Internationaal vallen er elk jaar heel wat architectuurprijzen te verdelen. Ook het Belgische architectenbureau VK werd dit jaar beloond op het World Architectura Festival voor hun projectsontwerp van het Binh Chanh Pediatric Hospital in Vietnam. Wij hebben de belangrijkste onderscheidingen en hun laureaten voor u samengebald in dit overzicht. Hierbij ook twee Belgische prijswinnaars: VK Studio voor een ziekenhuis in Vietnam en De Gregorio & Partners voor het Gallo-Romeins Museum in Tongeren.
1. Riba Stirling Prize 2011
De Evelyn Grace Academy in London door Zaha Hadid Architects.
De Evelyn Grace Academy door Zaha Hadid Architects2. Pritzker Prize 2011
Eduardo Souto de Moura. (Portugal)
3. European Prize for Architecture 2011
GRAFT Architekten (Duitsland)
4. Royal Gold Medal 2012
Herman Hertzberger (Nederland)
5. AIA Gold Medal 2012
Steven Holl (U.S.)
6. Premium Imperiale Award 2011
Ricardo Legorreta (Mexico)
7. World Architecture Festival
World Building of the Year: Media-ICT, Barcelona, Spain door Cloud 9, Spain
Future Project of the Year: Hanimaadhoo International Airport, Maldives door Integrated Design Associates Limited, Hong Kong
Structural Design of the Year: 8 Spruce Street - Beekman Tower, New York, USA door Gehry Partners, LLP, USA
ONCE Foundation Award for Accessibility: Museum of Memory and Tolerance, Mexico City, Mexico door Arditti + RDT arquitectos, Mexico
People's Choice Award, supported by OpenBuildings : Memorial house Todor Proeski, Krushevo, Macedonia door Syndicate studio, Macedonia
WAF Building of the Year: Media-ICT, Barcelona, Spain door Cloud 9, Spain Completed Buildings - Civic and Community: Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church, Springdale, USA door Marlon Blackwell Architect, USA
Completed Buildings – Culture : Shima Kitchen, Tonosyotyo, Japan door Atelier Ryo Abe, Japan
Completed Buildings – Display: Norwegian Wild Reindeer Center Pavilion, Hjerkinn, Norway door Snøhetta
Completed Buildings – Health: Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal, Arnhem, Netherlands door Architectenbureau Koen van Velsen, Netherlands
Completed Buildings – Holiday: Raas Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India door The Lotus Praxis Initiative, India
Completed Buildings – House: Small House, Sydney, Australia door Domenic Alvaro, Australia
Completed Buildings – Housing : 8 House, Copenhagen, Denmark door Bjarke Ingels Group, Denmark
Completed Buildings – Landscape : A Mother River Recovered - The Sanlihe Greenway, Qian'an, China door Turenscape, China
Completed Buildings – Learning : Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom door Stanton Williams, United Kingdom
Completed Buildings - New and Old : Puzzle Piece, Canary Islands, Spain door Romera y Ruiz Arquitectos, Spain
Completed Buildings – Office: Media-ICT, Barcelona, Spain door Cloud 9, Spain
Completed Buildings - Production, Energy and Recycling: Waste Treatment Facility, Vallès Occidental, Spain door Batlle & Roig Architects, Spain
Completed Buildings – Shopping : Decameron, Sao Paulo, Brazil door Studio MK27, Brazil
Completed Buildings – Sport: Speed Skating Stadium, Inzell, Germany door Projektarbeitsgemeinschaft Behnisch Architekten Pohl Architekten, Germany
Completed Buildings – Transport: Kurilpa Bridge, Brisbane, Australia door Cox Architecture, Australia
Completed Buildings – Villa: InBetween House, Karuizawa, Japan door Koji Tsutsui & Associates, Japan
Future Projects – Commercial : Wadi Rum Resort, Jordan door Oppenheim Architectrure + Design, USA
Future Projects - Competition Entries : Glacier Discovery Walk, Jasper National Park, Canada door Sturgess Architecture, Canada
Future Projects – Cultural: Zhang Da Qian Museum, Neijiang, China door Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, Spain
Future Projects – Education: Women's Opportunity Center, Kayonza, Rwanda door Sharon Davis Design
Future Projects - Experimental Projects : The Tower of Nests, Shanghai, China door Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture AB, Sweden
Future Projects – Health : Binh Chanh Pediatric Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam door VK, Belgium + 2050 A+P & Nhat My, Vietnam
Future Projects – Infrastructure: Hanimaadhoo International Airport, Maldives door Integrated Design Associates Limited, Hong Kong
Future Projects – Landscape : Shoreline Walk, Beirut, Lebanon door Gustafson Porter
Future Projects – Masterplanning : West Kowloon Cultural District Conceptual Plan, Hong Kong door Rocco Design Architects Ltd, Hong Kong
Future Projects – Residential : Wafra Living, Kuwait door AGi Architects, Kuwait
Binh Chanh Pediatric Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam door VK, Belgium + 2050 A+P & Nhat My, Vietnam 8. Archdaily Building of the Year Award 2010
Categorie Cultural : Denmark Pavilion for Shanghai 2010 door BIG
Categorie Educational : The Diana Center at Barnard College door Weiss Manfredi
Categorie Houses : Hunsett Mill door ACME
Categorie Collective Housing : 60 Richmond Housing door Teeple Architects
Categorie Hotels & Restaurants : Temporary Bar door Diogo Aguiar & Teresa Otto
Categorie Industrial : Laposa Winery door Atelier Peter Kis
Categorie Interiors : Closet House door Consexto
Categorie Institutional : Vodafone Headquarters door Barbosa & Guimaraes
Categorie Museums & Libraries : North Carolina Museum of Art door Thomas Phifer
Categorie Center Offices category : Vakko Headquarters & Power Media door REX
Categorie Public Facilities : Bridge in Esch door Metaform Architects / T6-Ney & Partners
Categorie Refurbishment : Urban Outfitters Corporate Campus door Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle
Categorie Religious : Tampa Covenant Church door Alfonso Architects
Categorie Sports : Richmond Olympic Oval door Cannon Design
Vodafone Headquarters door Barbosa & Guimaraes 9. Be Inspired Awards 2011
Connecting Project Teams : Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Innovation in Asset Lifecycle Information Management : Southern Company
Innovation in Bridges : HDR, Inc., T.Y. Lin International, and Jacobs Engineering
Innovation in Building : UNStudio
Innovation in Campuses, Airports, and Military Installations : Mott MacDonald - Arup Joint Venture
Innovation in Communications Networks : Precision Contracting Services, Inc.
Innovation in Construction : Jacobs
Innovation in Generative Design : HOK and PLP Architecture
Innovation in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering : Jan De Nul NV
Innovation in Government : Port of Helsinki
Innovation in Mining and Metals : SEI Engenharia Ltda
Innovation in Multimedia : i-TEN Associates
Innovation in Power Generation : L&T - Sargent & Lundy Limited
Innovation in Process Manufacturing : Qatar Petroleum
Innovation in Rail and Transit : Hatch Mott MacDonald
Innovation in Roads : Beam, Longest and Neff, L.L.C.
Innovation in Structural Engineering : Stopford Projects Ltd
Innovation in Utility Transmission and Distribution Networks : ENMAX Power Corporation
Innovation in Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants : CDM
Innovation in Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Networks : General Directorate of IZMIR Water and WasteWater Authority
10. European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA)
Gallo-Romeins Museum in Tongeren van De Gregorio & Partners
Het Gallo-Romeins Museum in Tongeren van De Gregorio & Partners won de Eureopean Museum of the Year Award 2011 en haalde het hierbij van grote kleppers als het Magriite Museum in Brussel en het Casa das Histórias Paula Rego van Souto de Moura. (Foto: Philippe Van Gelooven)