CEMEX has announced both the international and national winners of the XXIII Building Awards, which aim to recognize the best architecture and construction both internationally and within Mexico. All projects were reviewed by a panel of judges comprised of some of the most important and prestigious representatives of the industry at an international level.
The international awards recognizing housing, institutional/industrial and large-scale infrastructure projects that were built during 2013 and stand out for their constructive solutions, aesthetics and innovative techniques. Finalist projects ranged from Frank Gehry’s Biomuseo in Panama to Plan B Arquitectos’ Click Clack Hotel in Bogotá, Colombia, covering a range of countries and architectural styles.
The CEMEX Building Award is itself a unique piece of art created by Mexican sculptor Miguel Angel Gonzalez and made out of black marble and concrete.
Read on after the break for both the international and national winners…
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
Category: Housing
CR House / H+H Arquitectos / Bogotá, Colombia
Tres Picos 97 / D+S Arquitectos/ México D.F.
Natura Building/ Arq. Juan Felipe Cadavid Vásquez, Arq. Carlos Andrés García B. / Cali, Colombia
Category: Institutional/Industrial
Jumex Museum / David Chipperfield Architects / México, D.F
Arena da Amazonia / gmp architekten / Manaos, Brazil
Business Building of “Hidroelektrana na Drini” Company /MIT-arh d.o.o., Arq. Siniša Tatalović, Arq. Ognjen Krašna, Arq. Branislav Mitrović / Višegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina
“Nohemí Morales de Arjona” Arts School / Arq. Rodolfo Solares / San Agustín Acasaguastlán, Guatemala
Category: Infrastructure & Urbanism
Cinta Costera III / Juan Herreros Arquitectos S.L. / Panamá, Panamá
Portuguese Dam, Portuguese and Bucana Rivers Project / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / Ponce, Puerto Rico
Colombia Ave. Underpass / Arq. Elly Burkhart / Cali, Colombia
Special Awards
Category: Accessibility
Bernardino Cordero Bernard High School / V Architecture PSC / Ponce, Puerto Rico
Biomuseo / Frank Gehry & Associates / Panamá, Panamá
Arena da Amazonia / gmp architekten / Manaos, Brazil
Category: Sustainability
Sport City Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Río Perdido Hotel / Apestegui- Blair Consultores / Bagaces, Costa Rica
MMG Tower / Forza Creativa / Panamá, Panamá
NATIONAL AWARDS (MEXICO)
Housing
Category: Single-family Home
1st: Narigua House, Santa Catarina, Nuevo León
2nd: P House, Huixquilucan, México state
3rd: Murray House, México, D.F.
4th: Xafix House, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes
Category: Low-Income Housing
1st: Balcones de Ecatepec, Ecatepec, Mexico state
2nd: Land + Self-built Housing, Ameca, Jalico
3rd: Fortunato Zuazua 48, Mexico, D.F.
Category: Medium and High-end Residential Complex
1st: Tres Picos 97
2nd: Hegel Apartments, México D.F
3rd: Central Park Interlomas (First Stage), Mexico, D.F.
Institutional/Industrial
Category: Education and Cultural
1st: Jumex Museum
2nd: Sport City Oaxaca
3rd: Monte Sinai Preschool
Category: Public Services and Assistance
1st: Sombrerete Park Community Center
2nd: Federal Re-adaptation and Social Reinsertion Center
3rd: C5i Security Building
Category: Commercial and Mixed Uses
1st: Hotel BO
2nd: DeCoteWinery
3rd: Hotel "Casa de las Palomas"
Category: Industrial Work Development
1st: Underground Automated Production Room (SAPS)
2nd: Liverpool Distribution Center
3rd: Tecate Sustainable Industrial Park
Infrastructure & Urbanism
Category: Urbanism
1st: Barranca Rehabilitation
2nd: Calle Compartida 16 de Septiembre
3rd: Ameba
Category: Infrastructure
1st: San Marcos Bridge
2nd: Contecon Manzanillo Container Terminal
3rd: Pedestrian Bridge
Special Awards
Category: Accessibility
1st: Chufani Corporation
2nd: UADY Psychology and Economics Departments
3rd: Monterrey Bus Terminal
Category: Social Impact
1st: CRI Building
2nd: Modernizing the Rural Roads
3rd: Urban Community Garden
Category: Innovation in Techniques and Construction Processes
1st: Modular System in Concrete for Permeable Floors
2nd: DeCote Vineyard
3rd: Ameba
Category: Sustainable Building
1st: Sport City Oaxaca
2nd: 7 Eleven
3rd: "Granja Vid" Ecological House
