The winners of the 2016 LEAF Awards have been announced. Founded in 2001, the awards ceremony honors innovative architecture projects in 14 different categories dedicated to various aspects of building, including best façade design and engineering, best future building, and public building of the year. The winning projects are recognized as “setting the benchmark for the best in the industry.”
This year's awards include projects by David Chipperfield Architects, Henning Larsen Architects and Ian Ritchie Architects, and a lifetime achievement award for Santiago Calatrava.
Continue reading to see the full list of winners.
Leaf Awards 2016 Overall Winner
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL, London, UK / Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd.
Mixed-Use Building of the Year
Pembury Circus, London, UK / Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects
Residential Building - Single Occupancy of the Year
First Winner: Ramp House, Sao Paulo, Brazil / Studiomk27
Second Winner: Benvenuto House, Truckee, US / Faulkner Architects
Residential Building - Multiple Occupancy of the Year
Xixi Wetland Estate, Hangzhou, China / David Chipperfield Architects
International Interior Design Award
Cannon Lane House, London, UK / Claudio Silvestrin Architects
Commercial Building of the Year
Marseilles Docks, Marseille, France / 5+1AA architectures with JPMorgan and Constructa Urban Systems
Hospitality Building of the Year
Waldorf Astoria Beijing, Beijing, China / Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Refurbishment of the Year
Tea House in Hutong, Beijing, China / Arch Studio
Public Building of the Year
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain / gpy arquitectos
Best Sustainable Development
Hanover Page Mill, Palo Alto, US / Form4 Architecture
Future Building – Drawing Board of the Year
BIO4, Copenhagen, Denmark / Gottlieb Paludan Architects
Future Building – Under Construction of the Year
Kiruna City Hall - The Crystal, Kiruna, Sweden / Henning Larsen Architects
Urban Design of the Year
Qatar Research And Development Complex, Doha, Qatar / Perkins + Will
Best Façade Design and Engineering
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL London, UK / Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd.
Developer and Development Project of the Year
One New Ludgate, London, UK / Land Securities with Fletcher Priest Architects
Lifetime Achievement Award 2016
More information on the awards can be found here.
News via LEAF International.
