result
best architects 24
award
Jury confers 8 golds
The «best architects 24 award»
has been decided. As in previous years, the jury again had a large number of
outstanding works to choose from. Remarkable this year was once again the high number of
renovations and additions. A task that is becoming more and more important and
at the same time a great challenge, which the architects face with a lot of
creativity and passion. It is therefore not surprising that this category is
now one of the most awarded. But impressive works were also awarded in the
other categories, which tell a great deal about the development of recent
architecture. With great pleasure in experimentation, unusual solutions are
developed that inspire and culturally enrich our society.
The
jury consisting of David Brodbeck (Kirchheim unter Teck), Silvia Schellenberg-Thaut (Leipzig) and Mark Ziörjen (Zurich) honoured 79 projects with the best architects 24 award. An
additional 8 projects received the distinction best architects 24 in Gold for
their outstandig quality.
See the winners in the gallery here
«What actually makes a building a good
building? Or, in our case, a building worthy of being awarded a prize? The
large number of projects submitted suggested the need for a compass. Firmitas,
utilitas and venustas – that is, strength, usefulness and beauty – are the
criteria that Vitruvius proposed as standards to be fulfilled by a good
building or good architecture. They can thus offer a possible benchmark, in
particular as this triad should ideally stand side by side on equal footing.
This means that a building should be considered as a whole without weighting
these criteria differently, and thus any warehouse or bus shelter is likewise
entitled to its own form of beauty. Beauty, the property that is perhaps the
most difficult to evaluate, is crucial to the aesthetic acceptance and thus the
durability of a building, and yet it is an aspect that is rarely addressed in
debates on sustainability. Buildings that impressed us during the judging
process possessed a high degree of constructive rationality, functional
suitability and design independence.»
David Brodbeck Jury of the «best architects 24 award»