AR+D JUDGED.The first ar+d awards have proved to be extraordinarily popular. We had more than 900 entries from over 50 countries worldwide. It became abundantly clear that there is huge interest from all over the planet in an award for architects who are not normally recognized because the contribution of their generation (45 and under) has yet to break into popular consciousness. Judging so many fine entries was immensely difficult. We [+] realized that we were looking at an enormous fountain fountain, natural or artificially conveyed flow of water. In ancient Greece columnar shrines were built over springs and dedicated to deities or nymphs. In ancient Rome fountains fed by the great aqueduct system furnished water in the streets, in the villa gardens, of invention. After much debate, the jury decided to adopt Massimiliano Fuksas's proposal that we should have 20 prizes to record and celebrate the great variety of talent shown on the boards. And, of course, there had to be a first prize winner. So 21 works have been chosen after intense debate. As editor of The Architectural Review The Architectural Review is a monthly international architectural magazine published in London since 1896. Articles cover the built environment which includes landscape, building design, interior design and urbanism as well as theory of these subjects. and chairman of the jury, I was so overwhelmed o·ver·whelm tr.v. o·ver·whelmed, o·ver·whelm·ing, o·ver·whelms 1. To surge over and submerge; engulf: waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline. 2. a. and pleased by the response to our award, and the quality of the entries, that it became clear that we must change the whole publishing programme of the magazine. Full results will be published in a special issue devoted to it in December. These pictures show, I hope, some of the intensity (and fun) of the jury's deliberations. You will have to wait until next month to see what we chose. (+.) The jury was Billie Tsien, of Williams & Tsien, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; David Chipperfield David Chipperfield CBE (born 1953) is an English architect, born in London. He has offices in London, Berlin and Milan, and a representative office in Shanghai. Uncompromisingly modernist in outlook, his practice is driven by a consistent philosophical approach, rather than a , of David Chipperfield Architects, London; Massimiliano Fuksas Massimiliano Fuksas is an Italian architect, born in Rome in 1944. He received his degree in Architecture from the La Sapienza University in 1969 in Rome, where he opened his first office. Subsequent offices were opened in Paris (1989) and Vienna (1993). , of Massimiliano Fuksas Architetto, Paris, Vienna and Rome; Theo Bjerg, Professor at the Danish Royal Academy; Peter Davey, Editor of the AR |
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