The names of the winners of the eighth edition of the Dedalo Minosse Prize have been announced. By rewarding architectural works that have already been constructed, this unique event puts the emphasis on the client, a player that is often underestimated when we talk about architectural achievements and forget that high quality works can only originate from an exemplary collaboration between the promoter and the designer.
The response to this edition of the Prize was great: 700 submissions were received and 340 projects were admitted to the selection, from 52 different countries.
The winners will receive their awards in June at the CISA, the Andrea Palladio International Centre of Architectural Studies.
Here are the four winners in the four different categories:
Dedalo Minosse International Prize for Commissioning a Building
Client: BMW AG
Project: Coop Himmelb(l)au, Wolf D.Prix / W.Dreibholz & Partners ZT GmbH
Title: BMW Welt, Munich
Construction: 2007, Munich (Bavaria), Germany
Premio Internazionale Dedalo Minosse alla Committenza di Architettura -OCCAM Under 40
Client: Silva Family
Project: Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz
Title: Grid House
Construction: Serra da Mantiqueira (São Paulo, Brasil)
Premio ALA - Assoarchitetti
Client: Gmina Miejska Krakow, Zarzad Budynkow Komunalnych, Sindaco: Jacek Majchrowski
Project: Claudio Nardi (capogruppo) and Leonardo Maria Proli
Title: Mocak, Museum of contemporary art Krakow
Construction: 2010, Krakow, Poland
Premio ALA - Assoarchitetti Under 40
Client: Comune di Valle Aurina
Project: Stifter + Bachmann
Title: Centro Sportivo di San Martino
Construction: 2007, Comune di Valle Aurina (Bolzano), Italia
