In 2019 LEAF Awards, now celebrating its 18th year, 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 Commercial Building Project Große Bleichen 19, Hamburg, Germany by Tchoban Voss (we included in our Best of architecture firms in Germany), 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.
The 2019 LEAF Awards winners
Best Urban Design Project and Overall Winner
MOZHAO ARCHITECTS, ‘Zishe·Planting Pavilion and Planting Terrace’, Shenzhen, China
Zishe·Planting Pavilion and Planting Terrace
Lifetime Achievement Award
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Diller Scofidio + Renfro | Photography: Geordie Wood
Best Arts & Culture Building Project
OPEN Architecture, ‘UCCA Dune Art Museum’, Qinhuangdao, China
OPEN Architecture, ‘UCCA Dune Art Museum’, Qinhuangdao, China
Best New Start Up Practice Project
Nathanael Dorent + Lily Jencks, ‘Ruins Studio’, Dumfries, Scotland, UK
Ruins Studio
Best Tall Building Project
Zaha Hadid Architects, ‘Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre’, Nanjing, China
Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre | Photography: ZHA
Best Regenerative Impact Project
Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, ‘Ford Point Revitalization’, Richmond, California US
Ford Point Revitalization
Best Mixed-Use Building Project
West-line Studio, ‘Up to the Mountain and Down to the River’, Fuxing Town, China
Up to the Mountain and Down to the River
Best Residential Building Project – Single Occupancy
FujiwaraMuro Architects, ‘House in Toyonaka’, Osaka, Japan
House in Toyonaka
Best Residential Building Project – Multiple Occupancy
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, ‘Manhattan Loft Gardens (The Stratford)’, London, UK
Manhattan Loft Gardens (The Stratford) | Photography: Alex Upton
Best Interior Design Project
Design Studio MAOOM, ‘Coffee Nap Roasters 2nd’, Seoul, Korea
Coffee Nap Roasters 2nd
Best Commercial Building Project
TCHOBAN VOSS Architects, ‘Große Bleichen 19′, Hamburg, Germany
Annso Hill
Best Refurbishment Project
Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, ‘Uber Advanced Technologies Group R&D Center’, San Francisco, California US
Uber Advanced Technologies Group R&D Center
Best Public Building Project
Andrew Bromberg at Aedas, ‘Hong Kong West Kowloon Station’, Hong Kong
Hong Kong West Kowloon Station
Best Achievement in Environmental Performance Project
LUO studio, ‘Longfu Life Experience Centre’, Puyang County, China
Longfu Life Experience Centre
Best Future Building Under Construction Project
ODA New York, ‘Postkantoor’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Postkantoor
Best Façade Design & Engineering Project
Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, ‘Center Street Parking Garage’, Berkeley, California US
Center Street Parking Garage
For details of all our 2019 winners, please visit 2019 LEAF Awards website.
