The UIA 2030 Award, a partnership with UN Habitat, promotes the work of architects that contributes to the delivery of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The first cycle of a biennial awards programme to run through 2030, the competition invited architects around the world to submit entries for built projects which demonstrate design quality and have made significant contributions towards achievement of some of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Submissions were received from 125 projects in 40 countries. The competition was conducted in two stagesand 43 Regional Finalists were selected to go through to Stage 2, at which point entrants were invited to submit a short video illustrating their building in use together with further information in support of their entries. CATEGORY 1: OPEN CATEGORY Jurors chose not to award a winner in this category and elected instead to highly commend the following 6 projects: Village Lounge of Shangcun in Shangcun Village, Jixi County, China, by SUP Atelier of THAD (otherwise known as the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University)Warm Nest Project of Zoige in Xiare’er Village, Zoige County, China by the China SouthwestArchitectural Design and Research Institute CorporationGreenfield Factory of Karupannya Rangpur in Alamnagar, Bangladesh, by Nakshabid ArchitectsNaidi Community Hall, in Savusavu, Vanua Levu Island, Fiji, by CAUKIN StudioEnghave Climate Park in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Third Nature (Tredje Natur)Beaufort West Clinic, in Beaufort West, Western Cape Province, South Africa, by Gabriel Fagan Architects |
