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9 aprile 2008
«International media group Emap is inviting architects worldwide to
enter their projects into the World Architecture Festival (WAF)
awards, the biggest architectural awards programme in the world
which will celebrate the work, concerns and aspirations of the
international architectural community. The Festival will take place
in Barcelona, Spain from 22 - 24 October 2008 at the Centre
Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB).
Buildings (whether new, restored, rehabilitated or converted) that
have been completed between 1st January 2007 and 20th June 2008 are
eligible to enter the awards. Entries are invited from 15th April
until 20th June 2008 and architects are encouraged to complete the
simple entry procedure starting at the website
(www.worldarchitecturefestival.com), and then as hard copy. Entrants
will be able to track their submissions via the website as well as
buying Festival visitor tickets, and managing their bookings.
The Awards
The inaugural World Architecture Festival awards will showcase,
compare and contrast an outstanding range of completed buildings
created by a profession which has always looked beyond national
borders to the wider world of architectural culture. Headed by Lord
(Norman) Foster, the international judging panels will comprise
architects, allied professionals, clients and critics, including a
"super-jury", who will decide the ‘best in show’ prize – the first
architectural ‘Prix de Barcelona’. Please see notes to editors for
full jury list. Following the closing date of 20th June,
shortlisting will then be carried out by an international jury
during July. At this stage, 16 buildings will be shortlisted in each
of the competition’s 16 categories (i.e., 256 buildings in total).
All shortlisted architects will then present their work live to
juries and audiences at the Festival, competing against each other
to become category winners.
All entries will be exhibited at the Festival in a huge gallery
modelled on the Barcelona grid, and after the Festival all entries
will be permanently available on-line, on the WAF website. The 16
awards categories are as follows:
Civic; New & old ; Culture Office; Energy, waste & recycling;
Pleasure; Health Production ;Holiday; Religion & contemplation;Home;
Shopping; Learning; Sport ; Nature ;Transport.
The Exhibition
The aim of the World Architecture Festival is to reflect the
increasingly international nature of architecture, while also
celebrating its regional roots.In addition to the awards competition
and gallery, other elements of the Festival will include: a thematic
exhibition, a live ideas charrette for architecture schools, a
curated exhibition of architect-nominated building products, city
tours and social events and plenary lectures.
Sponsors and media partners
Partner sponsors already signed for the first World Architecture
Festival are international multi-disciplinary consultancy Arup, and
international cost and project management consultant Davis Langdon.
Category sponsors already committed include engineering consultants
Buro Happold and Adams Kara Taylor (AKT), and specialist paint
manufacturer Keim. Twenty-six architectural magazines from around
the world are supporting the World Architecture Festival. Editors
will be invited to join the judging panels at the event, the first
time the world’s architectural media have joined forces in this way.
Location
Barcelona has been selected as the location for this prestigious
event, because of its long association with architectural excellence
- from Antoni Gaudí to Enric Miralles. The World Architecture
Festival will be held in the Centre de Convencions Internacional de
Barcelona» (CS)
www.worldarchitecturefestival.com
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