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The first two days of the World Architecture Festival
2013 have been intense. Keynotes by Charles Jencks and Dietmer Eberle
and several other lectures filled the auditorium and festival hall
stage, while hundreds of architects watched the live “crits,” during
which firms presented their projects in front of the festival jury and
an audience. Following these two days the winners of each category were
finally announced, and today the super jury will choose the World
Building of the Year, followed by a lecture by Sou Fujimoto.
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The winners have been revealed at the World Architecture Festival 2013
Awards in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. An art gallery in Auckland, New
Zealand, has been designated the World Building of the Year, beating off
competition from 12 shortlisted entries in the Culture category, before
triumphing over the festival’s other category winners.
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Entries were welcomed in a variety of
categories, spanning completed buildings, landscape projects and future
projects. First place in the Housing category went to the 28th Street
Apartments in south Los Angeles, designed by Koning Eizenberg
Architecture.
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The Statoil regional and international
offices at Fornebu, Norway, won the Office category. An untraditional
office building, it emphasises Scandinavian values of democracy and
social equality.
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University of Exeter: Forum Project was designed by Wilkinson Eyre
Architects of London. Winner of the Higher Education and Research
category, the Forum's orientation and arrangement and its adjacent
landscaped piazzas respond to the contours of a hillside setting.
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Inspired by shapes found in nature, Denmark’s new national aquarium, the
Blue Planet, triumphed in the Display category. The building, by 3XN, is
located on an elevated headland north of Kastrup Harbour.
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The award for the Religion category went to Emre Arolat Architects for
the Sancaklar Mosque, Turkey.
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Fontys Sports College in the Netherlands is a social sports facility
design. It forms the catalyst for turning Eindhoven’s Genneper Parks
into a sport estate. Designed by Mecanoo International it took first
place in the Schools category.
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Located in Hyllie, Malmo - within a box, following the urban pattern of
the area - is Emporia, designed by Wingardh Arkitktkontor AB, winner of
the Shopping category.
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Winner in the Villa category was Namly House, Singapore, by Chang
Architects. The brief to the architect was a tropical house in
reinforced concrete, a deck where the owner could rest and gaze upon the
scenery.
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CitizenM Bankside by Concrete Architectural Associates, for Dutch hotel
group citizenM, is located in Southwark, London, and is winner of the
Hotel and Leisure award.
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