China Philharmonic Hall Beijing Building: MAD
Design: MAD architects. This Chinese concert hall building was designed in collaboration with renowned acoustic expert Yasuhisa Toyota, and will be the orchestra’s first permanent residency.
Addiriyah Contemporary Art Center, KSA
Design: Schiattarella Associati, Architects. Two international awards for Addiriyah Contemporary Art Center project in Saudi Arabia: ‘Concept Winner’ at this year’s ICONIC AWARDS and Honorable Mention at the American Architecture Prize 2016.
Sackett Union in Brooklyn, New York
Design: Rogers Partners Architects+Urban Designers. As one of the first new residential buildings in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood, Alchemy Properties Inc.’s development was designed to complement the fabric of the historic neighborhood.
Biourban Acupuncture Book by Marco Casagrande
Author: Marco Casagrande, architect
Urban Acupuncture is a biourban theory, which combines sociology and urban design with the traditional Chinese medical theory of acupuncture.
Tincan Soho Restaurant, London
Design: AL_A, Architects. While designing a new cultural centre in Lisbon, the architects discovered a former fishing tackle shop, which was transformed into a tiny, vibrant restaurant serving only tinned seafood.
60s Modern House on Gold Coast
Design: Jamison Architects. ‘60s Modern’ is a renovation project. It is the upper unit of an original early 80’s duplex building, pinned to a steep hillside site, it overlooks the Gold Coast skyline and Pacific Ocean. The design encompasses the client’s love for 60’s style, decor and art.
St Jozef Housing Woumen
Design: BURO II & ARCHI+I. The new residential care centre offering around 100 beds replaces the existing, outdated St. Jozef facility in Woumen, a submunicipality of Diksmuide.
Espace Saint Marc in Châble, Switzerland
Design: VOLTOLINI architectures sarl & Jean Paul Chabbey architectes SA. A building for “events and spectacles”. Held in between two concrete blocks, the lobby and main hall open up towards a perspective of the valley. From the interior the windows frame the contours of the Alpine landscape.
Office Building Moganshan Road Hangzhou
Design: David Chipperfield Architects. The ten-storey office building is located in a diversely built area on Moganshan Road near Hangzhou’s tranquil Shuyhan Park.
LEAF Awards 2016 Winners
Overall winner – Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL, London, UK, by Ian Ritchie Architects ; Lifetime Achievement Award for architect / engineer Santiago Calatrava.
Venning Housing Estate Kortrijk, Belgium
Design: BURO II & ARCHI+I, architects. Comprehensive upgrade of a social housing company outdated buildings. Emphasis was put on healthier homes, rational and more efficient use of space, lower energy consumption and low maintenance costs.
University of Toronto Mississauga Innovation Centre
Design: Moriyama & Teshima Architects
UTM, the second-largest campus of the University of Toronto, is set on a park-like campus on the valley of the Credit River, surrounded by a mature forest, approximately 33 km west of Downtown Toronto.
Museum of Socialism Lucknow: JPN Museum
Design: Archohm Consults. The JPN Museum is a gateway framing the centre placed as a wedged-shaped monument with a massive arch carved out of the mass; its 9-metre height and 20-metre ambitious span are clearly attempts to push the limits of structural design and construction.
Apartment in Sceaux, Paris Building
Design: h2o architectes. This interior design and refurbishment project takes place in a 1960’s housing block built out of finely finished armed concrete. Unchanged since its construction, the ancient apartment followed a relatively classical distribution