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Check out the winning projects of the 2022 International Architecture Awards
Century Pavilion of the 10th China Flower Expo by Arcplus East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. Photo: Wenyi Liu and Hua Wang.
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design has announced its list of more than 150 winning projects for the annual International Architecture Awards in partnership with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
The program dates to 2005 and is meant to honor the best new projects from anywhere in the world that "exemplify design excellence and architectural ambition and deliver meaningful social impact to the public for which they serve."
This year’s list was whittled down from over 450 submissions representing 48 different countries, with projects as remote as the new UNESCO cultural heritage pavilion in Greenland and as high-profile as the 55 Yonge Street high-rise in Toronto making the cut alongside HAL Architects’ controversial Sky Pool, Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle’s award-winning Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, and the stunning new Shanghai Astronomy Museum from Ennead, to name only a few. Projects were commended for their demonstrated environmental concerns and commitment to restoration and renovation projects over the wastefulness of new building. In this regard, the 2022 crop represents an industry-wide tide change that has been taken up by several leading professional architectural organizations across the globe.
"This year’s winning projects show remarkable sensitivity to their surroundings and local cultures, inclusive design, and sustainable solutions," Chicago Athenaeum CEO Christian Narkiewicz-Laine said at the announcement. "It is indeed a great moment when a recognition as important as this helps to bring attention to the remote corners of our incredibly connected but unknowing world, often projects that are born out of scarce resources, and projects for the care of people and communities destined to live in the fragile environment of a climate in flux."
50 projects were named as Honorable Mentions as well. Following is the full list of 2022 International Architecture Awards winners.
Hot Heart by Carlo Ratti Associati. Image: Carlo Ratti Associati.
AIRPORTS AND TRANSPORTATION CENTERS
- Heerim Architects & Planners Co., Ltd. (with Mooyoung Architects & Engineers Co., Ltd. and Gensler) - Incheon International Airport Passenger Terminal 2, Incheon, South Korea
BRIDGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
- Vapaavuori Architects - Kakola Funicular Stations, Turku, Finland
- SG Architecte - L'Aiguille Rouge Walkway, Bourg-Saint-Maurice et Villaroger, France
- gh3* - Storm Water Facility, Toronto, Canada
- gh3* - Kathleen Andrews Transit Garage, Edmonton, Canada
- AECOM - Gateway Arches, Al Wahda Junction, Doha, Qatar
Opus by Zaha Hadid Architects (with Arex Consultants and Brewer Smith Brewer Group). Photo: Laurian Ghinitoiu.
CIVIC AND COMMUNITY CENTERS
- Free Studio/Archplus Institute of Shanghai Architectural Design & Research Co., Ltd. - Tangzhuang Village Community Center, Xinghua, China
- KTX archiLAB - Cloud of Luster Chapel, Himeji, Japan
- Shanghai PTArchitects - Gemdale Megacity, Fuzhou, China
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
- Kris Lin Interior Design - Jenga Box, Shanghai, China
Jenga Box by Kris Lin Interior Design. Photo: Kris Lin Interior Design.
CORPORATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
- Tchoban Voss Architects BDA - Ferrum 1, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- J. MAYER H. und Partner, Architekten - GZ Campus Falkenberg, Falkenberg, Germany
- Wilson Architecture - Penrose Dock, Cork, Ireland
- Offtec srl. - Gruppo Vergero Headquarters, Venaria Reale, Italy
- Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron/SZAD - Gree Global Centre, Hengqin, China
- UNK project - Zemelnyi Office Building, Moscow, Russia
- International Consultants - Kuwait Investment Authority Headquarters, Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Form4 Architecture - Folded Wings, Palo Alto, California
- KTX archiLAB - The PolyCuboid, Himeji, Japan
- Shigeru Ban Architects and Itten+Brechbühl AG - Omega and Swatch Headquarters, Beil, Switzerland
- C.F. Møller Architects - Carlsberg Central Office, Copenhagen, Denmark
- ACPV Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel - A2A Headquarters, Milan, Italy
- Meixner-Schüluter-Wendt Architekten - The Docks, Frankfurt, Germany
- Weiss/Manfredi - Yale University Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking, New Haven, Connecticut
Jiyu Square Rnovation by Zhejiang University Urban-Rural Planning and Design Institute Co., Ltd. Photo: Zhao Qiang.
CULTURE AND MUSEUMS
- PES-Architects Ltd. and China Construction Engineering Design Group Co., Ltd - Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre, Fu Jian, China
- Shanghai United Design Group Co., Ltd. and The Second Architectural Design Institute - Dysis Church of Poly Shallow Sea, Hainan, China
- Studio Seilern Architects - Andermatt Concert Hall, Andermatt, Switzerland
- Studio Link-Arc, LLC and CCDI - Luhu Cultural Center, Shenzhen, China
- Mark Cavagnero Associates - Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts, San Francisco, California
- The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd. - Jiashan Museum and Library, Jiashan, China
- DS Architecture and ITÜ Faculty of Architecture - Hasanpaşa Gasworks Park and Museum Complex, İstanbul, Turkey
- Ennead Architects and Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design and Research - Shanghai Astronomy Museum, Shanghai, China
- Diamond Schmitt Associates (with MWM Architects, Inc. and Parkhill) - Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences, Lubbock, Texas
- Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia / AF517 - Dallara Academy, Varano de' Melegari, Italy
Omega and Swatch Headquarters by Shigeru Ban and Itten+Brechbühl AG. Photo: Didier Boy de la Tour.
DISPLAYS AND INSTALLATIONS
- Studio Joseph - The Russel & Mary Wright Design Gallery, Garrison, New York
- Konstantin Arkitekter - Qaammat Pavilion, Sarfannguit, Greenland
ENERGY/SUSTAINABILITY
- Carlo Ratti Associati - Hot Heart, Helsinki, Finland
ENTERTAINMENT
- Kris Lin Interior Design - White Mountain Club House, Nanjing, China
- ZJA (with Bureau Bouwtechniek, OZ and DELVALandscape Architecture Urbanism) - Venue Building Middelkerke’, Middelkerke, Belgium
- Zone of Utopia Mathieu Forest Architecte - Ice Cubes Cultural Tourist Center, Xinxiang, China
- TERROIR - Puffing Billy Railway Visitor Centre, Emerald, Victoria, Australia
- HAL Architects - Sky Pool, London, United Kingdom
Permanent Camping 2 by Casey Brown Architecture Pty Ltd. Photo: Andrew J. Loiterton.
EXPOSITION
- Boris Micka Associates - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Pavilion at EXPO 2020 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Speech - Russian Pavilion at EXPO 2020 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Shanghai Urban Architecture Design Co., Ltd. - Expanded Cloud Experience Center, Kunming, China
- Metaform Architects - Luxembourg Pavilion at EXPO 2020 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Grimshaw - Terra - The Sustainability Pavilion at EXPO 2020 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Arcplus East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd - Century Pavilion of 10th China Flower Expo, Shanghai, China
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
- KAAN Architecten - Amsterdam Courthouse, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Provencher_Roy and GLCRM Inc. Architectes - Reception Pavilion of Québec’s National Assembly, Québec City, Canada
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) by KAAN Architecten. Photo: Karin Borghouts, Stijn Boullaert, Sebastian van Damme
HEALTH CARE/HOSPITALS
- Hanchenping Studio | CUMT - The Deformable Modularized COVID-19 Epidemic Prevention Hospital in Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- AL_A - Maggie's Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Adjaye Associates and Sutherland & Sutherland Architects - District Hospitals Ghana
- Benedetta Tagliabue - EMBT - Kálida Sant Pau Part of Maggie's Global Network of Centres, Barcelona, Spain
HIGH-RISES/SKYSCRAPERS
- Moshe Zur Architects & Town Planners Ltd. - Azrieli Town Tower, Tel Aviv, Israel
- FGP Atelier and JAHN - Shanghai International Financial Center, Shanghai, China
- Aedas - Nansha Kingboard Plaza, Nansha, China
- Aedas - Shenzhen Houhai Building Decoration Industry Headquarters, Shenzhen, China
- Kohn Pedersen Fox - Heron, Tampa, Florida
- Kohn Pedersen Fox (with Wong Tung Group of Companies and East China Architectural Design and Research Institute) - Suzhou International Finance Square, Suzhou, China
- Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture - Xian Tower, Xian, China
- Partisans and BDP Quadrangle - 55 Yonge Street, Toronto, Canada
- Studio Odile Decq - Antares Tower, Barcelona, Spain
Suzhou International Finance Square by Kohn Pedersen Fox (with Wong Tung Group of Companies and East China Architectural Design and Research Institute). Photo: Rex Zhou courtesy of Niccolo Suzhou.
HOTELS/HOSPITALITY
- Shanghai PTArchitects - Vida Loca Boutique Hotel Annan, Nanchang, China
- ENOTA - Hotel Maestoso, Lipica, Slovenia
- Nobuaki Miyashita/MR Studio Co., Ltd. - Hotel Marina Gold, Tỉnh Bình Thuận, Vietnam
- Kohn Pedersen Fox and China Construction Design International Co., Ltd. - Park Hyatt Suzhou, Suzhou, China
- Yazgan Design Architecture Inc. - Longosphere Glamping, İğneada, Turkey
INDUSTRIAL
- IDOM - Beronia Winery in Ollauri, Ollauri, La Rioja, Spain
- Office Istanbul Architects - Rubrum Winery, Izmir, Turkey
- Hayer Design - Nanhai Waste-to-Power Plant Phase III, Foshan, China
LIBRARIES
- Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle - Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, New York, New York
- JKMM Architects - Kirkkonummi Library, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Diamond Exchange, Capital C Amsterdam by ZJA in collaboration with Heyligers design + project and Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau. Photo: Jan Willem Kaldenbach, ZJA, Bvlgari.
MIXED-USE
- Zhejiang University Urban-Rural Planning and Design Institute Co., Ltd - Haimen Shishan Square (Haimen City Sports Service Complex), Hangzhou, China
- Zaha Hadid Architects (with Arex Consultants and Brewer Smith Brewer Group) - Opus, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Safdie Architects (with P&T Group International and CQADI) - The Crystal at Raffles City, Chongqing, China
- Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture and Takayuki Yagi/Yagi Komuten - Ideareve Ikegami, Tokyo, Japan
- ZJA in collaboration with Heyligers design + project and Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau - Diamond Exchange, Capital C Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Arquitectonica and Wong Tung Group of Companies - Hall of the Sun, Shanghai, China
- Aedas and Bowan Architecture - Xi'an Valley City, Xi'an, China
- Jasper Architects and Gewers & Pudewill GmbH - UP! BERLIN, Berlin, Germany
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING
- Tchoban Voss Architects BDA - Embassy–Living Alongside Koellnischer Park, Berlin, Germany
- Architekt Maciej Franta - Villa Reden Apartments, Chorzów, Poland
- Open AD - HOFT (House of the Flying Trees), Rīga, Latvia
- Architect Hafeez Contractor (with Rockwell Group and SWA Group) - The Camellias by DLF, Gurugram, India
- trans_city TC ZT and Jakob Fina Landscape Architecture - ASG | marchfelderterrassen Social Housing in der Anton- Schall-Gasse, Vienna, Austria
- Michelangeli Design and Studio Carrera - 5312 HELIX, Milan, Italy
Dysis Church of Poly Shallow Sea by Shanghai United Design Group Co., Ltd. and The Second Architectural Design Institute. Photo: Shanghai United Design Group Co.
PRIVATE HOUSES
- Aidlin Darling Design - Three Gables, Napa Valley, CA
- Casey Brown Architecture Pty Ltd - Permanent Camping 2, Berry, New South Wales, Australia
- 314 Architecture Studio - The Chrysalis, Vouliagmeni, Greece
- MJZ Arquitectos - The Palm 313, Mozambique
- Ido, Kenji Architectural Studio - House in Ota, Wakayama, Japan
- Peter Pichler Architecture - Kastelaz Hof, Tramin an der Weinstraße, Italy
- Snorre Stinessen Arkitektur - Aurora Lodge, Lyngen, Norway
- David Jameson Architect - Liminal House, The Plains, Virginia
- Studio Guilherme Torres - Jatobá House, São Paulo, Brazil
- gronych + dollega architekten - Kylie Residence, Heuchelheim, Germany
- Messana O'Rorke - Phoenix House, Phoenix, Arizona
- Messana O'Rorke (with Ankeny Architecture and Design) - Junegrass House, Jackson, Wyoming
PUBLIC SPACE
- Shanghai United Design Group Co., Ltd. - Zaozhuang Citizen Center, Shandong, China
- Shanghai United Design Group Co., Ltd. - Zhoushan Wanda Star Bay, Zhoushan, China
- Surfacedesign Inc. with ZGF and Aidlin Darling Design - The Beach at Expedia Group, Seattle, Washington
- Mailitis Architects and Arhitekta J. Pogas Birojs Ltd. - Reconstruction of Mezaparks Open-Air Stage, Riga, Latvia
- Hodder+Partners - The Welcome Building RHS Garden Bridgewater, Worsley, Salford, United Kingdom
- C+S Architects Ltd. - Piazza del Cinema, Island of Lido, Venice, Italy
Hasanpaşa Gasworks Park and Museum Complex by DS Architecture and ITÜ Faculty of Architecture. Photo: Cemal Emden and Doğu Ayan.
RELIGIOUS
- Yuangou Architects & Consultants Ltd. - Baoshan Temple, Shanghai, China
- Mario Cucinella Architects - Santa Maria Goretti Church, Mormanno, Italy
- EKAR Architects - Walk/House, Petchabun, Thailand
RESTAURANTS
- Group of Architects (GOA) - Restaurant of Metasequoia Grove in Shanwan Villa, Suzhou, China
RETAIL/SHOWROOMS
- Kris Lin Interior Design - Flow Sales Center, Chengdu, China
- Shanghai PTArchitects - China Overseas Oriental Mansion Sales Center, Ningbo, China
- TWAD Design - The Gaiety, Foshan, China
- Shanghai PTArchitects - Greenland Hong Kong, If Alan Experience Center, Wuxi, China
- Studio Link-Arc, LLC and CAPOL Design - Cloud Commercial Complex, Shenzhen, China
- Cheng Sheng Interior Design - Shell Palace, Tainan City, Taiwan
- CLOU architects - Sanya Jinmao FarmLab, Sanya, Hainan, China
- TWAD Design - C&D • Jiang Shan Yue, Changsha, China
- Aedas - Humen Station Sales Gallery, Dongguan, China
- Architects 49 Limited - Velaa Sindhorn Village, Khet Pathum Wan, Thailand
- JUNYUN Architecture Design OfficeCo., Ltd - Urban Living Room of Dahuangshan Silicon Town, Xuzhou City, China
- Shanghai PTArchitects - TOD City Mansion Demonstration Area, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
Hotel Maestoso by ENOTA. Photo: Miran Kambič.
RENOVATION/RESTORATION
- CA Plan Co., Ltd - Urban Bloom-Galleria Timeworld, Daejeon, South Korea
- Haworth Tompkins - Theatre Royal Drury Lane Restoration, London, United Kingdom
- Yuangou Architects & Consultants Ltd. - Julu Place 758, Shanghai, China
- KAAN Architecten - Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Antwerp, Belgium
- Mario Cucinella Architects - Palazzo Senza Tempo Peccio, Peccioli, Italy
- STUDIOS Architecture - Latitude Renovation-Extension, La Défense, Paris, France
- Elkus Manfredi Architects - The Cathedral of the Holy Cross Renovation, Boston, Massachusetts,
- NIHON SEKKEI, Inc. - Kumamoto Castle Reconstruction Observation Path, Kumamoto City, Japan
SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES
- Zhejiang University Urban-Rural Planning and Design Institute Co., Ltd. - Hangzhou Yuhang Second Senior Middle School Expansion, Hangzhou, China
- Yunchao Xu/Atelier Apeiron/SZAD - Kindergarten of Museum Forest, Shenzhen, China
- John McAslan + Partners - Global Leadership Centre, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Weiss/Manfredi Architects - Yale University Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking, New Haven, Connecticut
- Behnisch Architekten - Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), Allston, Massachusetts
- Mark Cavagnero Associates - San Francisco State University Liberal and Creative Arts Building, San Francisco, California
Gruppo Vergero Headquarters by Offtec srl. Photo: Here Agency.
SPORTS AND LEISURE
- HPP Architekten GmbH - Europa-Park Stadium, Freiburg, Germany
TRANSPORTATION
- Collignon Architektur und Design GmbH - Underground Station Rotes Rathaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
URBAN PLANNING/LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
- Partisans and BDP Quadrangle - The Orbit, Innisfil, Canada
- W Architecture and Landscape Architect LLC - The Pier Approach, St Petersburg, Florida
- DS Architecture - Pendik Public Garden, IsLighter City • Central Park Urban Life Experience Center, Shanghai, Chinatanbul, Turkey
- Shanghai PTArchitects - Lighter City • Central Park Urban Life Experience Center, Shanghai, China
- Atelier Ping Jiang / EID Architecture (with Shanghai Tianhua Architecture Planning & Engineering Ltd. and H & A Landscape / LAN·G) - Minsheng Wharf Block E15-3, Shanghai, China
- Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University Co., Ltd - Weihai Port Complex Park Urban Transformation and Renewal, Weihai, China
- Aedas (with ASPECT Studios and BPI) - Chengdu Hyperlane, Chengdu, China
- WTA Architecture and Design Studio - Horizon Manila: Manileño, Manila, Philippines
- The Design Institute of Landscape & Architecture, China Academy of Art Co., Ltd. - "Taohuayuan" from Painting Scroll: Wufang Village, Hang Zhou, China
- Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker - Experience Chute, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Zaha Hadid Architects - Eleftheria Square, Nicosia, Cyprus
- PMA (PolyMorphArchitects) - Shenzhen Civil Code Park, Shenzhen, China
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