Grande F锚te in Frankfurt as Winners of the 17th ABB LEAF Awards 2018 are Announced
In association with ABB, the 17th annual ABB LEAF Awards have been announced with Zaha Hadid Architects, 鈥楶ort House鈥 in Antwerp, Belgium receiving the honor of 鈥極verall Winner 2018鈥. Sir David Chipperfield was also honoured with the Lifetime Achievement of the year.
The ABB LEAF Awards are judged by some of the world鈥檚 leading experts, including Roland Bechmann at Wermer Sobek; Kai-Uwe Bergmann at BIG; Andrew Bromberg at Aedas; Sir Peter Cook at Crab Studio; Peter Cerno at Cerno Architekten and Alan Crawford at Crawford Partnership.
A full list of the judges can be found . The awards are highly regarded and included Best Tall Building Project Aedas, 鈥楾he Beacon鈥 Hong Kong; Best Regenerative Impact IDOM 鈥楴ew Lecture Room Block鈥 Alioune Diop University, Bambey, Senegal; Best Fa莽ade Design & Engineering Zaha Hadid Architects, 鈥520 West 28th鈥, New York, US, with Austria receiving two honors with INNOCAD Architecture, 鈥楽chaudepot History Museum鈥, Graz, Austria winning the Interior Design Award 鈥 Completed and Future and Best Commercial Building Award with INNOCAD Architecture, 鈥楥UBEND C&P 黑料社区 Office鈥, Graz, Austria.
Commenting on the awards, Katrin F枚rster, International Key Account Manager for Architects and Interior Designers at ABB, said: 鈥淎t ABB our vision is clear; we鈥檙e committed to combining stylish design with smart technology to make the spaces we live, work and relax in, the most comfortable and secure places they can be. Reviewing the 2018 shortlist just shows how much talent is out there, with people using their design skills to create memorable buildings for now and the future.鈥 For details of all shortlisted entrants, please visit our website.
The ABB LEAF Awards 2018 Winners List
- Overall Winner Zaha Hadid Architects, 鈥楶ort House鈥, Antwerp, Belgium
- Lifetime Achievement of the Year Sir David Chipperfield
- Best Tall Building Project Aedas, 鈥楾he Beacon鈥, Hong Kong
- Best Regenerative Impact IDOM, 鈥楴ew Lecture Room Block鈥, Alioune Diop University, Bambey, Senegal
- Best Fa莽ade Design & Engineering Zaha Hadid Architects, 鈥520 West 28th鈥, New York, US
- Residential Building 鈥 Single Occupancy Studio mk27, 鈥楶lanar House鈥, S茫o Paulo, Brazil
- Residential Building 鈥 Multiple Occupancy Studio mk27, 鈥楽omosaguas鈥, Madrid, Spain
- Interior Design Award 鈥 Completed and Future INNOCAD Architecture, 鈥楽chaudepot History Museum鈥, Graz, Austria
- Interior Design Award 鈥 Completed and Future – HIGHLY COMMENDED Spacedge Designs, 鈥楬otel Mono鈥, Singapore
- Commercial Building INNOCAD Architecture, 鈥楥UBEND C&P 黑料社区 Office鈥, Graz, Austria
- Hospitality Building 鈥 Completed and Future anySCALE, 鈥榃uyuan Skywells Hotel鈥, Jiangxi, China
- Hospitality Building 鈥 Completed and Future – HIGHLY COMMENDED Yu Momoeda Architecture Office’Four Funeral Houses鈥, Kasuga, Japan
- Refurbishment Zaha Hadid Architects, 鈥楶ort House鈥, Antwerp, Belgium
- Refurbishment – HIGHLY COMMENDED ARCHSTUDIO, 鈥楾wisting Courtyard鈥, Beijing, China
- Public Building West-line Studio, 鈥楽hui Cutural Centre鈥, Guizhou, China
- Best Achievement in Environmental Performance 鈥 Completed and Future Zaha Hadid Architects, 鈥楰APSARC (King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre)鈥, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Best Future Building 鈥 Under Construction and Drawing Board Margot Krasojevi膰 Architecture, 鈥楽elf-Excavation Hurricane House鈥, Louisiana, US
- Urban Design Project 鈥 Completed and Future Urban Planning & Design Institute of Southeast University, 鈥楲iving Corridor鈥, Suzhou, China
- Mixed Use Building West-line studio, 鈥楪uizhou Fire Station鈥, Guizhou, China