Architekturpreis Beton 2008 Announces Winners of German Concrete Competition

The 17th Concrete Architecture Awards, organized by the Federal Association of the German Cement Industry, raised to the highest level of excellence this year. The competition called for entries in cooperation with the Federation of German Architects (BDA).

The Concrete Architecture Award was created in 1974 to honor out-of-the-ordinary concrete constructions. Alongside the optimum combination of design and construction, the most important criterion for the award is the harmonious integration of the building into the surrounding built-up area or landscape.

This time, the jury, presided by renowned Hamburg-based architect Jan Störmer, had to judge 121 entries. Seldom, so the judges, were the outstanding entries so close to each other like in this year. Thus, the separation between prizes and citations is rather fluent. Three prizes were given, as well as four citations.

PRIZES 2008:

Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart
Architects: Ben van Berkel / UNStudio, Amsterdam
Client: DaimlerChrysler Real Estates, Berlin
Completion: March 2006

www.unstudio.com

Residence and Collection Boros, Berlin
Architects: Realarchitektur, Berlin: Jens Casper, Petra Petersson, Andrew Strickland
Client: Christian Boros, Wuppertal
Completition: December 2007

www.jenscasper.com
www.realarchitektur.de

“Rescue me, Cilli!” - Reconstruction of a farm house, Viechtach
Architects: Studio für Architektur, Peter Haimerl and Jutta Görlich, Munich
Clients: Peter Haimerl and Jutta Görlich, Munich
Completion: February 2008

www.urbnet.de

CITATIONS 2008:

Documentation and Information Center of the Bergen-Belsen Memorial
Architects: KSP Engel und Zimmermann Architekten, Braunschweig
Client: Foundation Lower Saxon Memorials
Completion: September 2007

www.ksp-architekten.de

Saxon Mountain Archive and Mineralogical Collection - terra mineralia, Castle Freudenstein, Freiberg
Architects: AFF architekten, Berlin
Client: City of Freiberg
Completion: January 2008

www.aff-architekten.com

Metro Station City Hall South, Bochum
Architects: Pahl + Weber-Pahl Architekten, BDA, Darmstadt
Clients: City of Bochum, Stadtbahn GbR
Completion: 2006

www.pahl-architekten.de

Zollverein School of Management and Design, Essen
Architects: Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA
Client: Entwicklungsgesellschaft Zollverein mbH
Completition: August 2006

www.sanaa.co.jp

Website Architekturpreis Beton 2008 (in German)