The winners of the 2017 Architectural Review MIPIM Future Projects Awards have been announced, with this year’s prizes going to projects from eight countries across 11 categories.
Rex Architecture’s 2050 M Street – commissioned by Tishman Speyer for the heart of the central business district, between Dupont Circle and Washington Circle, Washington, DC – won the Offices category.
Wright and Wright Architects’ Lambeth Palace Library and Archive in London – an occupied wall rising into a compact tower, with a multi-functional public viewing space with views of Westminster over the river Thames – won the Old and New category.
Steven Christensen Architecture’s Liepaja Thermal Bath and Resort in Latvia won the Retail and Leisure category.
Allies & Morrison’s new city, Madinat Al Irfan – a model for sustainable development for growing cities, commissioned by Oman Tourism Development Company, outside capital Muscat – won the Big Urban Projects category
Studio Pei-Zhu’s kiln-style Museum of Imperial Kiln, Jingdezhen, China, the historical home of porcelain, won the Cultural Regeneration category.
Utopia Arkitekter AB’s continued development of New Hovas in the south of Gothenburg won the Regeneration and Masterplanning category.
The Hills at Vallco, Cupertino, US – by Rafael Vinoly Architects PC for Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Sand Hill Property Company – won the Mixed Use category
AndArchitects’ Power Court Stadium – a 22,500-capacity ground for Luton Town FC alongside a major regeneration of the area – won the Sport and Stadiums category.
Tan’ck Architect for Exsim Development’s Ceylonz Suites in Kuala Lumpur won the Tall Buildings category.
Media City in Istanbul – a public, office, and retail development by GAD Architecture for Istanbul Chamber of Commerce – won Jeu d’Esprit category.
PES-Architects’ Sino-Finnish Economic, Trade and Cultural Cooperation Centre in Nanjing won the Innovation category.
Tabanlioglu Architects’ Husame Koklu Women’s Community and Production Centre in Bayburt, Turkey, won the Civic and Community category.
Tabanlioglu Architects also won the Residential category and were overall winners for 2017 with 118 East 59th Street Residences – a 320ft (100m) tower at the nexus of New York’s Upper East Side and Midtown, three blocks from Central Park and Madison and Fifth Avenue.
