Brit Insurance Design Awards 2011

Architecture

Its time once again to look back at the best architecture of the last 12 months. The Brit Insurance Design Awards, in conjunction with the Design Museum London have produced a list of 14 buildings it feels represents the height of architectural achievement from the last year, to be voted on over the next month, with the winner being announced March 15th.

Architectural Nominees, 2010:

1111 Lincoln Road
Robert Wennett, Herzog & De Meuron

A Forest for a Moon Dazzler
Benjamin Garcia Saxe

Balancing Barn
MVRDV + Mole Architects for Living Architecture

Burj Khalif
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) for EMAAR

Concrete Canvas Shelters
Peter Brewin, William Crawford and Phillip Greer

Ladakh Commonwealth Peace Pavilion and Classroom
Sergio Palleroni, Basic Initiative

Media-Tic Building
Enric Ruiz-Geli, Cloud 9

Nottingham Contemporary
Caruso St John Architects for Nottingham City Council

Open Air Library Magdeburg
Karo Architekten, Architektur+Netzwerk for Landeshaupstadt Magdeburg

Stonebridge Hillside Hub
Edward Cullinan Architects, for Hyde Housing Association/Hillside Action trust

Tape Installations
Numen, for Use

UK Pavilion, Shanghai Expo 2010
Thomas Heatherwick Studio

University of Oxford: Department of Earth Sciences
Wilkinson Eyre Architects for University of Oxford

Vitrahaus – Weil am Rhine
Herzog & De Meuron for Vitra Verwaltungs GMBH

Void House
Gon Zifroni + POM-Archi

[Brit Insurance Design Awards 2011]

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