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Now celebrating its 18th year, the prestigious ABB LEAF Awards returned to Germany to celebrate the outstanding projects and personalities that have made the biggest impact upon the built environment, and the international architectural community.

Highlights of the inspirational awards ceremony, held in Berlin, included MOZHAO ARCHITECTS ‘Zishe·Planting Pavilion and Planting Terrace’, Shenzhen, China receiving the honour of Overall Winner 2019. Diller Scofidio + Renfro was also honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The awards included winners of the two new categories Best Arts & Culture Building Project OPEN Architecture ‘UCCA Dune Art Museum’, Qinhuangdao, China and Best New Start Up Practice Project Nathanael Dorent + Lily Jencks ‘Ruins Studio’, Dumfries, Scotland, UK. Other winning categories included Best Future Building Under Construction Project ODA New York ‘Postkantoor’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects receiving three honours with ‘Ford Point Revitalization’, Richmond, California, US winning Best Regenerative Impact Project, ‘Center Street Parking Garage’, Berkeley, California, US, Best Façade Design & Engineering Project and ‘Uber Advanced Technologies Group R&D Center’, San Francisco, California US, Best Refurbishment Project.

Commenting on the awards, Katrin Förster, Global Key Account Manager for Architects at ABB, said:

“The most impressive aspect about this year’s awards was the diversity of entries on show from all over the world. We saw everything from the renovation of a hut on the outskirts of Scotland, to a coffee shop in Korea, a super modern hotel in Macau, an arena in Senegal, a vinegar museum in China, an exclusive shopping mall in Hamburg to a R&D center in San Francisco. How unique to have such a brilliant array of projects for the judges to choose from! It motivates us, as technology innovators, to work closer with architects and develop solutions that truly help to create the best buildings of the future.”

For details of all our 2019 winners, please visit our website. 

The 2019 ABB LEAF Awards winners

Overall Winner
MOZHAO ARCHITECTS, ‘Zishe·Planting Pavilion and Planting Terrace’, Shenzhen, China

Lifetime Achievement Award

Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Best Arts & Culture Building Project

OPEN Architecture, ‘UCCA Dune Art Museum’, Qinhuangdao, China

Best New Start Up Practice Project

Nathanael Dorent + Lily Jencks, ‘Ruins Studio’, Dumfries, Scotland, UK

Best Tall Building Project

Zaha Hadid Architects, ‘Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre’, Nanjing, China

Best Regenerative Impact Project

Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, ‘Ford Point Revitalization’, Richmond, California US

Best Mixed Use Building Project

West-line Studio, ‘Up to the Mountain and Down to the River’, Fuxing Town, China

Best Residential Building Project – Single Occupancy – Sponsored by LAUFEN

FujiwaraMuro Architects, ‘House in Toyonaka’, Osaka, Japan

Best Residential Building Project – Multiple Occupancy – Sponsored by LAUFEN

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, ‘Manhattan Loft Gardens (The Stratford)’, London, UK

Best Interior Design Project

Design Studio MAOOM, ‘Coffee Nap Roasters 2nd’, Seoul, Korea

Best Commercial Building Project

TCHOBAN VOSS Architects, ‘Große Bleichen 19’, Hamburg, Germany

Best Hospitality Building Project

STUDIO QI, ‘Annso Hill’, Tengchong, China

Best Refurbishment Project

Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, ‘Uber Advanced Technologies Group R&D Center’, San Francisco, California US

Best Public Building Project

Andrew Bromberg at Aedas, ‘Hong Kong West Kowloon Station’, Hong Kong

Best Achievement in Environmental Performance Project

LUO studio, ‘Longfu Life Experience Centre’, Puyang County, China

Best Future Building Under Construction Project

ODA New York, ‘Postkantoor’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Best Urban Design Project

MOZHAO ARCHITECTS, ‘Zishe·Planting Pavilion and Planting Terrace’, Shenzhen, China

Best Façade Design & Engineering Project – Sponsored by INOX-COLOR

Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, ‘Center Street Parking Garage’, Berkeley, California US

We would like to thank all of our entrants this year as well as our prestigious ABB LEAF Awards Judging Panel:

Alan Crawford - Architect and Founder, Crawford Partnership Architects – Chairman of the ABB LEAF Awards

Sir Peter Cook - Founder, Archigram & Director, CRAB studio
Roland Bechmann - Managing Director & Partner, Werner Sobek Stuttgart
Anne Becker-Olins - Senior Vice President, Design & Technical Services - Luxury Brands Europe, AccorHotels

Werner Frosch - Director, Henning Larsen

Ciara Gormley - Director - Head of Design, Lodha
Monika Moser - Managing Director, Wilson Associates
Viviana Muscettola - Associate Director, Zaha Hadid Architects
Tateo Nakajima - Director, Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Arup
Javier Quintana - Partner, IDOM Architecture
Alireza Razavi - Founder, Studio Razavi Architecture
Paolo Rossi - Associate Director, Pace
Cees Van der Spek - Public Affairs & Global Corporate Relations Director, OVG

Bernard Storch - Partner, PLP Architecture
Lucy Tilley - Associate Principle UK & Global Projects, Adjaye Associates

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