CEMEX Announces Winners of the XXIV Building Awards

Written by Katie Watkins
November 06, 2015

CEMEX has announced both the international and national winners of its XXIV Building Awards during a ceremony held in Mexico City. A total of 637 projects competed in the National Edition across 13 categories, while 36 projects competing across five categories participated in the international awards.

This year’s Building Awards honor the best architecture and construction projects built during 2014 that use concrete technologies in creative and innovative ways with a focus on sustainability and social well-being.

In addition to honoring the best projects each year, CEMEX also recognizes an architect or engineer “whose contributions in the world of construction have been valuable and left great lessons to society” through the Lorenzo H. Zambrano Lifetime Achievement Award. This year Rafael Moneo was selected as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for “his invaluable architectural expressions and his contribution to education and construction both in Spain and abroad.”

View the 2015 Building Award Winners after the break.

International Winners

Housing

1st Place: BC House (Mexico)

2nd Place: Urban Living 8010 (Colombia)
Architects: Samper Arenas Umaña LTDA

3rd Place: Villa Materada (Croatia)
Architects: Davor Mateković, PROARH mateković d.o.o.

Institutional – Industrial

1^st Place: Santa María de los Caballeros Chapel (Colombia)}
Architects: Arq. Felipe González Pacheco, Arq. Álvaro Bohórquez, MGP Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Arq. María Andrea Díaz, Arq. Laura Caicedo, Arq. Uriel Rivera, Arq. María Francisca Echeverri, Arq. Camilo Correa, Arq. Santiago Suárez.

2^nd Place: Faculty of Health Sciences (Spain)
Architects: Marta Pelegrín, Fernando Pérez, Mediomundo Arquitectos, Manuel G. Fustegueras, Territorio y Ciudad

3^rd Place: Supernumerario (Puerto Rico)
Architects: Arq. Julián Manríquez Botello, Ale Excia, Ale Mieses, Luisel Zayas, Frances Ortíz

Infrastructure and Urbanism

1st Place: Metro 4 Budapest (Hungary)
Architects: Palatium Stúdió Kft

2nd Place: Cuexcomatitlan's Pier (Mexico)

2nd Place: Mulini Beach (Croatia)
Architects: Studio 3LHD

3rd Place: Palominas Flood Protection and Groundwater Recharge Project (USA)

Special Awards

Congruence in Accessibility

1st Place: Mulini Beach (Croatia)
Architects: Studio 3LHD

2nd Place: Morelos Street (Mexico)

3rd Place: Supernumerario (Puerto Rico)
Architects: Arq. Julián Manríquez Botello, Ale Excia, Ale Mieses, Luisel Zayas, Frances Ortíz

Sustainable Building

1st Place: The Cave (Mexico)

2nd Place: Faculty of Health Sciences (Spain)
Architects: Marta Pelegrín, Fernando Pérez, Mediomundo Arquitectos, Manuel G. Fustegueras, Territorio y Ciudad

3rd Place: SARCO [South American Restaurant Corporation] (Puerto Rico)
Architects: Arq. José Fernando Vázquez Pérez, hacedor:maker/arquitectos