Die 14. Ausgabe der jährlichen AZURE Awards würdigt die Leistungen in Architektur und Design weltweit und gab kürzlich die Gewinner für 2024 bekannt.
AZURE, ein preisgekröntes Magazin mit Schwerpunkt auf zeitgenössischer Architektur und Design, erhielt Beiträge aus 42 Ländern. Eine hochkarätige internationale 10-köpfige Jury wählte 69 Finalisten aus verschiedenen Disziplinen aus, von Architektur, Stadtplanung und Landschaft bis hin zu Beleuchtung, Möbeln und Inneneinrichtung. Die Jurymitglieder waren: Piero Lissoni, Tosin Oshinowo, Evan Jerry, Jennifer Keesmaat, Wanda Dalla Costa, Hector Esrawé, Julie Bargmann, Shirley Blumberg, Sidhartha Talwar und Alex Holloway.
Die Beiträge, die in die engere Wahl kommen, werden in drei Kategorien ausgezeichnet: Winner (von der Jury der AZ Awards gewählt), People's Choice (von der Öffentlichkeit durch Online-Abstimmung gewählt) und Awards of Merit (an Finalisten auf der Grundlage von Innovation, Vision und Designqualität insgesamt vergeben).
Archello freut sich, im Folgenden eine Auswahl der Gewinner zu präsentieren.
ARCHITECTURE
Buildings over 1,000 square meters
Winner
Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca 780 by HEMAA, Mexico City, Mexico
People’s Choice
The Urban Monument: Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts Extension by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Xi’an, China
Buildings under 1,000 square meters
Winner
Neil Campbell Rowing Centre by MJMA Architecture & Design and Raimondo + Associates Architects, St. Catherines, Canada
People’s Choice
La Escondida Chapel by Apaloosa Estudio de Arquitectura y Diseño and Walter Flores Arquitecto, La Garza, Mexico
Houses
Winner and People’s Choice
Copas by PPAA, Valle de Bravo, Mexico
People’s Choice (there are two for Houses)
Shenandoah House by Schaum/Shieh Architects, Lexington, USA
Award of Merit
Reciprocal House by Gianni Botsford Architects, London, UK
Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
Winner and People’s Choice
Edificio Tonalá 15 by CRB Arquitectos, Mexico City, Mexico
Awards of Merit
Mercado Groningen by De Zwarte Hond and Loer Architecten, Groningen, Netherlands
Highnote by Studioninedots, Almere, Netherlands.
Adaptive Reuse
Winner
Incision | Nantou City Guesthouse by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Shenzhen, China
People’s Choice
Nanyang Old Town Public Space Renewal by YFS, Ningde, China
Award of Merit
Pumphouse by 5468796 Architecture, Winnipeg, Canada
Landscape Architecture
Winner
Benjakitti Forest Park – Transforming a Brownfield into an Urban Ecological Sanctuary by Turenscape with Arsomsilp Landscape Studio, Bangkok, Thailand
People’s Choice
The Opera Park by Cobe, Copenhagen, Denmark
DESIGN
Furniture (Single Piece)
Winner
Ollie Collection by Yabu Pushelberg for Glas Italia
People’s Choice
The Palaver Bench by WXY architecture+urban design with SITU, Design Trust for Public Space, (UN)COMMON and Baida Canada
Awards of Merit
Limbo Chair by Hlynur Atlason with John Edelman and Andrew McPhee for Heller
Sunset Lounger by Robin Delaere for Pebl
Furniture Systems and Collections
Winner
Material Studies - Rugosa by Johann Pauwen and Michaele Simmering for Kalon Studios
People’s Choice
Libelle by Khodi Feiz for Studio TK
Award of Merit
Semiton by García Cumini for Arper
Lighting Fixtures
Winner and People’s Choice
Africa by Francisco Gomez Paz for Vibia
Awards of Merit
Konoha by Yabu Pushelberg for Marset
14p by Omer Arbel for Bocci
Lighting Schemes
Winner
Department 57 Bar & Club by DA Bureau with Yarko Lighting Design, Saint Petersburg, Russia
People’s Choice
Gusto 501 by Partisans, Toronto, Canada
Interior Products
Winner
Sport by Patricia Urquiola for Kvadrat
People’s Choice
Milo by Cité Arquitetura for Eliane Revestimentos
Awards of Merit
Aurora by Calico
Corde Collection by Ronan Bouroullec for Kvadrat
Architectural Products
Winner and People’s Choice
Textures Collection by 3form
Awards of Merit
Venezia by Venini with design by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez for Fantini
002 Collection by Alexander Dornbracht, Julianne Gietzen, Coralee Sandee and Carlee Benzie for Kallista
Rainstick Shower by RainStick Shower
INTERIORS
Commercial and Institutional Interiors
Winner
Artifact Bar by NC Design & Architecture, Hong Kong, China
People’s Choice
Inside/Outside | Jisifang & Woven Moonlight by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
Awards of Merit
Department 57 Bar & Club by DA Bureau with Yarko Lighting Design, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Lee Restaurant by Futurestudio and Bent Gable Design, Toronto, Canada
Residential Interiors
Winner
Liminal House by McLeod Bovell, Vancouver, Canada
People’s Choice
House Caroline by Reign Architects, Toronto, Canada
Awards of Merit
Matski House by ZROBIM Architects, Minsk, Belarus
Brooklyn Mass Timber House by Schiller Projects, Brooklyn, USA
URBAN DESIGN
Built Developments
Winner and People’s Choice
Pumphouse by 5468796 Architecture, Winnipeg, Canada
Awards of Merit
Die Macherei München by HWKN with Ochs Schmidhuber Architekten and M3 Architekten, Munich, Germany
Knight’s Park by Alison Brooks Architects, Cambridge, UK
Infrastructure and Interventions
Winner and People’s Choice
High Line – Moynihan Connector by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Field Operations, New York City, USA
Awards of Merit
Kendall/MIT Gateway by NADAAA, Cambridge, USA
Hydroelectric Power Plant Töging by Robert Maier Architekten, Töging, Germany
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP
Winner
RISE UP: Community Coastal Stewardship in the Rockaways by WXY architecture+urban design, Queens, USA
People’s Choice
Parks in Action by Centre for Landscape Research – University of Toronto/Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada
Awards of Merit
Restoring Downstream by Angavu Architecture, Indigenous Nation of Quapaw, Oklahoma, USA
Sport by Patricia Urquiola for Kvadrat
