The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced an all-star shortlist of twelve renowned architects - including 2013 Pritzker Prize laureate Toyo Ito and international powerhouse OMA - competing to design their new headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Located on 24,000 square meter site on the banks of Lake Geneva, the 18,000 square meter headquarters will provide an “Olympic campus” of administrative buildings and service for 450 employees.
Come December, the IOC will award one of the following architects £21,000 to develop their designs:
- Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
- OMA
- Jean Marc IBOS - Myrto Vitart
- XDGA - Xaveer De Geyter Architecten B.V.B.A
- Brasil Arquitetura
- Groupe3 Architectes
- Amanda Levete Architects
- Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
- PIUARCH S.r.l
- 3XN
- Diller Scofidio & Renfro
- Farshid Moussavi Architecture
News via International Olympic Committee, BDOnline
