NEW YORK – After winning last week’s MIPIM Residential award two of our prominent projects have just been awarded at the A+ Award set out by Architizer, New York City. The A+ Awards ambition is to profile itself as the Grammys of Architecture, bringing architectural concerns and interests to a broader audience.
“The mission of the Architizer A+ Awards is to remind everyone in the world that they are fans of architecture, even if they don’t realize it. This year’s winners make our job easy. They are projects where noble ambitions match their formal sophistication – they represent the best architecture from across the globe…” says Marc Kushner, CEO of Architizer The Awards will be given out at a red carpet ceremony in New York City in May 2013.
The prizes were appointed by an all-star jury of 200 personalities, among others, Olafur Eliasson, Steven Holl, Rem D Koolhaas, Ian Schrager, Ole Bouman, Iwan Baan and even Elle Macpherson. JDS will take home the Award for the best Sport venue for the Oslo Skijump and together with our collaborators, CEBRA, SeArch and Louis Paillard, the best Residential Award for the Iceberg.
In addition to the awards, Julien De Smedt’s new design capacity, MWA – Makers With Agendas, will go home with two special mentions in the categories of Architecture + Urban Transformation and of Architecture + Mobility for Mike, a new urban bicycle designed as an alternative to our society’s most prominent urban and environmental problem: the car.
On MWA:
MWA – Makers With Agendas is a new design capacity engaged in thinking, producing and distributing design. MWA is co-founded by Julien De Smedt and William Ravn.
MWA – Makers With Agendas addresses today’s world. Through observation, research and (a good amount of) curiosity we discover quirks, peculiarities and insights in unexpected places. We explore new typologies for a new society. All these strands of data are weaved together to lay the foundation for what we believe is nothing but essential in design. Our designs are simple, straightforward and unbiased.
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