A skyscraper wrapped around itself like new Chinese symbol, an innovative student campus with a structure inspired by the iconography of infinity, and a natural park for the redevelopment of Sydney's suburbs, are the winners of the AAP, American Architecture Prize 2016, which will be officially awarded on October 25 at the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in New York.
The Prize honors designs in the disciplines of architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture with the goal of advancing the appreciation of architecture worldwide.
To received the highest award were the following projects:
- Architectural Design Of The Year: Dan Winey – Shanghai Tower
- Interior Design Of The Year: McBride Charles Ryan – The Infinity Centre, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
- Landscape Architecture of The Year: Turf Design Studio & Environmental Partnership with Alluvium, Turpin + Crawford Studio, Dragonfly Environmental and Partridge – Sydney Park Water Re-use Project
In addition to the Architects of the Year, many other projects were awarded titles of Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honorable Mention across 41 categories. Projects were evaluated based on characteristics of form, function and innovation. A selection of winners include:
- Platinum: Hospitality Interior Design – Antonio Di Oronzo with Times Square Diner
- Gold: Green Architecture – Dan Kaplan, FAIA, LEED AP with Allianz Tower
- Silver: Institutional Architecture – Mecanoo architecten/Sasaki Associates with Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building
- Bronze: Garden Landscape Architecture – Mary Barensfeld with Hilgard Garden
The winners were selected by a panel of esteemed experts including Troy C. Therrien, Curator of Architecture and Digital Initiatives at the Guggenheim Foundation and Museum; Peggy Deamer, Professor of Architecture at Yale University; Ben Van Berkel, Principal of UNStudio and Professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Alan Ricks and Michael Murphy, Founders of Mass Design Group; and many more.
Check the full list of winners here.
