Shortlist Revealed for LEAF Awards 2012

The 9th Emirates Glass LEAF Awards for architectural excellence have revealed its 2012 shortlist of entries. This year's judging panel comprises architects Irving Brauer (chairman, principal of Brauer Associates), Phil Holden (managing director of Pascall+Watson architects), Lucy Bullivant (architectural curator, critic, author), Paolo Brescia (partner of Open Building Research), and Kasia Fiutowska (founding partner of Sketch Design). The final category winners will be announced in London this September.

The 2012 award shortlist includes:

Residential Building of the year (Single Occupancy)

Sou Fujimoto Architects, with House like a single Tree, Tokyo, Japan

Studiomk27, with Cobogo House Sao Paulo, Brazil

Peter Rose & Partners, with East House, Chilmark, Massachusetts, US

Architectureburo Govaert & Vanhoutte, with House Roces, Bruges, Belgium

Sanjay Puri Architects, with Courtyard House, Rajasthan, India

 

Residential Building of the year (Multiple Occupancy):

Studio Daniel Libeskind, DCA Architects PTE Ltd, with Reflections at Keppel Bay, Singapore

Rafiq Azam, with SA Residence, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Gonzalo Mardones Architecture Studio, with Ignacia Apartments, Santiago, Chile

Tabanlioglu Architects Melkan Gursel & Murat Tabanioglu, with Loft Gardens, Levent, Istanbul

 

Mixed – Use Building of the year:

Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects, with Tidemill Academy & Deptford Lounge, Deptford, UK

Steven Holl Architects, with Daeyang Gallery & House, Seoul, South Korea

 

Commercial Building of the year:

Vittorio Grassi Architetto & Partners, with Koà Zambon Company Restaurant, Bresso, Italy

David Chipperfield Architects, with Peek & Cloppenburg Flagship Store Vienna, Austria

Mossessian & Partners, with 5 Merchant Square, London, UK

WOW Architects, with Vivanta Hotel, Bangalore, India

Tabanlioglu Architects Melkan Gursel & Murat Tabanioglu, with Asmacati Shopping &meeting point, Balcova, Turkey

Peter Rose & Partners, with Housing Tower at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, US

 

International Interior Design Award:

Billard Leece Partnership & Bates Smart with HKS, with The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Isay Weinfeld, with Rodeio Restaurant, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Hironaka Ogawa & Associates, with Forest Chapel, Gunma, Japan

Kay Elliott, with Titanic Belfast, Belfast, UK

 

Refurbishment of the year:

Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects, with The Granary, London, UK

Magma Architecture, with Masrah Al Qasba Theatre, Emirate of Sharjah, UAE

Pepe Gascon Arquitectura, with Sant Miquel Special Education School, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.

Hugh Broughton Architects, with Maidstone Museum East Wing, Kent, UK

 

Young Architect of the year award:

Marco Guarnieri, with 2 Whites Grounds, London, UK

Zai Shirakawa, with Enbutsu-do Hall & Eifuku-ji Temple, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan

Martin Gruenanger, with Green Knot, Graz, Austria

 

Public Building of the year:

Studio Daniel Libeskind, with Dresden Museum of Military History, Dresden, Germany

Stephen Marshall Architects, with Rothschild Foundation Archive, Waddesdon, UK

Isay Weinfeld, with Hotel Fasano Boa Vista, Porto Feliz, Brazil

GPY Arquitectos, with SEGAI Research Centre, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Sou Fujimoto Architects, with Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Tokyo, Japan

Billard Leece Partnership & Bates Smart with HKS, with TheRoyal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

 

Best Sustainable Development:

Magma Architecture, with London Shooting Ranges, Woolwich, London, UK

Iotti + Pavarani Architetti, with Domus Technica (centre for advanced training), Brescello, Italy

Paolo Verducci Architetti, with New Headquarters for Archimede Solar Energy, Massa Martana, Italy

Arup Associates, with Druk White Lotus School, Shey, India

 

Best Future Building:

3XN Architects, with Green School Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

Aedas Limited, with Oasis Mall, Sanya, China

Mossessian & Partners, with Place Lalla Yeddouna, Fez, Morocco

MZ Architects, with The Rock Stadium, Al Ain, UAE

Aedas Limited, with CX 2-1, Singapore

Aedas Limited, with Express Rail Link West Kowloon Terminus, Hong Kong, China

Skidmore Owings + Merrill, with Manhattan Loft Gardens, London, UK

Sanjay Puri Architects, with Chapel at Murcia, Murcia, Spain

Victor Sala Bori, with Landscraper, Castelldefels, Spain

 

All images courtesy of LEAF Awards 2012.