P/A Awards 2015
John Hill
27. February 2015
Image: ARCHITECT magazine
Five of the six winning projects in this year's Progressive Architecture Awards were designed by World-Architects member firms.
The annual awards for unbuilt and in-progress architectural designs were started in 1954 by Progressive Architcture, a magazine that folded in 1996. Since 2007 the awards have been carried out by ARCHITECT magazine, owned by Hanley Wood.
For 2015, the three-person jury (Ammar Eloueini, AEDS; Jennifer Marmon, PAR; and Thomas Phifer, Thomas Phifer and Partners) favored projects exhibiting "contextual formalism." As described at ARCHITECT, the "jury responded, overwhelmingly, to projects that look outward to find their core principles."
Award: Sylvan Theater
Washington, DC
WEISS/MANFREDI + OLIN
Sylvan Theater by WEISS/MANFREDI + OLIN (Visualization: Weiss/Manfredi + Olin)
Award: Reforma Towers
Mexico City, Mexico
Richard Meier & Partners Architects with Diametro Arquitectos
Reforma Tower by Richard Meier & Partners Architects with Diametro Arquitectos (Vizualization: Vize.com)
Citation: Amager Resource Center
Copenhagen, Denmark
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
Amager Resource Center by BIG (Visualization: BIG/MIR)
Citation: W57
New York, NY
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
W57 by BIG (Visualization: BIG/Glessner Group)
Citation: New Keelung Harbor Service Building
Keelung, Taiwan
Neil M. Denari Architects
New Keelung Harbor Service Building (Visualization: Neil M. Denari Architects)
Honorable Mention: Ordos 20+10 Office Complex
Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China
NADAAA in association with Himma Studio
Ordos 20+10 Office Complex by NADAAA (Vizualization: NADAAA)
More details on the winning projects can be found at ARCHITECT.