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| All the awards at the XII Buenos Aires International Biennial of Architecture BA09 |
The traditional award ceremony at the International Biennale of Architecture BA09 in its twelfth edition was held on Saturday 10th, October, at the Hydro Hall at the Recoleta Cultural Center {Centro Cultural Recoleta}. The awards were presented by members of the Cayc Committee to the Argentine and foreign architects who exhibited their recent work from October 3rd to 12th at the Recoleta Cultural Center. The winners of the contests organized by CAYC were honored as well.
Awards to Successful Achievements were presented in the first place. The International Achievement Award was given to the architect Hans Hollein from Austria, while the Latinamerican Achievement Award was given to the architect Laureano Forero from Colombia. The Argentine Achievement Award was awarded to GGMPU Arquitectos Firm, from Córdoba.
Afterwards, the International Work Award was presented, which was shared between architects Alberto Campo Baeza from Spain, the Benetton School, Carlos Zapata from the U.S., Cavanaugh Firm from Chicago, Snohetta Firm from Norway, and the Library of Alexandria.
Consuelo Ciscar from Spain received the Award to an Urban Proposal for her Art and Planning Project for the City of Valencia.
The Young Generation Award was given to the architect Angelo Bucci from Brazil in the International category, and to KLM Firm (Kelly, Lestard, Maldonado), within the National Category.
With regard to the awards to the exhibitions of the Twelfth Buenos Aires International Biennale, the best Argentine multimedia presentation was for Estudio Grimberg/Duek/Iglesias, which included the production of Luis Campos. The best International multimedia presentation was for Marcelo Joulia from France.
The best collective exhibition was “Current Russian Architecture” of the Russian Architects Society. The award for the Best Design Exhibition was for “Chairs' Collection”, organized by the Architect Supplement of Clarin newspaper.
CICA Awards
The International Committee of Architectural Critics -CICA- also had their place at the awards through CICA Awards. The first prize in the category Art & Sculpture was for Clorindo Testa with his work Cliptodonte. The second and third award followed -Martín Blasco for the Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner, and Pablo Dompé for Katuri.
The CICA International Architecture Award was for Jarmund/Vigsnaesi Firm, from Norway, for a school in Oslo. The Gold Medal was for BMV Architects Firm, from Switzerland, for their work Floating Bridge in Geneva, and the Silver Medal was for Alberto Campo Baeza, for the Memorial Museum, from Granada.
The First Prize for Argentine Architecture was awarded to Hampton/Rivoira Firm, for the Voliere Building. The Golden Medal was awarded to Adamo/Faiden Firm, and the Silver Medal was awarded to the Rosarian architect Diego Arraigada and Johnson-Marklee Firm.
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