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The quality of the work featured this year was both astounding and inspiring .
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Firm of the Year Winners include :
• Zaha Hadid Architects ( Jurors ’ Choice , Best Large Architecture Firm )
• Studio Toggle ( Jurors ’ Choice , Best Architecture Firm in Africa and the Middle East , Popular Choice , Best Young Architecture Firm )
• Montalba Architects ( Popular Choice , Best Architecture Firm in North America )
• NADAAA ( Jurors ’ Choice , Best Public Projects Architecture Firm )
• Skidmore , Owings & Merrill ( SOM ) ( Popular Choice , Best Sustainable Architecture Firm )
• Jonathan Burlow Architects ( Jurors ’ Choice , Best Young Architecture Firm )
Project Winners include :
• Adjaye Associates ( Winter Park Library & Events Center , Winter Park , Florida , U . S .)
• Neri & Hu Design and Research Office ( The Relic Shelter - Fuzhou Teahouse , Fuzhou , China )
• General Architecture Collaborative ( The Learning and Sports Center , Masoro Village , Rwanda )
• Henriquez Partners Architects ( Pendrell , Vancouver , Canada )
• Kengo Kuma & Associates + Geoffrey Nees ( Botanical Pavilion , Melbourne , Australia )
• SUP Atelier ( Yunzhai Community Center , Yunzhai Village , Changyuan , China )
“ The quality of the work featured this year was both astounding and inspiring . Expressional use of light , color and materiality were
Fyrgani by AKA Architects , Sifnos island , Greece , A + Awards Jury Winner in the Architecture + Color category
Photo credit : Cathy Cunliffe
brilliantly displayed , and I was particularly impressed with projects that managed to successfully balance the critical regiments of various programs seamlessly against existing surrounding context and communities .”
Jason Pugh AIA , AICP , NOMA , LEED AP , Principal , Gensler
In its 10th season , the A + Awards received over 5,000 entries from 100 + countries , including a plethora of innovative projects seeking to address the complex challenges facing the world today — from climate change and the COVID 19 pandemic to urbanization and economic inequity . Notable Jurors included Julie Eizenberg FAIA , FRAIA ( Founding Principal , Koning Eizenberg Architecture ), Jasmit Singh Rangr ( President and Founder , Rangr Studio ), Germane Barnes ( Principal , Studio Barnes ), Suchi Reddy ( Principal , Reddymade ), Yoko Choy ( China editor , Wallpaper * magazine ), and many more .
Winter Park Library & Events Center , Winter Park , Florida , U . S ., by Adjaye Associates , A + Awards Jury Winner in the Libraries category Photos : Dror Baldinger , FAIA
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