Now in its tenth year, the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards honor the architects designing the buildings and solutions that are setting the benchmark for the international architectural community. Founded in 2001, the competition is organized by the Leading European Architects Forum (LEAF) and recognizes innovative architectural design. 17 different awards were given to various projects and architects, with one overall winner. Check out the winners after the break…
Mixed Use Building of the Year:
Steven Holl Architects, Sliced Porossity Block - CapitaLand Raffles City, Chengdu, China
Residential Building of the Year (Single Occupancy): studiomk27, MM House, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Residential Building of the Year (Single Occupancy): Yasuhiro Yamashita and Atelier Tekuto, Boundary House, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Residential Building of the Year (Multiple Occupancy): Shinichiro Iwata, M-apartment, Chiba, Japan
Commercial Building of the Year: (Sponsored by Thrislington Cubicles Limited) WSP Architects, Hangzhou Alipay Building, Hangzhou, China
International Interior Design Award: Studio Seilern Architects, Lauenen Residence, Lauenen, Switzerland
Refurbishment of the Year: Ector Hoogstad Architecten, MetaForum at Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Public Building of the Year – Culture: Henning Larsen Architects and Batteriid Architects, Harpa - Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland
Public Building of the Year – Culture: archi5, Marsan Mediatheque, Mont de Marsan, France
Public Building of the Year - Transport & Infrastructure: Oscar Tusquets Blanca and M.N.Metropolitana di Napoli Spa, Toledo Metro Station, Napoli, Italy
Public Building of the Year – Education & Research: Henning Larsen Architects, Campus Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark
Public Building of the Year – Sport: archi5, Leo Lagrange Stadium, Toulon, France
Best Sustainable Development (Environmental): SKEW Collaborative, Chinese Academy of Sciences IOT Center, Jiading District, Shanghai
Best Sustainable Development (Social): Kaunitz Yeung Architecture, Takara Demonstration School, Takara, Efate Island, Vanutau
Best Sustainable Development (Social): Yasuhiro Yamashita and Atelier Tekuto, Emergency Supply Warehouse, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Best Future Building - Residential (Drawing Board): Yasuhiro Yamashita + Kenji Mizukami + Ben Matsuno / TeMaLi Architect, Post-Disaster Public Housing in the city of Kamaishi, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture
Urban Design Award: MZ Architects, Valley City – Qatar
Lifetime Achievement Award: Sir Peter Hall
2013 Overall Winner: (Sponsored by Emirates Glass) archi5, Marsan Mediatheque, Mont de Marsan, France
Residential Building of the Year (Single Occupancy): Adam Knibb Architects, Bluebell Pool House, Crawley, Winchester UK
Best Sustainable Development (Environmental): Make Architects, The Gateway Building, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire UK
Best Sustainable Development (Environmental): Wilkinson Eyre Architects, The Crystal, London, UK
Best Sustainable Development (Social): Virai Arquitectos, Institutional Winery “La Grajera”, Logrono in La Rioja, Spain
Best Future Building – Culture/Education (Drawing Board): - scape, MEIS - Museo dell’Ebraismo Italiano e della Shoah, Ferrara, Italy
Special Award: Sellar Property Group, The Shard, London, UK