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Architecture award winners announced

The prize winners of the DETAIL Prize 2007 have now been announced.

Out of the 264 entries from 30 nations, jury members Markus Allmann (Allmann Sattler Wappner Architects, Germany), Carlo Baumschlager (Baumschlager & Eberle, Austria), Andrea Deplazes (Bearth & Deplazes, Switzerland), Lutz Heese (President of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects) and Christian Schittich (DETAIL editor-in-chief) have chosen the winning project and the special prize winners in the following categories: wood, concrete, plastic, energy efficient building and students.

The prizes will be handed over to the winners at the DETAIL Symposium on 18 January 2007, held during the BAU 2007 trade fair in Munich, where high-profile speakers will provide a comprehensive overview of current and future architecture, building materials, technologies, new materials and material research. The renowned architect Ben van Berkel (UN Studio) from Amsterdam will be present at the DETAIL Symposium as a special guest.

The DETAIL Prize 2007 Winners and Symposium Speakers:

DETAIL Prize 2007 (€ 5,000)
Dietz Joppien Architekten, Frankfurt a. M. / UFO loft and commercial building in Frankfurt a. M., Germany

Special Prize for Concrete (€ 2,000)
David Chipperfield Architects, London/Berlin / Literaturmuseum der Moderne in Marbach, Germany

Special Prize for Wood (€ 2,000)
Niizeki Studio, Tokyo / Residence in Yachimata in Chiba-Pref, Japan

Special Prize for Plastic (€ 2,000)
NAP Architects, Tokyo / Lanvin Boutique Ginza in Tokyo, Japan

Special Prize for Energy Efficient Building (€ 2,000)
Dietrich Schwarz, Zurich / Alterswohnen project in Domat/Ems, Switzerland

Special Prize for Students
Bergit Hillner, Zurich / Schaum (foam) project (€ 1,000)
Dorothea Kind and Mathias Stritt, Zurich / Shaxi Temple in China (€ 500 each)

Special Prize (€ 1,000)
Kengo Kuma, Tokyo / Chokkura Plaza Project in Takanezawa-City, Japan

Published on Sapling: November 2006

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