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Aug 24, 2023

The Chicago Athenaeum announces the International Architecture Awards 2023 for perfection in the world's oldest annual global architecture awards program

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies have unveiled the names of over 150 recipients of the International

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies have unveiled the names of over 150 recipients of the International Architecture Awards 2023. The program takes place every year and aims to acknowledge the most noteworthy and inspiring building and urban planning projects across the globe.

Established in 2005 by The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre, the distinguished awards acknowledge the most notable and inspiring buildings of the year.

The program, in its 20th year now, establishes a worldwide standard for architectural excellence, serving as a benchmark for exceptional architectural accomplishment globally.

The International Architecture Awards are open to any qualified architect for spaces anywhere in the world that exemplify design excellence and architectural ambition and deliver meaningful social impact to the public for which they serve.

An international jury composed of several distinguished designers worked remotely and selected almost 150 submissions from a shortlist of over 850 projects.

The jury for 2023 consisted of: • Karoline Brandfellner, Architect, querkrafts• Roger Christ, Architect, Christ. associated architects• Raffaella Mangiarotti, Architect and Designer• John Marx, Co-founder principal and chief artistic officer, Form4 Architecture• Matteo Bazzicalupo, Architect• Mayer H. Jürgen, J. MAYER H. und Partner, Architekten mbB• Ole Scheeren, Designer• Andrea Tabocchini, Architect

For almost two decades, The International Architecture Awards, organized by The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, remains the world’s oldest and most comprehensive public competition program that promotes the best new architectural design worldwide. The book is edited by Christian Narkiewicz-Laine.

For 2023, participating international firms include: 1+1>2 Architects • 3deluxe / design systems d.s. gmbh • 3XN • a+r Architekten • Adjaye Associates • Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture • Aedas • Aidlin Darling Design • Albertin & Company srl. • Alebel Desta Consulting Architects and Engineers • Anderson Anderson Architecture • Arch-Age-Design (AAD) • Arch. Marco Bay • Archermit • archipool • architect-K • Architecturestudio • Arriz & Co. • Arrowstreet • Arshia Architects • ArquitectonicaGEO • Aspect Studios • Atelier 2a+ • Atelier FUN Architectural Design and Consultants Co., Ltd. • Atelier Ping Jiang | EID Architecture • Atelier XI • AXIA Design Associates • Avighna India LLP • b720 Arquitectos • Barcode Architects • vBauart Architekten und Planer AG • Baumschlager Eberle Architekten SARL • BEHF Ebner Hasenauer Ferenczy ZT GmbH • Behnisch Architekten • Benedetti Architects • Bin Dalmouk Consultants (Sharjah) • Borgos Pieper • Bossley Architects Pty. Ltd. • BVN • C+S Architects • CallisonRTKL Inc. • CCY Architects • Centerbrook Architects and Planners • Chain10 Architecture & Interior Design Institute • China Architecture and Design Research Group • China Construction Design International Co., Ltd. (CCDI) • China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Corp. Ltd. • Chongqing Yueji Architectural Design Office • Civic Architects • College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University • Confluence Landscape Architecture

CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati Lead Architect: Carlo Ratti • Dalu Architecture Design Firm • Dannien Roller Architekten + Partner • Dar Gulf Consult for Engineering Consultancy • Davenport Campbell & Partners Pty Ltd. • Demogo studio di architettura • DPLUS Vietnam •. Desypri & Misiaris Architecture • De Zwarte Hond • Domani Architectural Concepts • Dong Lin Interior Design Construction • DP6 architectuurstudio BV • DP Architects Pte Ltd. • Drom Design, S.L. • DSA Architects International (Dubai) • DS Architecture • Ed Hollander Landscape Architects • Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects • Elkus Manfredi Architects Ltd. • Enota, projektiranje, d.o.o. • Ennead Architects • Estudio Guadiana S.L. • Fentress Architects • Field Conforming Studio • fjmtstudio Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp Pty Ltd.

Fletcher Priest Architects • Fougeron Architecture • Form4 Architecture • Fowler Bauld and Mitchell (FBM) • FOX Architects • FXCollaborative • FYTRON • G+H Ingenieurteam GmbH • gad Architectural (Shanghai) Design Co., Ltd. • GAD Architecture • Garrison Architects • Gensler • granz +zecher architekten GmbH • Garten Studio Kft. • GBCA Architects • General Research Institute of Architecture & Planning Design Co., Ltd. of Chongqing University • Goettsch Partners • grabowski. spork architektur GmbH • GRAFT Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH • H DESIGN • H. Pangalou and Partners • haascookzemmrich STUDIO2050 Freie Architekten PartG mb • HAEAHN Architecture, Inc. • Hariri Pontarini Architects • Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture • Heerim Architects & Planners Co., Ltd. • Henke Schreieck Architekten ZT GmbH • Henley Halebrown Architects • HGA Architects and Engineers • Hill West Architects • hochC Landschaftsarchitektur

Höhler+Partner Architekten und Beratende Ingenieure PartGmbB • HOK • HOLODECK architects ZT GmbH • Huttunen-Lipasti Architects • ikon.5 architects • Ingenhoven Architects • Inrestudio • In Situ Architecture • Iredale Pederson Hook Architects • Irie Miyake Architects & Engineers • Ivry Serres Architecture • J.Mayer.H und Partner, Architekten mbB • James Corner Field Operations • JJP Architects and Planners • John McAslan + Partners • JOHO Architecture • Jonathan Levi Architects • JSa • K-Studio • K2LD Architects Pte Ltd. • Karlsson Architects • Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC. • Kong Xiangwei Studio/Guanzhu Landscape & Plandesign Institute • KPMB Architects • Kris Lin International Design • Kume Sekkei Co., Ltd. • Kunik de Morsier architectes • lab.C.[architecture] • Lemanarc SA • LESS Architects • LOOK Architects Pte Ltd. • LYCS Architecture • Machado Silvetti • MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects • Mao Architectes/Mobile Architectural Office • Mandviwala Qutub and Associates • MAP studio • Marvel (Marvel Architects, Landscape Architects, Urban Designers, PLLC.) • Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, PC. • MDR Architectes • Meiklejohn Architects Inc. • MINARC • MTA+V • Montalba Architects • Moody Nolan Inc. • Mutuo • Napur Architect Kft. • NBBJ • Neeson Murcutt Neille Pty Ltd. • Nolte | Gehrke Partnerschaft von Landschaftsarchitekten mbB • Norm Architects Inc. • Offshoots Landscape Architects • Offtec srl. • OLIN • Olson Kundig Architect • On Architects Inc.• Park Associati • Pascall + Watson • Peter Kuczia Architect • Petitdidierprioux Architectes • Pininfarina of America Corp. • Porras La Casta Arquitectos S.C.P. • Prosser, Inc. • PS_Architetture • Ratio Architects • RECS Architects STP srl. • Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter • Richärd Kennedy Architects • RMP Stephan Lenzen Landschaftsarchitekten GmbH • Rocco Valentini Architecture • RS SPARCH • Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect • Robert Young Architects • Sanjay Puri Architects • Sanyou Architectural Design Firm (Beijing) Co., Ltd. • SCAD (Architectural Design & Research Institute of South China University of Technology Co., Ltd.) • Shanghai ORIA Planning & Architectural Design Co., Ltd. • Shanghai PTArchitects

Shanghai Wuding Landscape Design & Consulting Co., Ltd. • Shay Cleary Architects • Sisson— Architects • Snow Kreilich Architects • Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos • SPEECH architectural office • SSP AG • STARH • ST raum a. Gesellschaft von Landschaftsarchitekten • Dipl.-Ing. Stephan Haan • Studio Benaim • STUDIO ENÉE architects • Steven Holl Architects • Studio Italo Rota • Studio Toni Follina • Studio Saricoletti Architetti Associati • Studio Synthesis architecture & design • Studio VARA • substance • TAA Taillandier Architectes Associés • TAEP+AAP • TAGO Architects • Takenaka Corporation • Tchoban Voss Architects BDA • THAD Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University • The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd. (UAD) • The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT Co., Ltd. • The Institute of Architectural Design & Research Shenzhen University • Tonkin Liu • Tryba Architects • UNITEDLAB Associates • United Units Architects (UUA) • Vikelas Architects, I. Vikelas SA Vtrilloarquitectos S.L. • Vo Trong Nghia Company Limited • Wei engineering • Weiss/Manfredi • Wilson Architecture • WOHA • Wong Tung (Beijing) Architects Limited • Woods + Dangaran • Wood Bagot • WSP Architects Architectural and Interior Consulting • Xiamen Urban Environment Design & Engineering Co., Ltd.

All buildings and urban planning projects can be viewed at www.europeanarch.eu, at www.chi-athenaeum.org or www.internationalarchitectureawards.com.

This elite group of buildings and urban planning projects selected by the jury will be premiered in an exhibition at the newly expanded Contemporary Space Athens (74 Mitropoleos Str., GR-105 63 Athens, Greece) opening September 15 and continuing through September 29th.

The exhibition is entitled “The City and the World” and is scheduled to travel in Europe through 2024.

The official Awards Presentation takes place at a Gala Awards Dinner and Ceremony adjacent to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece on September 15.

For tickets and more information, contact: [email protected] buildings and urban planning projects are also published as a catalogue for Global Design + Urbanism XXIII (New International Architecture 2023) edited by Christian Narkiewicz-Laine for Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. and is available through The European Centre and www.metropolitanartspress.com.

For press information and photographs, contact Jennifer Nyholm, TCA Director of Communications at [email protected] deadline for the 2024 International Architecture Awards is December 1, 2023.

Submissions for 2024 can be made online at www.internationalarchitectureawards.com