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Carles Enrich Studio wins the AR Emerging Architecture Awards 2020 for their dynamic approach to heritage

2021-11-26T10:00:00-05:00

The Architectural Review has announced Carles Enrich Studio as the winner of the AR Emerging Architecture Awards 2020. The Barcelona-based practice was chosen from a shortlist of 16 young architects and designers around the world recognized as “the architectural stars of tomorrow.”

Founded in 2013, Carles Enrich Studio focuses on interventions in Catalonia’s historical landscapes. Their celebrated works include the Merola Tower in Puig-reig, which saw a 13th-century stone tower reactivated by a contemporary timber structure. The firm’s previous accolades include nominations for the EU Mies Award in 2017 and 2019 and participation in the 2012 and 2016 Venice Biennale.

The 16 shortlisted firms for the 2020 awards were published in October of last year.

The award judges, which included previous Emerging Architecture alumni Manuel Aires Mateus, Sameep Padora, and Maria Smith, commended Carles Enrich Studio for reconnecting history with the future and for viewing heritage as infrastructu...

AR announces 2020 shortlist for Emerging Architecture Awards

2020-10-30T08:00:00-04:00

Architectural Review announces 16 shortlisted practices for this year's 2020 AR Emerging Architecture awards. Since 1999 the awards program focuses on creating a platform that highlights the work of young architects and designers. For this year's edition the shortlist recognizes emerging practices from all over the world.

Thanks to an esteemed panel of jury members, this year's judging was conducted remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. Each practice led virtual presentations to a jury of previous AR Emerging Architecture finalists like Dorte Mandrup, Manuel Aires Mateus, and Sameep Padora. While the final judging and will take place during the WAFVirtual, below is a list of the shortlisted practices and selected projects.

2020 Shortlist

Arigho Larmour Wheeler Architects_AR Emerging Architecture_Ros Kavanagh. Image courtesy of AR

Arigho Larmour Wheeler Architects - Location: United Kingdom / Ireland
Atelier Tao + CAR - Location: China
Carles Enrich Studio - Location: Spain
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The 2019 AR Emerging Architecture Award goes to Comunal Taller de Arquitectura of Mexico

2019-12-06T19:03:00-05:00

With 16 architects announced as shortlist winners back in October, the Architectural Review has announced Comunal Taller de Arquitectura as the winner of Architectural Review's 2019 Emerging Architecture Award.

The Mexico-based architecture firm was applauded for a project submission that focused on their community-driven work within the rural village of Tepetzintán in Mexico. According to this year's AR judging panel, the practice was recognized for its "fight against a political lobby that is vastly supportive of replicable, commercial housing development over housing seen as a human right."

Comunal Taller de Arquitectura recieving the award for 2019 AR Emerging Architect Award. Image courtesy of WAF via/Twitter

Founded in 2015 in Mexico City by Mariana Ordóñez Grajales, who was later joined by Jesica Amescua Carrera, Comunal Taller de Arquitectura focuses on building in Mexico's rural and indigenous communities. The duo explained to AR during an interview that "architecture is n...