CEMEX has unveiled the international finalists for the XXIII Building Awards, which aim to recognize the best architecture and construction internationally. Spanning across three categories, the awards recognize housing, institutional/industrial and large-scale infrastructure projects that were built during 2013 and stand out for their constructive solutions, aesthetics and innovative techniques.
Both the international and national winners will be announced on November 5. Read on after the break for the international finalists and check out our coverage on the Mexican finalists for the XXIII Building Awards here.
Category: Housing
CR House / H+H Arquitectos / Bogotá, Colombia
Squared House / Arq. Luis Guillermo Vélez / La Calera, Colombia
Natura Building/ Arq. Juan Felipe Cadavid Vásquez, Arq. Carlos Andrés García B. / Cali, Colombia
Cerro Alto / Ingenieros Estructurales Consultores Asociados / Escazú, Costa Rica
Roble Sabana Tower / Ingenieros Estructurales Consultores Asociados / San José, Costa Rica
A 2008 ZG / NOINarhitects, Arq. Nikolina Ivanović / Zagreb, Croacia
TerraEsperanzas Building / Legorreta + Legorreta / Guatemala, Guatemala
Villa de Asturias House / ARDACO Soluciones Arquitectónicas / La Esperanza, Guatemala
Voladizo House / Hurtado Arquitectos / Managua, Nicaragua
Yoo Panamá by Starck / Bettis Tarazi Arquitectos S.A. / Panamá, Panamá
701 Londoño Residence / Arq. José A. Rosado, AIT, AIA Assoc. / San Juan, Puerto Rico
Colinas del Viento Two Level Houses / Unidad de Proyectos Grupo Bak / Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Soho Residences / Selman & Asoc., Arq. Rafael Selman / Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Category Institutional - Industrial
Business Building of "Hidroelektrana na Drini" Company /MIT-arh d.o.o., Arq. Siniša Tatalović, Arq. Ognjen Krašna, Arq. Branislav Mitrović / Višegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Horizont Center / A+B arhitekti d.o.o., Arq. Milan Aleksić, Arq. Maja Milić Aleksić / Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Arena da Amazonia / gmp architekten / Manaos, Brazil
Click Clack Hotel / Plan B Arquitectos / Bogotá, Colombia
Trauma Hospital / Consorcio Consultécnica Prodiana / San José, Costa Rica
University of Costa Rica Continuing Education Building / Ingenierías JL / Montes de Oca, Costa Rica
Río Perdido Hotel / Apestegui- Blair Consultores / Bagaces, Costa Rica
Kindergarten Kustošija / PROARH TRI d.o.o., Arq.Davor Mateković / Zagreb, Croacia
"Nohemí Morales de Arjona" Arts School / Arq. Rodolfo Solares / San Agustín Acasaguastlán, Guatemala
Atlas Capital / BUSINESS ART, Arq. Mladen Krekić / Podgorica, Montenegro
Pool Jadran / STUDIO GRAD d.o.o., Arq. Veljko Radulović, Arq. Branislav Gregović, Arq. Dorđe Gregović / Herceg-Novi, Montenegro
Nursery and Kindergarten Bijelo / Arhing inženjering d.o.o., Ph.D. Rifat Alihodžić / Bijelo Polje, Montenegro
Esteli Multicenter / Arq. Kelton Villavicencio / Esteli, Nicaragua
Biomuseo / Frank Gehry & Associates / Panamá, Panamá
MMG Tower / Forza Creativa / Panamá, Panamá
Bernardino Cordero Bernard High School / V Architecture PSC / Ponce, Puerto Rico
VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic / Arq. Enrique Figueroa Hernández / Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Multifunctional Auditorium GONG / Ing. Arq. Josef Pleskot / Ostrava - Vítkovice, Czech Republic
Arte San Ramón / Ben & Jáquez, Arquitectos Urbanistas / Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Sampeng 2 / Arq. Jirapat Sawangsub / Bangkok, Thailand
Category: Infrastructure and Urbanism
Colombia Ave. Underpass / Arq. Elly Burkhart / Cali, Colombia
La Calzada Granada, Short Slabs Project / Arq. Denis Sang / Granada, Nicaragua
Panamá City Metro / Sener ( underground section and workshops ) and Tylin (elevated section) / Panamá, Panamá
Cinta Costera III / Juan Herreros Arquitectos S.L. / Panamá, Panamá
Protection for Dock Breakwater Extension / Projmors Gdańsk / Świnoujście, Poland
Portuguese Dam, Portuguese and Bucana Rivers Project / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / Ponce, Puerto Rico
Shetland Gas Plant / Morrison Construction / Sullom Voe, UK
Terminal 2, The Queen's Terminal Heathrow Airport Phase 1 / Foster & Partners, Luis Vidal & Associates, Pascall & Watson / London, UK
Lee Tunnel, Phase 1 Shaft and Tunnel Works / London, UK
La Romana Beltway / Constructora Norberto Odebrecht S.A. / La Romana, Dominican Republic
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