30 BUILDINGS BATTLE TO WIN “WORLD’S BEST BUILDING” (RIBA International Prize)

30 BUILDINGS BATTLE TO WIN “WORLD’S BEST BUILDING” (RIBA International Prize)

VIA at West 57th. BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group). 2016, New York City

RIBA has announced its shortlist of buildings for a new International Prize. Thy were selected to compete for a prize that the organizers say will go to “the most significant and inspirational building of the year.”

Entries were submitted from 50 countries and projects from more than 20 countries are represented in the diverse shortlist. Architect Billy Tsien from New York City firm Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects will join an international jury chaired by Richard Rogers and also featuring Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi from NLÉ, Marilyn Jordan Taylor FAIA, the dean of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Fine Arts, and Philip Gumuchdjian, founder of Gumuchdjian Architects and Chair of RIBA Awards.

PARK ROYAL on Pickering. WOHA Architects Pte Ltd. Singapore.

The RIBA awards committee will visit the 30 selected projects this summer before naming 20 winners of the RIBA Awards for International Excellence. An additional judging round will provide the six finalists to be assessed by the grand jury, which will visit each project in the autumn after which the winner of the “the Best Architecture in the World” will be announced in December 2016.

Any qualified architect or practice can enter the prize and there are no restrictions on the scale, budget or program of the projects, meaning that civic spaces and large-scale infrastructure projects are up against private residential buildings and academic institutions.

RIBA hopes that the prize will provide a starting point for an international conversation about the role and significance of architecture in modern society.

 Heydar Aliyev Centre. Zaha Hadid Architects. 2012, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Museo Jumex. David Chipperfield Architects. 2013, Mexico City, Mexico

Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies. Mangera Yvars Architects, 2015 Doha. Qatar

Sancaklar Mosque. Emre Arolat Architects. 2012, Büyükçekmece, Turkey

The full list of the selected buildings below:

1)    Heydar Aliyev Centre. Zaha Hadid Architects. 2012, Baku, Azerbaijan.

2)    PARK ROYAL on Pickering. WOHA Architects Pte Ltd. Singapore.

3) Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies. Mangera Yvars Architects Ltd. 2015, Doha, Qatar

4) Jockey Club Innovation Tower. Zaha Hadid Architects. 2014, Hung Hom

5) Sancaklar Mosque. Emre Arolat Architects. 2012, Büyükçekmece, Turkey

6) VIA at West 57th. BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group). 2016, New York City

7) Europaallee Baufeld E. Caruso St John Architects. 2013, Zurich, Switzerland

8) Rundeskogen. dRMM Architects, Helen and Hard Architects. 2013, Stravanger

9)Oita Prefecture Art Museum. Shigeru Ban Architects. 2014, Oita, Japan.

10) Fulton Center. Grimshaw, HDR, Page Ayres Cowley Architects. New York, USA.

11) Tula House. Patkau Architects. 2015, Heriot Bay, Quadra Island, Canada

12)Tula House. Patkau Architects. 2015, Heriot Bay, Quadra Island, Canada

13)Buenos Aires Ciudad Casa de Gobierno. Foster + Partners. 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina

14) Culture House Rozet. Neutelings Riedijk Architects. 2013, Arnhem, Netherlands

15) Saint Louis Art Museum. David Chipperfield Architects. 2013, St Louis, USA

16) The Ring of Remembrance, International WWI Memorial of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. Agence d’architecture Philippe Prost. Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France.

17) Saint Trinitatis Catholic Church. Schulz und Schulz. 2015, Leipzig, Germany

18) SkyTerrace. SCDA Architects Pte Ltd. 2015, Singapore

19) St Angela’s College Cork. O’Donnell + Tuomey. 2015, Cork, Ireland

20) Stormen Concert Hall, Theatre and Public Library. DRDH Architects. Bodø, Norway.

21) UTEC. Grafton Architects. 2015, Lima, Peru

22) Dlr Lexicon. Carr Cotter & Naessens. 2014, Dún Laoghaire Co. Dublin, Ireland,

23) Andong Hospital. Rural Urban Framework. 2013, Baojing County, China

24) Fine Arts Museum of Asturias. Francisco Mangado, Mangado y Asociados. 2015. Oviedo, Spain

25) Museo Jumex. David Chipperfield Architects. 2013, Mexico City, Mexico

26) Invisible House. Peter Stutchbury Architecture. Hampton Australia.

27) Arquipelago Contemporary Arts Centre. Menos é Mais Arquitectos Associados. 2015, Ribeira Grande, Portugal.

28) European Hansemuseum. Studio Andreas Heller Architects & Designers. 2015, Lübeck, Germany

29) Farming Kindergarten. Vo Trong Nghia Architects. 2013, Bien Hoa City, Vietnam

30) Office Building, Moganshan Road. David Chipperfield Architects. Hangshou, China.

SOURCE: architectonicsandstyle.com