LEAF Awards 2008, Architecture Competition Entries, Buildings, Winners, Architect Practices

LEAF International Award

Shortlist – Winning Architects

LEAF Award Winners 2008

Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2008 Winner : Performers House Denmark
design by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

photograph : Joachim Ladefoged

LEAF Awards 2008 Young Architect of the Year Award
design by Xavier Vilalta Sabartés

Finalists:

Mixed Use Building of the Year
· Performers House, Silkeborg, Denmark – Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
· Mediatheek, Delft, Amsterdam – Dok Architecten
· Elmpark Mixed Use Development, Dublin, Ireland – Bucholz McEvoy Architects

Residential Building of the Year
Multiple Level Building
· Newton Suites, Singapore – WOHA
· BLUE Residential Tower, New York, USA – Bernard Tschumi
· Escape, Sittingbourne, UK – PCKO Architects

Single Storey Building
· 784 House, UK – Stephenson Bell
· Studio-House Acoran II, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain – gyp arquitectos
· Industrial Designer House, Tokyo, Japan – Koji Tsutsui Architects & Associates
· Black House, Valle de Bravo, Mexico – bgp arquitectura

Commercial Building of the Year
Public Building
· Uppsala Concert and Congress Hall, Uppsala, Sweden – Henning Larsen Architects
· Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan – Kengo Kuma & Associates
· Ondo Civic Center, Kure City, Japan – Kengo Kuma & Associates
· Beijing South Station, Beijing, China – Terry Farrell & Partners

Private Building
· Sodic Sales Center, Cairo, Egypt – Eklego Design Ltd
· 28 Dorset Square, London, UK – John McAslan & Partners
· Cocoon Headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland – Camenzind Evolution Ltd

International Interior Design
· NYU Department of Philosophy, New York, USA – Steven Holl Architects
· Ross Street Residence, Melbourne, Australia – Hassell
· GSC Offices, New York, USA – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
· Light House Cinema, Dublin, Ireland – DTA Architects

Young Architect
· Arreltes Day Care Center, Els Alamus, Lleida, Spain – Xavier Vilata Studio
· Contador-Weller House, Valparaiso, Chile – Riesco + Rivera Arquitectos Asociados
· La Estancia Chapel, Cuernavaca, Mexico – Bunker Arquitectura

Best Sustainable Development
· US Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, USA – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
· New General Building of Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France – Art and Build Architect
· Limoges Concert Hall, Limoges, France – Bernard Tschumi
· Cley Marsh Visitor Centre, Cley, UK – LSI Architects LLP
· 16 Noel Street, London, UK – Morgan Lovell

New Innovation of the Year
· Modernisation of Acute Services, Mansfield, UK – Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
· Covent Garden Brussels, Brussels, Belgium – Art and Build Architect
· Longshan Church, Beijing, China – WSP Architectural Design Consulting
· The Lighthouse, Belfort, France – Archi5

Best Structural Design of the Year
· Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Manchester, UK – Mott Macdonald
· Beijing International Airport Terminal, Beijing, China – Foster + Partners
· Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, Washington DC, USA – Foster + Partners

LEAF Awards 2008 Shortlist: Young Architect of the year award
Xavier Vilalta Sabartés

LEAF Awards
The prestigious Emirates Glass LEAF Awards, now in their fifth year, have rapidly become one of the most sought-after international architectural prizes, recognising excellence in architectural design and build.

More than 250 key industry figures will attend the LEAF Awards 2008 widely recognised as one of the most influential architectural and design events in the calendar.

LEAF awards are open to all companies, individuals and technologies that have made an outstanding contribution to international architecture.

This year there are 9 award categories including the Grand Prix Winner which specifically focuses on the new build projects.

Apart from the Grand Prix, the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2008 have eight categories covering key aspects of building design:

· BEST STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF THE YEAR
· BEST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
· COMMERCIAL BUILDING OF THE YEAR
· INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN OF THE YEAR
· MIXED USE BUILDING OF THE YEAR
· NEW INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
· RESIDENTIAL BUILDING OF THE YEAR
· YOUNG ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR

Location: UK