Click on right here to enter the 2021 A+Awards in the present day and get your finest initiatives acknowledged by communities world wide.
Architizer’s A+Awards — a worldwide program designed to acknowledge the globe’s finest structure and merchandise — was born in 2012 on the again of 1 key perception: that nice structure is for everybody. For too lengthy, discussions about structure have been caught in an echo chamber occupied by architects, architectural critics and teachers who would alternate ideas on the constructed surroundings whereas 99 % of those that inhabit it daily remained on the sidelines.
It was essential, then, to create an awards program that will interact the general public like by no means earlier than. Utilizing the ability of the web, social media and a wealth of different platforms, the A+Awards was designed to deliver structure to the lots on this trendy digital age whereas getting the most effective designers on the planet the popularity they really deserve.
At the moment, it’s the world’s greatest architectural awards program.
As Architizer invitations entries for the ninth Annual A+Awards earlier than the Remaining Entry Deadline of April twenty third, we have a look again at how far this pioneering program has come and the very thrilling highway it’s headed on this yr. Maintain on to your hats — that is the epic story of how nice design grabbed the highlight …
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9 Years of Wonderful Structure
All of it started on October 9, 2012, when Architizer founder Marc Kushner introduced a distinct type of competitors, declaring: “Sufficient with that echo chamber the place architects inform different architects which architects they like. The trade wants to interrupt out, and the A+Awards are designed to do it.” And so it did. In its first yr, the A+Awards launched with over 200 jurors from the world of structure, design, know-how and growth. With 87 massive winners and a bunch of attendees together with vastly vital cultural figures from President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia to clothier Thom Browne, the A+Awards had already peaked the curiosity of many, all throughout the globe.
The next yr, A+Awards for building-products have been launched, giving an unprecedented stage for producers and types to have their merchandise celebrated on a world stage. In doing so, the A+Awards successfully foreshadowed the Architizer that we’re so proud to be in the present day: a platform for cross-disciplinary neighborhood and a strong device for architects to analysis building-products. With every passing yr, extra submissions and an ever-increasing media presence have made the A+Awards the most important awards program of its variety for the constructed surroundings.
Final yr, the A+Awards attracted 400,000 public votes from greater than 100 nations and territories, together with entries from over 100 nations and over 200 complete winners. Fueled by particular options on Architizer Journal and an viewers of tens of millions on social media, complete media impressions for successful initiatives topped 300 million. This quantity continues to develop at an incredible charge, and the potential for additional enlargement within the digital period is extremely thrilling for architects, their purchasers and us, right here at Architizer.
2021: Celebrating Structure All over the place
Final yr’s program might be a difficult yr to high, however with new concepts and contemporary collaborations, we’re able to make this the most effective A+Awards but! Listed here are some highlights to look out for this yr:
+ Going World
This yr, the A+Awards program goes really world. To be able to give your spectacular work the highlight it deserves, we might be utilizing our lovely weblog Architizer Journal and our social media following of greater than 4 million individuals to present your initiatives extra worldwide publicity than ever earlier than. In doing so, the awards might be extra accessible and significant to native communities, worldwide.
+ A Larger, Higher Ebook
To wholeheartedly enact our purpose of going world, we may even be creating a bigger hardbound ebook in partnership with The Monacelli Press, one of many world’s high specialist publishers of architectural works. Larger and more and more encyclopedic in its nature, the 2021 version of “The World’s Greatest Structure” will function an evergreen useful resource and echo Architizer’s bigger purpose of training architects to create higher buildings, higher cities and higher worlds. Enter now for an opportunity to be included in in the present day’s most complete information to the globe’s best architectural initiatives.
+ New Classes
Final however not least, the 2021 A+Awards options contemporary new classes that not solely acknowledge gorgeous design work world wide, but additionally the rising improvements of architects responding to probably the most urgent challenges of in the present day. This yr’s well timed new classes embrace awards for Structure +Well being, Structure +Surroundings, Structure +New Know-how and Structure +Low Value Design — learn extra in regards to the new and extremely sought-after Plus Awards right here.
The ninth Annual A+Awards program is totally accessible to all architects, with two awards devoted to every class. One is awarded on votes forged by our record of over 250 wonderful jurors, a stellar line-up of luminaries from the worlds of design, know-how, media, enterprise and extra, whereas the opposite is set by tons of of 1000’s of votes from most of the people. Every of those awards is taken into account equal in significance, and each are determined wholly by counting the votes.
2021 may be your yr! Enter earlier than April twenty third to be part of this worldwide motion and have your work celebrated amongst in the present day’s most revolutionary structure throughout each a part of the globe.
Click on right here to enter the 2021 A+Awards in the present day and get your finest initiatives acknowledged by communities world wide.
Prime picture: Al Musalla – The Mosque – Al Hosn Space by DCT Abu Dhabi, 2020 A+Award Jury Winner within the Structure +Ceilings class.