IVG, ECE win office and retail accolades at 2013 MIPIM Awards

German companies IVG Immobilien and ECE Projektmanagement have scooped the top office and retail prizes at the 2013 MIPIM Awards in Cannes.

The winners of the 23rd MIPIM Awards were announced at a ceremony held in the main auditorium of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes on Thursday evening.

IVG, the largest German listed company, won the best office and business development award for The Squaire in Frankfurt. The architect is JSK international.

ECE Projektmanagement won the best shopping centre award as developer and architect of Marmara Park in Istanbul.

The privately run company also won the best Futura mega project award, alongside Strabag Real Estate and Bayerische Hausbau for the Milaneo shopping centre development in Stuttgart, Germany, The architects are RKW Rhode Kellermann Wawrowski Architekture + Städtebau in cooperation with ECE architects.

The prize for best industrial & logistics development went to Wastewater Treatment Plant in North Alt Maresme
Pineda de Mar in Spain. The architect is Baena Casamor Arquitectes BCQ and the project developer is Agència Catalana de l’Aigua ACA - Generalitat de Catalunya.

The Isbjerget (Iceberg) in the Danish city of Aarhus was recognised as the best residential development. The developer of the building is PensionDanmark. The architects are Cebra, JDS Architects, SeARCH and Louis Paillard.

King’s Cross in London was awarded the prize for the best refurbished building and the special jury award. The architect is John Mcaslan + Partners, with Arup providing engineering services and Vinci responsible for construction.

The winner in the best hotel & tourism resort category was Baku Flame Towers in Baku, Azerbaijan. The developer is Azinko Development and HOK International is the architect.

The best Futura project went to Culture Casbah in Malmö, Sweden owned by MKB Fastighets. The architect is Lundgaard&Tranberg.

As Turkey was the country of honour at MIPIM 2013, there was a special award for projects in the country. It was won by
Bosphorus City in Istanbul. The developer is Sinpas Gyo, working with architect Mimarlar Workshop.

Akasya Acibadem Lake & Woods Parcels, also in Istanbul, won the People’s Choice Award. The developer is SAF, with the design by Mimarlar. The award goes to the project that got the most pre-MIPIM online votes.

Click on the link below for the official MIPIM Awards announcement