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Are These "The World's Best Graduation Projects" of 2017?

Once every two years architecture schools around the world are invited to submit their single, finest graduation project to the Archiprix International competition and exhibition. This year, the event selected Ahmedabad, in India, to exhibit the results. Here Arjen Oosterman, Editor-in-Chief of Volume, reviews the event and the work on display. You can read an interview with the Director of Archiprix, Henk van der Veen, here.

From its inception at the dawn of the millennium (2001), Archiprix International has proved to be an adventure with enormous ambition. To collect, once every two years, the very best graduation projects from architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design schools around the world is no small feat. To comprehensively exhibit this material is also a challenge, and to create a meaningful and productive event around the award session—giving center stage to the selected graduates and their projects—is a task akin to walking a tightrope. And yet, this is what they are achieving.

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The Disappearance of the Architectural Icon: Henk van der Veen on Archiprix International

Once every two years architecture schools around the world are invited to submit their single, finest graduation project to the Archiprix International competition and exhibition. Since its inception in 2001 (born out of the Dutch Archiprix), an ever increasing number of schools choose to participate. This year, Archiprix International selected Ahmedabad, in India, to exhibit the results. Arjen Oosterman, Editor-in-Chief of Volume, spoke to Archiprix Director and "Mister Archiprix" Henk van der Veen.

Moving Landscapes / Matharoo Associates

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DIYA / SPASM Design Architects

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Visitors Entrance Pavilion at Glade One / Khosla Associates

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1102 Penthouse / Apical Reform

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Ahmedabad, India
  • Architects: Apical Reform
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  5000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
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Mondeal Square in Ahmedabad / Blocher Partners India

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The Urbane House / Hiren Patel Architects

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AD Classics: Mill Owners' Association Building / Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier was commissioned by the president of the Mill Owners’ Association to design the organization’s headquarters in Ahmedabad, a city historically active in India’s textile trade. The building is a physical manifesto representing Le Corbusier’s proposal for a modern Indian architecture. Constructed in 1954, the Mill Owners’ Association Building is considered the first of four completed commissions in Ahmedabad.

The Brick House / Hiren Patel Architects

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Ahmedabad, India

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Nirma Vidyavihar / Apurva Amin Architects

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Dual House / VPA Architects

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Ahmedabad, India
  • Architects: VPA Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

The Frill House / Hiren Patel Architects

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Ahmedabad, India
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  9 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

56+55 Sumeru / Vastu Shilpa Consultants

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Courtesy of Vastu Shilpa Consultants

This residential project in Ahmedabad, India by Vatsu Shilpa Consultants follows the metamorphosis of an old vacant rowhouse into a renovated townhouse into a final fusion with the adjoining building. The project began in 2004 and went through several modifications and additions. By 2010, the adjoining house was purchased and 56+55 Sumeru was created.

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AD Classics: Indian Institute of Management / Louis Kahn

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Ahmedabad, India
  • Architects: Louis Kahn
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  1974