The AIA International Region (AIA IR) 2019 Design Awards recognize global excellence in design. The 2019 AIA IR Design Awards were announced to a packed house reception preceding the gala dinner of the annual AIA IR conference held in Shanghai from November 14-17. All award winners, except one (who was getting married!), were in attendance, and they briefly presented their projects to an appreciative audience.
There will follow a special presentation of the 2019 AIA IR Design Awards at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2020 (Architecture ’20) in Los Angeles Saturday May 16, 2020.
The following are the 2019 awards:
Honor Award for Architecture
Integral (Phase 1), Ronald Lu & Partners, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Honor Award for Open International | Architecture
JIFFY Office Building, Russell Dandeniya Intl’l Assoc. AIA, Sri Lanka
Merit Award for Architecture
Robinson Tower, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Singapore
Creekside Clubhouse, Steinberg Hart, Chengdu City, China
Merit Awards for Open International | Architecture
French International School, Claude Godefroy Intl’l Assoc. AIA (Henning Larsen Architects - HK), Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong
Harbour Kiosk, Otto NG Assoc. AIA (LAAB Architect), Hong Kong
Commendations for Open International | Architecture
Manila American Cemetery Visitor Center, Richter Architects, Philippines
Christchurch Central Library, Kristian Ahlmark Int’l Assoc. AIA (Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects) Christchurch, New Zealand
Merit Award for Interior Architecture
Wuxi Vermont International High School, JUND Architects, Wuxi, China
Commendations for Interior Architecture
Onsen Ryokan Yuen Shinjuku, Daishi Yoshimoto AIA (UDS), Tokyo, Japan
Seoul Foreign School Elementary School Library, John Hong AIA, Seoul, South Korea
Merit Awards for Urban Design
Chengdu City Music Hall, Andrew Bromberg Assoc. AIA (AEDAS), Chengdu, China
Floral Court, Kohn Pedersen Fox, London, United Kingdom
Commendations for Urban Design
Guoco Tower, SOM, Singapore
Fuzhou Rongxin Cangxia Parcel Project, JUND Architects, Fuzhou, China
Firm Award
M Moser Associates
The awards also saw the continuation of the Sustainable Future Awards (SFA) that combines design excellence with sustainable design. All projects above selected by the jury for a Merit or Honor award were also eligible for recognition in this category. The AIA IR sponsor and co-initiator of the SFA is the Dow Chemical Company (DOW). In 2017 Dow was named the Official Carbon Partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Sustainable Future Awards
Integral (Phase 1), Ronald Lu & Partners, Guilin, Guangxi, China
Robinson Tower, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Singapore
Creekside Clubhouse, Steinberg Hart, Chengdu City, China
JIFFY Office Building, Russell Dandeniya Intl’l Assoc. AIA, Sri Lanka
French International School, Claude Godefroy Intl’l Assoc. AIA (Henning Larsen Architects - HK), Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong
Jurors for the awards were Gregory Yager, FAIA of GW Design Consulting Group, Michael Lischer, FAIA, ARB of Sport Concepts and Hiromi Hosoya, SIA of Hosoya Schaefer Architects AG. Technical Advisor was Lester Korzilius, FAIA, RIBA of LKA+A.
