Awards

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, conceived as a modern temple integrated into the rustic landscape

ikon.5 architects

The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is a 1115 sm museum honoring the sacrifice of military personnel who courageously gave of themselves in conflict.

# 2023 # Cultural center (485) # Exhibition (440) # museum (72)

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Hong Kong Palace Museum, to connect Chinese culture with a global audience

Rocco Design Architects Associates

The Hong Kong Palace Museum is a center for Chinese art and antiquities that will hold over 900 objects, including 160 national treasures.

# 2023 # Finalist # Cultural center (485) # Public space (490) # museum (72)

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Return to the origin of architecture: Xi'an TOMORROW NOW Art Exhibition Hall

GEEDESIGN

The project completes the unified narration with the ultimate expression of spatial limitation, and establishes the unique perception.

# 2023 # Community residential (150) # Public space (490) # Exhibition (440)

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Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center, warm, rustic colors and natural materials

GWWO Architects

The sensitive & sustainable design of the new visitor center places the focus on the peak’s stunning landscape and views that inspired “America the Beautiful.”

# 2023 # Finalist # Cultural center (485) # Public space (490) # Design (221) # Tourist complex (38) # museum (72)

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Nanjing Shangqinhuai International Cultural Exchange Center, an ideal location to appreciate the beauty of the wetlands

Kris Yao | Artech

The cultural center, comprising an exhibition center and a conference hall, showcases the beauty of wetland while bringing forth the vitality of the city.

# 2023 # Finalist # Cultural center (485) # Exhibition (440) # Conference centre (49)

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Han Pao-Teh Memorial Museum, a space of peace and serenity

Kris Yao | Artech

With the concept of 'a cube within a cube', the memorial museum pays homage to Han Pao-Teh, a seminal figure of modern architecture in Taiwan.

# 2023 # Exhibition (440) # Memorial (14)

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Quinta Montes Molina, blending with the existing environment

MATERIA

QMMCC is a disruptive set of new programs integrating a XIX C “Quinta” a fresh take bringing together art, history, community under a clear tectonic identity

# 2023 # Cultural center (485)

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La Cité des Climats et des Vins de Bourgogne, history, culture, and wine heritage

[siz'-ix] architectes

This innovative construction is inspired by the tendrils of a vine coiling around its trellis. It's a landscape-building promoting wine heritage of Burgundy.

# 2023 # Finalist # Cultural center (485) # Public (334) # Exhibition (440) # Landscape (161) # Green (145)

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The MET Galleries for Ancient Near Eastern and Cypriot Art, to celebrate the formative cultural, artistic, and intellectual achievements of a region

NADAAA + Moody Nolan

This project balances an urban approach within The Met, an inclusive view of the ancient collection's narratives, as well as a progressive material attitude.

# 2023 # Finalist # museum (72)

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Lhasa Thangka Museum, the ambition to reconcile modernity and tradition

AND Studio

Set against the foothills, Lhasa Thangka Museum is organized in the manner of a Tibetan monastery, with an emphasis on dialogue with the mountain and the sky.

# 2023 # Finalist # Cultural center (485) # Public (334) # museum (72)

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The renovation of the Winter Olympics Community of Beijing

Deng Xiangyu，Gao Baojiang，Tang Guoxiu，Gao Yongqiang

The Winter Olympics Community Comprehensive Cultural Center is a comprehensive service center integrating exhibition, communication, sports, and leisure.

# 2023 # Cultural center (485)

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The Future of Us Pavilion, inspirated by a walking under the foliage of lush trees in the tropics

SUTD Advanced Architecture Laboratory

The Future of Us Pavilion evokes a dialogue with nature by blending an intricate form made of a perforated metal skin fluidly with its adjacent environments.

# 2023 # Finalist # Exhibition (440)

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