ABB LEAF Awards Judging Panel announces winners

[London, United Kingdom]: During a glittering awards ceremony at the stylish Nobu Hotel Portman Square, London, the ABB LEAF Awards Judging Panel revealed the winners of 19 categories. Celebrating the highest standards in international architectural design, the 2020/21 awards received its largest number of entries to date across 17 categories.

The overall winner was the remarkable Atlas, Eindhoven University of Technology, by Team V Architecture, while Ms Francine Houben, Founding Partner and Creative Director of MECANOO Architects, has been recognised as 2020/21 Lifetime Achievement Winner for her outstanding contribution to the industry over the years.

We would like to wholeheartedly thank our judges for their diligence and expertise and we thank our headline partner ABB and category sponsor Inox Color for their support.

Katrin Foerster , International Key Account Manager said: ‘It has been a great journey of discovery to learn about such high quality design in the many different corners of the world.’

 

Most Innovative and Impactful Design of Engineering or Technology (NEW)

Obayashi Corporation, MITEJIMA Building, Osaka City, Japan

Best Façade Design & Engineering Project – Sponsored by INOX COLOR

Behnisch Architekten Boston, Harvard University Science and  Engineering Complex (SEC), Massachusetts, USA

 

Best Achievement in Environmental Performance Project

Team V Architecture, Atlas – Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

 

Best Arts & Culture Building Project

gad, Mountain & Sea Art Museum, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China

KAAN Architecten, Utopia – Library and Academy for the Performing arts, Aalst, Belgium

The Design Institute of Landscape and Architecture China Academy of Art, City Lounge of Zhongshan Road, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China

 

Best Commercial Building Project

UNK Project, “Academic” Business Center, Russia, Moscow

 

Best Future Building Under Construction Project

Atelier Ping Jiang / EID Arch, The Panda Pavillions, Chengdu, China

 

Best Hospitality Building Project

Aedas, Yi by Jereme Leung, the Raffles Hotel, Singapore

 

Best Interior Design Project

SANJAY PURI Architects, OFFICES@63, Mumbai, India

 

Best Mixed Use Building Project

NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD, Museum Tower Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

 

Best New Start Up Practice Project

ABVM Studio, Ti kay là, Anse-à-Pitres, Haiti

 

Best Public Building Project

Atelier Ping Jiang / EID Arch, LAND Community Center, Xi’an, China

 

Best Refurbishment Project

Provencher_Roy, Montréal Tower, Montréal, Canada

 

Best Regenerative Impact Project

MAD Architects, Tunnel of Light, Echigo-Tsumari, Japan

 

Best Residential Building Project – Multiple Occupancy

UNITEDLAB Associates LLC, Hadohilljo Townhouse, Jeju-do, S-Korea

 

Best Residential Building Project – Single Occupancy

Studio MK27, House on the Sand, Bahia, Brazil

 

Best Tall Building Project

Zaha Hadid Architects, Leeza SOHO, Beijing, China

 

Best Urban Design Project

Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University, Wanzai Ancient City

 

Lifetime Achievement Winner

Ms Francine Houben, Creative Director and Founder MECANOO

 

Overall Winner

Team V Architecture, Atlas – Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

 

The ABB LEAF Awards Judging Panel

Anis Abou-Zaki, Partner, Foster and Partners
Roland Bechmann, Managing Director and Partner, Werner Sobek AG
Sir Peter Cook, former Director the Institute for Contemporary Art, London and Bartlett School of Architecture at University College; Founder of Archigram
Alan Crawford,  Architect and Founder, Crawford Partnership
Dong Danshen, Chairman and Chief Principal Architect, Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University
Juan Du, Principal, IDU_architecture
Werner Frosch, Partner at Henning Larsen Architects; Managing Director Munich, Henning Larsen
Manuela Gatto, Associate Director, Zaha Hadid
Michael Heenan, CEO and design lead, AJ+C Architects and Urban Designers
Monika Moser/Jese Medina Suarez, Managing Director, Europe, Campbell House
Tateo Nakajima, Director | Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Arup
Javier Quintana, Architect, Managing Director, IDOM
Alireza Razavi, Director, Razavi Studio
Dr Yael Reisner, Architect, Yael Reisner Studio
Cees van der Spek, Public Affairs & Global Corporate Relations Director, EDGE Technologies
Bernard Storch, Partner, PLP Architecture
Han Wenqiang, “Associate Professor, School of Architecture of CAFA; Founder & Chief Architect, ARCHSTUDIO”

 

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