DETAIL Prize 2012
The winners of the DETAIL Prize 2012 have been chosen: Architects from 45 countries submitted a total of 589 projects for the DETAIL Prize 2012. This is the fifth time that the contest, which aims to highlight impressive projects from around the world, has been held. Once the editorial team had carried out its initial selection, the top-class jury and 3,894 DETAIL readers chose their favourites: The jury selected the project Residence Vitznau by Lischer Partner Planer AG as their winner, while the Readers' Prize went to Portuguese architects' office Pitágoras for its project Platform of Arts and Creativity. On 22 November 2012, both projects will be honoured at the award ceremony at the Schlosshotel im Grunewald in Berlin.
Residence Vitznau by Lischer Partner (photograph by Roger Frei)
Platform of Arts and Creativity by Pitágoras (photograph by Pitágoras)
The DETAIL Prize 2012 also sought to identify impressive and architecturally-challenging projects with innovative features and a coherent overall concept. The editorial team had its work cut out analysing and evaluating the 589 entries. The top 25 projects were chosen and presented to the distinguished jury and readers.
The international jury, comprising David Chipperfield, Odile Decq, Norman Foster, Jürgen Mayer H., Richard Meier, Volker Staab and Graham Stirk, professionally evaluated the entries and chose the Residence Vitznau by Lischer Partner Architekten Planer AG as the winner of the DETAIL Prize 2012.
The nominated projects were presented on the DETAIL website for one month. Each reader could vote once online for their favourite project. A total of 3,894 architects and architecture-lovers voted for their favourite projects. The project Platform of Arts and Creativity by Pitágoras - Arquitectura e Engenharia Integradas, Lda, proved the readers' favourite and will therefore be awarded the DETAIL Readers' Prize.
The winners will be honoured at the exclusive award ceremony on 22 November 2012 in Berlin, where the winners will meet high-profile figures from the international architectural and cultural scenes as well as leading researchers, politicians and industrialists.
The DETAIL Prize highlights the importance of architecture for society and promotes the role of architects in public, as well as networking among architects, industrialists, developers and politicians. The Detail Prize is backed by the co-promoter, the world-leading BAU 2013 trade fair, and the main sponsor, Josef Gartner GmbH.
Nominated projects
You will find a detailed presentation of all nominated projects here: detailpreis.detail.de
Wind-dyed house, Yokosuka Kanagawa, Japan
acaa / Kazuhiko Kishimoto
Chapel in the woods, Pannonhalma, Hungary
CZITA Architects
adidas Laces, Herzogenaurach, Germany
kadawittfeldarchitektur
Visitor Information Centre Messel Pit, Germany
landau + kindelbacher architekten – innenarchitekten GmbH
Riverside Museum, Glasgow, Great Britain
Zaha Hadid Architects
EFH Vitznau, Vitznau, Switzerland
Lischer Partner Architekten Planer AG
Vennesla library, Vennesla, Norway
Helen & Hard AS
Villa Vauban museum – museum of art of the city of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Diane Heirend & Philippe Schmit architects
Pädagogische Hochschule, Chur, Switzerland
Architekturbüro Horváth
Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Stump & Schibli Architekten BSA
Administrative Regional Center for the Development of local Alabaster, Hijar (Teruel), Spain
Magén arquitectos
Goethe-Institut, Santiago de Chile, Chile
FAR frohn&rojas
Kronenraumforschungsturm, Hornungstal bei Trippstadt, Germany
.pg1 architekten
Tramdepot Bern, Switzerland
Penzel Valier AG
Hip House, Zwolle, Netherlands
Atelier Kempe Thill
Temporary Dormitories for CDC Nursery School, Mae Sot, Thailand
Line Ramstad, Albert Company Olmo, Jan Glasmeier
Visitor centre Puez Geisler nature park and primary school in Villnöß, Italy
Burger Rudacs Architekten
Islamic cemetery Altach, Austria
Architekt DI Bernardo Bader
Heustadlsuite Taxhof, Bruck, Austria
meck architekten
Woodwalk Showroom, New Delhi, India
vir.mueller architects
Technical university of Munich – Building 0505, Munich, Germany
Hild und K Architekten
Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, Berlin, Germany
Max Dudler
1 Bligh Sydney, Sydney, Australia
ingenhoven architects
Platform of Arts and Creativity, Guimarães, Portugal
Pitágoras - Arquitectura e Engenharia Integradas, Lda
Jury
David Chipperfield, David Chipperfield Architects, London/Belrin/Milan/Shanghai
Odile Decq, Odile Decq Benoit Cornette architectes urbanistes, Paris
Norman Foster, Foster + Partners, London/Abu Dhabi/Hong Kong/Madrid/New York
Jürgen Mayer H., Jürgen Mayer H. Architekten, Berlin
Richard Meier, Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP, New York/Los Angeles
Volker Staab, Staab Architekten GmbH, Berlin
Graham Stirk, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, London/Madrid/Sydney/Shanghai
