Pritzker Architecture Prize 2017 Winner
Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta, RCR Arquitectes, Catalunya, Spain, selected as 2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates. The award is known internationally as architecture’s highest honor.
Experimental Structure in Slavkov u Brna
Design: BoysPlayNice. One of several buildings by Zdeněk Fránek, created in partnership with scientists. The task was to develop an innovation center for a family business.
Capita Architects Office: Building Designs
Capita is a leading UK provider of technology enabled customer and business process services and integrated professional support services. The company is quoted on the London Stock Exchange
University of Gloucestershire Business School
Design: Austin-Smith:Lord, Architects. Planning permission granted for new Business School and Growth Hub building at the University of Gloucestershire’s Oxstalls campus.
New Hotel Tofana Building, South Tyrol
Design: noa* – network of architecture. An architectural journey from the “Base Station” – the reception with gondola – up to the “hut cabins” (rooms & suites), to the relaxation area with a view of the Dolomites.
Solera Supermarket in Cologne Building
Architects: Masquespacio. Combining the 2 disciplines of their founders, interior design and marketing, the Spanish design agency creates branding and interior projects through a unique approach.
Dace Road Mixed-Use Development Hackney Wick
Architects: Buckley Gray Yeoman. Four new buildings on a site bordered by Dace Road, Monier Road and Smeed Road will provide 110 new homes and 6,300 sq m of commercial and light industrial space arranged around a central landscaped courtyard.
The Hepworth Wakefield Building: Gallery
Riverside Gallery and landscape design: Tom Stuart-Smith. The designs for the new garden are inspired by Barbara Hepworth’s love of the Yorkshire landscape and its unique location between a 21st century art gallery and 19th century textile mill.
Finnskogscentrum Museum Torsby
Architects: Bornstein Lyckefors arkitekter. Conceived as a wooden palisade this new layer defines an envelope within which the museum can continue to expand, converting class rooms into new exhibition spaces as additional funds are raised.
2017 A’ Design Awards World Design Rankings
The United States of America takes the first place among 98 represented countries in 2017 with 557 Design Awards won globally. WDR ranks all the countries based on the number of designers that have been granted with the A’ Design Award. China came second with 520 Design Awards and surprisingly (as it isn’t a large country) Taiwan came third with 447.
Aquatic Complex in Laval, Quebec, Canada
Architects: NFOE / HCMA consortium
The destination facility will offer a unique experience for recreation and competitive swimmers alike. The team looks forward to seeing it come to life in the coming years.
31 Booth Street Office Building Manchester
Design: OMI Architects. Grade 2 listed office building in the Upper King Street Conservation Area, in the traditional commercial centre of Manchester. Originally designed by prolific Victorian architecture practice Clegg and Knowles in 1868.
London Aquatics Centre: Olympics Swimming Pool
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. The London Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is celebrating its 3rd anniversary of being open to the public with an Open Day full of swimming and fitness activities on Saturday, 4th March.
Central Library of IIT Bombay, Mumbai
Design: Sanjay Udamale Architects. This building houses one of the India’s largest libraries of Science, Engineering and Technology. Located in the heart of the campus it is surrounded with lush greenery.