The designers of tomorrow's iconic architecture have been invited to submit their designs in competition for the MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards 2010.
The designers of tomorrow's iconic architecture have been invited to submit their designs in competition for the MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards 2010.
Previous winners include Foster + Partner's 30 St Mary Axe, Manuelle Gautrand's Citroën showroom Champs-Elysees, and Odile Decq Benoit Cornette Architects Pavilion 8 in Lyon,
The annual awards scheme, which has reached its eighth year, identifies and celebrates good quality architectural design for projects either still on the drawing board or under construction, and is well established as the centrepiece event for architects during the MIPIM conference and exhibition each March.
Paul Finch, the director of the MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards, said, 'The Future Project Awards has an excellent track record of identifying projects which subsequently go on to be both realized and critically celebrated. For example, previous winner St Mary’s Axe was awarded the Stirling Prize just 18 months after being celebrated at Future Projects in Cannes.
'I'm looking forward to viewing this year's entrants. We always see a wide selection of high calibre projects from all over the world, and MIPIM is a perfect opportunity to showcase the highest standards in architectural design.'
The MIPIM AR Future Project Awards are international, with last year's winning schemes hailing from Brazil, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Spain and France, with commended schemes from Kenya, India, Turkey, Qatar, UK, China, Singapore, Jordan, Ireland, Lebanon, Mexico, Italy and Egypt.
The call for entries for the 2010 Awards has now been issued, with nominations welcome in the following categories:
Big Urban projects
Regeneration and Masterplanning
Tall buildings
Mixed use
Offices
Residential
Retail and leisure
There will also be an additional Sustainability prize awarded to one project entered in any of the above categories, and an Overall Winner award will also be announced from among the prize winners. Neither of these categories can be entered separately. An international jury, chaired by Paul Finch, will be announced shortly.
Further details including full entry criteria are available at http://www.mipimarfutureprojects.com/
