Client: Zhuguanlong Township Government

Zhuguanlong Township is an important tea production town in Shouning County, with 8.7km2 of tea gardens. More than 90% of the people in Zhuguanlong Township are engaged in tea industry and related industries. In order to standardize the tea leaf trade, we need to build a centralized tea leaf trade market to undertake a variety of purpo...

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Public Toilets in Zuzhai Village

Atelier cnS

Client: Town Government of Tangkou Town, Kaiping City

The Public Toilet in Zuzhai Village is located in the well-known hometown of overseas Chinese and the township of Diaolou. It is designed and located at the original public toilet in Zuzhai Village. The old materials and the old toilet are reborn after the reuse of material from the demolished toilet.In terms of architectural form, we ...

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Museum infill and restructure of the Allard Pierson institute, Amsterdam

Atelier PRO architects

The Allard Pierson is established in a listed monument located on the historic site named Oude Turfmarkt in Amsterdam, that had been used by Dutch Bank De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) until the 1970s. It features a neo-classical style similar to the adjacent premises of the University of Amsterdam Special Collections Library, of which the ...

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Use of Sustainable and Environmentally-friendly Building Materials

Tea Leaf Market of Zhuguanlong Township

SUP Atelier of THAD

Client: Zhuguanlong Township government

Lifecycle-based holistic design of material treatment strategies are proposed to make sure the pavilion would have minimum environment impact locally. Main building material, including stone, bamboo and earth are collected locally, avoiding long distance travel with extra energy cost and pollution. Used material including metal sheet a...

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Sustainable Design and Land Use

Gold: Eco-Residences 2

CBT

Holistic SustainabilityEco-Residences 2, Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe design of the market-driven, LEED-Platinum-certified neighborhood Eco-Residences 2 synthesizes a human-centered approach with a dramatically reduced environmental impact for its Middle Eastern desert site. Completed in 2020, Eco-Residences 2 is the...

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Best Overall Sustainable Architecture Project

Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)

Behnisch Architekten

Client: The President and Fellows of Harvard College

The new Science and Engineering Complex is the Harvard University’s latest significant addition to its Allston campus. The cutting-edge laboratory space and generous collaborative environments support the research on visionary projects and the interdisciplinary work. The eight-level, 544,000-square-foot building is organized into three...

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Pro-bono Architecture

Yunzhai Community Center

SUP Atelier of THAD

Client: Government of Puxi Sub-district, Changyuan City

Yunzhai Community Center locates in the Changyuan County, Henan Province in China, with one of the Muslim settlements nearby.Recent years, due to the rapid development and migration of labor, mainly elder and youth are left remained in the village, with barely space for activities and relaxation. This project creates a “playground” for...

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ICU-Pedro Hispano Hospital

Ventura + Partners

Client: Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos

Completion Date: 5/5/2020Area: 4.467 sqftIn response to the rampant growth of the Covid-19 pandemic, it became urgent to formulate an emergency project that increased the number of rooms under negative pressure in Pedro Hispano Hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This extension doubles the number of ICU beds, reinforcing the hospita...

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Cloud Forests; Pavilion for Children’s Play

UNITEDLAB Associates

As a pavilion for Children’s Play, we would like to awaken the children’s senses and create new play spaces. Cloud Forests is an installation that caters to all generations so all ages can appreciate its design; Adults enjoy it as an art object and children play with it. Built in a museum that was abandoned during construction, the pav...

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Bridges

Glass Bridge in Huangchuan Three Gorges Scenic Area

The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University

The bridge seems to "grow" from the natural environment. Through blending the structure into the natural surroundings and deploying innovative construction methods, the design team realized the seamless integration of nature and the artificial.The bridge is paved with three layers of 4.5-centimerter-thick ultra-clear tempered laminated...

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Waterfront

Apple Marina Bay Sands

Foster + Partners

Completed in September 2020 Apple Marina Bay Sands is set to be a distinctive presence on the bay, with a 30-metre diameter dome that is a contemporary interpretation of the geodesic dome, using minimal material to enclose the maximum space. Imagined as a clear bubble in the water, it references the sister pavilion through its material...

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Materials

Concrete in Architecture

Chroma

Ibanez Shaw Architecture

The 570 sqm Chroma modern eyewear and eyecare is placed along Montgomery Street adjacent to the Fort Worth Cultural District that includes museums by Louis Khan, Tadoa Ando, and Legoretta +Legoretta. This site is immediately across the street from, a new 14,000 seat multipurpose venue.The Building interacts with the community that swir...

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LAND Community Center

Atelier Ping Jiang / EID Arch

Located in the new district of Xi’an, LAND Community Center serves as a social and cultural venue for the burgeoning neighborhood. The project is completed on Aug. 2020, with total building area around 4,500 square meters, and the client is Shaanxi Vanland Real Estate Co.,Ltd. Conceived as a floating gateway for a new residential devel...

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Cuisuba Yi Cultural & Visitor Center

West-line Studio

The concrete building, which resembles a traditional sacrificial altar, stands alone at an altitude of above 2,000 meters on a grassland plateau. The Cuisuba Yi Cultural & Visitor Center is designed to become a landmark to celebrate Yi people, an ethnic minority group mainly residing in the mountainous regions of South-West China. The ...

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Glass in Architecture

Grand Théâtre de Québec

Lemay + Atelier 21

By adding a transparent, immaterial and structural layer to the original Grand Théâtre de Québec, Lemay + Atelier 21’s innovative envelope refurbishment solution protects and preserves the building’s two distinguishing components: its brutalist architecture by Victor Prus and integrated sculptural mural by artist Jordi Bonet.The theatr...

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Wood in Architecture

DC Public Library - Southwest Library

Perkins&Will

The new Southwest Library will replace the existing branch library at 900 Wesley Place SW. The new library achieved LEED Platinum Certification for environmental design, integrating energy and water conservation strategies and environmentally responsive materials, sourced regionally.An emphasis on connection to the surrounding communit...

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Tianjin Zarsion Exhibition Center

RUF Architects

The design started with the roof, architects initially tried to use symbolic architectural language to establish a connection with the historical environment. This is like a crystal clear water drop quietly dissolves into the endless winding river. However, with the gradual development of the narrative, metaphorical polysemy emerges. I...

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Judges' Awards

Outstanding Project of the Year (Winner chosen at judges’ discretion – not open for entry)

Puntukurnu AMS Healthcare Hub

Kaunitz Yeung Architecture

Client: Robby Chibawe, CEO Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Service

This project builds on the practices more than a decade’s experience working with Western Desert communities to provide a state-of-the-art facility which is deeply rooted in place and imbued with humanity that engenders community ownership. It does so by cladding the building in rammed earth using earth from the site, incorporating art...

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Emerging Practice of the year / rising star

Ping Jiang

Atelier Ping Jiang / EID Arch

Atelier Ping Jiang | EID Arch is an emerging design practice for architecture and urbanism.Led by Founding Principal Ping Jiang, AIA, who established the firm in 2015, EID Arch strives to provide innovative design solutions for architecture and urban environment. EID Arch is founded on the belief that design can transform life, and is ...

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