Via Archinect News:

It took the jury, led by Peter Zumthor, two days to decide how to distribute $240,000 among the winners of this ambitious museum competition in the city of Perm, Russia. Zaha Hadid came third, Bernaskoni and Velerio Olgiati had a photo finish.

Joint winners with 1st and 2nd prize are:

Bernaskoni (Moscow, Russia)

Valerio Olgiati (Shur, Switzerland)

3rd prize winner:

Zaha Hadid Architects Trading (London, UK)

8 special prizes of $10,000 each go to:

Acconci Studio + Guy Nordenson and Associates LLP (New York, USA)

Alexandr Brodsky bureau (Moscow, Russia)

Asymptote Architecture PLLC, Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture (New York, USA)

Esa Ruskeepaa (Helsinki, Finland)

Meili, Peter Architekten AG (Zurich, Switzerland)

A – B (Moscow, Russia)

Søren Robert Lund Arkitekter (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Totan Kuzembaev Architectural workshop (Moscow, Russia)