International Architecture Awards presented in Athens

The autumn of 2017 will see presentation of plenty of international architecture awards. First of all, on August 18 theChicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Designand theEuropean Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studiesannounced the winners of theInternational Architecture Awards. Here are some of the figures:75 winning projects, selected from among over300 entrantsfrom all five continents and fully28 different countries.
The awards ceremony will be held on September 8 during a gala evening at theContemporary Space Athens, which will also see the opening of a travelling exhibition "The City and the World" featuring the award-winning projects.

The judges of theInternational Architecture Awardshave selected projects on different scales offering a complete overview of the architects’ work and a demonstration that quality architecture is not entirely a matter of major projects and big budgets. The long list of winners includes only one Italian project,Il Maggiore Events Centre in VerbaniabySPA Architect.
Many of the winning projects have already been presented in Floornature, including:

TheWaterfront Pavilion, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia byFrancis-Jones Morehen Thorp(fjmt)

The Quest, a home in Swanage, UK designed byStröm Architects.

TheAlesia Cinemain Paris byManuelle Gautrand Architecture.

The42 Barretts Grovehomes in London byAmin Taha Architects, which were alsoshortlisted for the Riba Stirling Prize.

TheUniversity of Iowa Visual Arts BuildingbySteven Holl Architects.

Grace Farmsin New Canaan, Connecticut - USA bySANAA.

(Agnese Bifulco)