In its 18th year, the LEAF Awards were celebrated in the last week of October in Germany, honoring “the outstanding projects and personalities that have made the biggest impact upon the built environment, and the international architectural community.”
The LEAF Awards’ 2019 edition was organized in partnership with ABB, a Swiss-Swedish multinational digital technology leader headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
“The most impressive aspect about this year’s awards was the diversity of entries on show from all over the world,” commented Katrin Förster, Global Key Account Manager for Architects at ABB, in the press announcement. “We saw everything from the renovation of a hut on the outskirts of Scotland, to a coffee shop in Korea, a super modern hotel in Macau, an arena in Senegal, a vinegar museum in China, an exclusive shopping mall in Hamburg to a R&D center in San Francisco. How unique to have such a brilliant array of projects for the judges to choose from! It motivates us, as technology innovators, to work closer with architects and develop solutions that truly help to create the best buildings of the future.”
To learn more about each winning project, head to www.leafawards.arena-international.com ; the website, unlike many design awards’ online presence, provides detailed information about each project (scroll through to the “Winners” section). We invite you to browse through the winning designs, featured below.
THE 2019 ABB LEAF AWARDS WINNERS
>Overall Winner MOZHAO ARCHITECTS, ‘Zishe·Planting Pavilion and Planting Terrace’, Shenzhen, China
>Lifetime Achievement Award
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
>Best Arts & Culture Building Project
OPEN Architecture, ‘UCCA Dune Art Museum’, Qinhuangdao, China
>Best New Start Up Practice Project
Nathanael Dorent + Lily Jencks, ‘Ruins Studio’, Dumfries, Scotland, UK
>Best Tall Building Project
Zaha Hadid Architects, ‘Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre’, Nanjing, China
>Best Regenerative Impact Project
Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, ‘Ford Point Revitalization’, Richmond, California US
>Best Mixed Use Building Project
West-line Studio, ‘Up to the Mountain and Down to the River’, Fuxing Town, China
>Best Residential Building Project – Single Occupancy – Sponsored by LAUFEN
FujiwaraMuro Architects, ‘House in Toyonaka’, Osaka, Japan
>Best Residential Building Project – Multiple Occupancy – Sponsored by LAUFEN
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, ‘Manhattan Loft Gardens (The Stratford)’, London, UK
>Best Interior Design Project
Design Studio MAOOM, ‘Coffee Nap Roasters 2nd’, Seoul, Korea
>Best Commercial Building Project
TCHOBAN VOSS Architects, ‘Große Bleichen 19’, Hamburg, Germany
>Best Hospitality Building Project
STUDIO QI, ‘Annso Hill’, Tengchong, China
>Best Refurbishment Project
Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, ‘Uber Advanced Technologies Group R&D Center’, San Francisco, California US
>Best Public Building Project
Andrew Bromberg at Aedas, ‘Hong Kong West Kowloon Station’, Hong Kong
>Best Achievement in Environmental Performance Project
LUO studio, ‘Longfu Life Experience Centre’, Puyang County, China
>Best Future Building Under Construction Project
ODA New York, ‘Postkantoor’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
>Best Urban Design Project
MOZHAO ARCHITECTS, ‘Zishe·Planting Pavilion and Planting Terrace’, Shenzhen, China
>Best Façade Design & Engineering Project – Sponsored by INOX-COLOR
Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, ‘Center Street Parking Garage’, Berkeley, California US