The World architecture festival – Barcelona 2008
The inaugural World Architecture Festival awards will showcase, compare and contrast an outstanding range of completed buildings created by a profession which has always looked beyond national borders to the wider world of architectural culture.
The Festival, which will take place in the Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB) Barcelona, Spain over three days, from 22 – 24 October 2008, will include the biggest architectural awards programme in the world.
To date the first annual World Architecture Festival Awards have received over 700 projects from 63 countries around the world. And from the frist selection process, 224 buildings from 43 countries will compete against each other in 16 awards categories which are: Civic, Culture, Energy waste & recycling, Health, Holiday, Home, Learning, Nature, New & old Office, Pleasure, Production, Religion & contemplation, Shopping, Sport, and Transportation.
Headed by Lord (Norman) Foster, the international judging panels will comprise architects, allied professionals, clients and critics, including a “super-jury”, who will decide the best in show prize – the first architectural ‘Prix de Barcelona’.
Below are some of the buildings that will be included in the selection for the winner in their category.
Sports Category – Kensington Oval, the Barbados cricket ground by: Arup Associates.
Culture – Oslo Operahouse, Norwegia by: Snøhetta.
Nature – Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum, USA by: Weiss/Manfredi .
Transport – Castleford Bridge, United Kingdom by: McDowell+Benedetti.
Shopping – La Vache Noire Shopping Centre, France, by: Groupe 6.
Private House – IJburg house, Netherlands, by: Marc Koehler Architects.
Via: World Architecture Festival
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