Awards

Undulating curvilinear volumes house the Hill Museum

Sanjay Puri Architects

Undulating curvilinear volumes house a small museum & an open amphitheatre along the edge of a small hill in Buldhana, Maharashtra India.

# 2023 # Cultural center (488) # Theater - Auditorium (178) # Memorial (14) # Museum (74)

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Space Crystals Digital Space Museum and Experience Center, a museum dedicated to science and mystery of the space

OPEN Architecture

A digital experience center for education on the mystery of the universe. An enigmatic extraterrestrial-like object, found in the clearing of a seaside park.

# 2023 # Finalist # Cultural center (488) # Exhibition (442) # Museum (74)

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Naera Art Gallery, inspired by traditional lantern craft of Xitang

Scenic Architecture Office

Xitang Naera Art Gallery is a superposed Form-type with an art Gallery on market. It is a landmark, a "super lantern", in a thousand-year-old water town.

# 2023 # Finalist # Commercial - Retail (489) # Public (336) # Exhibition (442) # Bar - Café (82)

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Where people will be immersed in the open cityscape: Green Valley Art Center

Scenic Architecture Office

The Green Valley Art Center in Shanghai is designed with the vision to explore a dynamic experience of multiple interactions for public art activities.

# 2023 # Finalist # Public space (493) # Exhibition (442) # Forum (12)

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James Earl Jones Theatre Annex, a way to enhance and extend the life of the 100 year old landmarked

Kostow Greenwood Architects

The James Earl Jones Theatre project is comprised of two components - restoration of the historic theatre (designed by Thomas Lamb in 1912) and a new Annex.

# 2023 # Cultural center (488) # Theater - Auditorium (178)

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Boston Public Library, a light filled community living room and information hub

Leers Weinzapfel Associates

A complete renovation of Boston's Roslindale Branch Library transforms a 1960s building into a neighborhood hub for the digital age with community learning.

# 2023 # Finalist # Library (153)

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Shanghai Library East, an homage to Chinese culture

Schmidt Hammer Lassen

Inspired by Chinese scholars’ rocks, Shanghai Library East embraces the idea of ‘collection to connection’—80% of its space is dedicated to community activity.

# 2023 # Finalist # Cultural center (488) # Public (336) # Theater - Auditorium (178) # Library (153) # Public space (493)

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The First Italian State Mint, to give value back to heritage

Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia / AF517

Redevelopment and recovery of the first Italian Mint complex, creation of a multifunctional cultural hub, including Museum, the Medal School, and auditoriums.

# 2022 # Finalist # Cultural center (488) # Theater - Auditorium (178) # Offices (964) # Exhibition (442) # Exhibition - Set-up (121)

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Adams Street Library Branch, a public reading area for many decades to come

NADAAA

The Adams Library represents a long and deep collaboration with the neighborhood to build a new equitable and welcoming branch library for their community.

# 2022 # Finalist # Library (153)

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Fan Zhongyan Memorial, floating memories

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Fan Zhongyan’s philosophy of bearing first and enjoying last is translated into building shape and space tour to motivate visitors in memory of Fan.

# 2022 # Finalist # Memorial (14)

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Lishui Guyanhuaxiang Art Center, a tension between aesthetic purpose and urbanity

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More importantly than offering professional art exhibition activities, it is open to the public on a daily basis in local common settings.

# 2022 # Cultural center (488)

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HMC babyn yar holocaust memorial centre, a wide dramaturgical arc

querkraft architects

the babyn yar holocaust memorial center takes it's visitors on a journey having them physically experience the fear and hope of the events of the building site.

# 2022 # Winners # Research center (102) # Exhibition (442) # Memorial (14) # Multifunctional Building - Complex (762)

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