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« A 412 meter tall tower designed by architect Gary Haney of SOM NY which is planned for the centre of Kuwait City has been selected as the overall winner of this year’s MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards.
The designs for the Al Hamra Firdous Tower, which is still on the drawing board, also won the Tall Buildings category in the competition.
The landmark Tower is designed for the purity of its form, with the aim of maximising Gulf views while minimising solar heat gain on the office floors. The modern sculptural form is intended to express the illusion of elegant twisting ribbons, while providing near transparency on the north, east and west sides framed by a monolithic stone south wall orientated against the severe desert sun.
The international MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards are designed to encourage the industry to strive for high design standards in respect of buildings and their relationship to context, and to stimulate discussion and debate around good design.
While the competition is designed to celebrate excellence in design for projects still on the drawing board or under completion, previous winners, such as the Citroën Champs-Elysées showroom in Paris by Manuelle Gautrand, have gone on to be celebrated and innovative buildings.
This year the competition attracted an unprecedented 200 entries, with 7 category winners chosen by an international jury selected from the cream of the architecture profession, and a further 19 projects chosen for commendation.
This year’s project winners hail from Kuwait, Libya, India, the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Poland and Iran, with commended schemes from Republic of Latvia, Denmark, Singapore, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Russia and Germany.
The winning and commended schemes by category in the sixth annual MIPIM Architectural Review Future Projects Awards include:
Tall Buildings
WINNER
· Al Hamra Firdous Tower, Kuwait City, by Gary Haney/SOM for Al Jial Real Estate and entertainment – a 412 meter tower in the centre of the city, providing a landmark tower of iconic sculptural form with breathtaking views of the Gulf.
COMMENDED
· Marina and Beach Tower, Dubai, UAE, by FZFOWLE/Sudhir Jambhekar
· India Tower, Mumbai, India by FZFOWLE/Sudhir Jambhekar DB Hospitality Private Ltd
· Heron Tower, London, UK by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates for Heron Corporation
Big Urban Projects
WINNER
· Media and Cultural City, Tripoli, Libya, by Astudio for Ecou – situated close to the old city, adjacent to the main cultural street, the scheme will rezone and unite the cultural, media and commercial activities around a central square, creating a high quality public realm.
COMMENDED
· The Paradise Project, Liverpool UK by Building Design Partnership for Grosvenor
· New Government Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE by FZFOWLE/Sudhir Jambhekar for UAE Government Ministries
· University of the Arts (UAL), King’s Cross, London by Paul Williams for Argent plc
Residential
WINNER
· Greater Nodia Group Housing, Nodia, India by FZFOWLE/Sudhir Jambhekar for Ansal Properties and Infrastructure – the project will create a socially, economically and environmentally sustainable housing project in Greater Nodia (48 KM from Delhi), and includes 1700 housing units in 22 residential buildings
COMMENDED
· Housing Complex “Ciekurkrasti”, Latvia by AB3D Architects Bureaux, Juris Mitenbergs for New Europe Real Estate Ltd
· The Regimental Park, Denmark by Thomas Scheeel, maa for Arkitektgruppen A/S
· Residential scheme in Jelling, Denmark by Schmidt Hammer Lassen for SHL Innovation
Mixed Use
WINNER
· St Botolphs Cultural Quarter, Colchester, UK, by Ash Sakula Architects for Garbe/Colchester Borough Council – a new cultural quarter building on a growing visual arts and design culture and Colchester’s heritage as the Britain’s oldest town. The scheme will include a careful mix of creative business, hotel, independent retail, galleries, cafes, restaurants, apartments, health club and nursery.
COMMENDED
· Ironbank, Auckland, New Zealand, by Richard Naish for Samson Corporation
· Blackfriars, London, England by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris LLP Architects for Great Portland Estates
· Arabian Performance Venue by Andrew Bromberg, Aedas
Offices
WINNER
· Amazon Court, Prague, Czech Republic, by Schmidt Hammer Lassen for Europolis – combining office building and public square, the flexible building surrounds a large atrium, creating an enormous glass covered public park space in the heart of the building. The semi-interior green space reflects a public life that is visible from the outside.
COMMENDED
· Lootch, Moscow, Russia by Buschow Henley for Horus Capital International
· EDC HQ, Germany by Make Architects for Espirit Europe GmbH
· Stevenson Square, Manchester, UK by HKR Architects for Argent Developments Ltd
Retail and Leisure
WINNER
· Hilton Hotel, Wroclaw, Poland, by Gottesman Szmelcman Architecture for Wings Properties – a 50,000 sqm 5-star hotel, convention centre, retail, dining, serviced suites and multi-functional exhibition area. The building will follow the historic block in terms of contour and mass, creating a new street façade with a open garden in the centre.
COMMENDED
· Crown Hotel, Private Villas and Casino, Singapore, by Peter Marino Architect PLLC for Eight Wonder
· Culture Island, Dubai, UAE by LAB Architecture Studio for Dubai Properties
Regeneration and Masterplanning
WINNER
· Alamoot Village, Alamoot, Iran by Somayeh Rokhgireh for UNDP – a rural village designed around the principles of eco-tourism. This project has also been awarded the prize for sustainability by the judges.
COMMENDED
· Bankside Urban Forest, London by Witherford Watson Mann Architects for Better Bankside BID Company and public and private sector partners
· South of Shamkha, Abu Dhabi, UAE by Paul de Vylder for Abu Dhabi Municipality, UAE
The panel of judges appointed to select the winning and commended schemes comprised Paul Finch, Editor of The Architectural Review; Roger Zogolovitch, Director AZ Urban Studios; Peter Stewart, Peter Stewart Consultancy; and Bärbel Schomberg - Honorary Jury Member and Managing Director of DEGI-DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT.
The MIPIM Future Project awards ceremony has become a cornerstone event during the annual MIPIM market. Prize-giving will take place during the awards dinner on Wednesday 12th March at the Palm Beach Casino. Tickets cost €190 per person or €1600 per table of ten places (both prices excluding VAT). Contact Hannah Stadie on + 44 207 728 4562 or email Hannah.stadie@emap.com for details.
There will also be a permanent exhibition of all entrants on display during the MIPIM market in Cannes, and all winning and commended schemes will be published in the official catalogue which is distributed to all registered delegates.
The MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards are organised in participation with Emap Construct, and are supported by Chapman Taylor, Lend Lease, British Council for Offices, Savills, Tesco, World Retail Congress, Protek and SEEDA » . ( CS Tamesis )
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