The annual LEAF Awards winners have been announced in London, with Australia’s shortlisted projects missing out to an almost exclusively European list of winners.
Held in association with Emirates Glass, and now in its 9th season, the awards seek to honour the architects designing the buildings and solutions that are setting the benchmark for the international architectural community.
The awards are open to all individuals and organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to the world of architecture. Previous winners have included Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield, SOM, Steven Holl and Terry Farrell.
Australian entrants shortlisted were NH Architecture’s Myer redevelopment in Bourke Street and Kavellaris Urban Design’s Jewel, both Melbourne projects, and Hassell’s Ecosciences Precinct in Queensland.
The 2011 winners
OVERALL WINNER
OBR, Open Building Research for Milanofiori Residential Complex, Milan, Italy (pictured below)
SPECIAL COMMENDATION AWARD:
The University of Naples Subway Station by Karim Rashid Inc for Comune di Napoli (Municipality of Napoli) Metropolitana di Napoli
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING OF THE YEAR (SINGLE OCCUPANCY)
Studio mk27, punta house, Punta Del Este, Uruguay, (client confidential)
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING OF THE YEAR (MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY)
OBR, Open Building Research for Milanofiori Residential Complex, Milan, Italy
COMMERCIAL BUILDING OF THE YEAR
ESTUDI MASSIP-BOSCH ARQUITECTES, Diagonal ZeroZero Telefonica Tower, Barcelona, Spain, Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona
MIXED-USE BUILDING OF THE YEAR
TODD Architects, The Boat, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Harry Dougherty
INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN AWARD
RHWL Architects, St Pancras Renaissance Hotel London, Manhattan Loft Corporation
INTERNATIONAL OFF-SITE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Populous, London 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority London, UK
YOUNG ARCHITECT
dEMM arquitectura, PAULO FERNANDES SILVA, Living Foz Porto, Portugal, J Camilo, lda (pictured below)
BEST STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF THE YEAR
schmidt hammer lassen architects, The Crystal København, Denmark
PUBLIC BUILDING OF THE YEAR — JOINT WINNERS
- Diaz & Diaz Arquitectos, Building of Control CCS, Outer Harbour of Ferrol, Port Authority of Ferrol — San iprian, Galicia, Spain
- Steven Holl Architects, Cite de L’Ocean et du Surf, Biarritz, France, City of Biarritz
Steven Holl Architects, Cite de L’Ocean et du Surf
Diaz & Diaz Arquitectos, Building of Control CCS
BEST SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED INTO A BUILDING
JSWD ARCHITEKTEN, Q1 Building, ThyssenKrupp Quarter Essen, Germany, ThyssenKrupp AG, Essen with Chaix & Morel et Associes
BEST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN KEEPING WITH ITS ENVIRONMENT
LAN, EDF Archives Centre, Bure-Saudron, France, EDF
Images of winners via WAN
