The Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2012

Now in its ninth year, the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards honour the architects designing the buildings and solutions that are setting the benchmark for the international architectural community.

This year, we will be celebrating the best that global architecture has to offer and hope to see you on the 21st of September when we announce our 2012 winners.

Leaf Awards 2012 Categories

InternationalBuilding of the Year 2012
The LEAF Award will be chosen from the shortlisted winners to recognize the project that represents the best architecture in 2012.

Mixed-Use Building of the Year
The LEAF Mixed Use Building of the Year award recognizes projects that combine both residential and commercial functions. This award is for buildings that have been completed since January 2010 or are due for completion by May 2012.

Residential Building of the Year (single occupancy)/Residential Building of the Year (multiple occupancy)
The LEAF Residential Building of the Year award recognizes projects that are specifically used for residential purposes. Divided into two parts - Single Occupancy and Multiple Occupancy, this award is for buildings that have been completed since January 2010 or are due for completion by May 2012.

CommercialBuilding of the Year
The LEAF Commercial Building of the Year award recognizes projects that are specifically used for commercial purposes. These awards are for buildings that have been completed since January 2010 or are due for completion by May 2012.

International Interior Design Award*
This Award focuses on interior design for either a new build residential project, a new residential refurbishment project or commercial/public and residential properties completed since January 2010 or are due for completion by May 2012.

Refurbishment of the Year
Refurbishments of the year is to highlight the best new concept of an existing building. The award encompasses interior design, building use and creative use of materials & space to highlight change within an exciting building. This award will look at refurbishments completed since January 2010 – May 2012.

Young Architect
This award celebrates up-and-coming architects. To qualify, architects must have no more than five years of post qualification experience. This is a self-nominating category.

Public Building*
The LEAF Public Building of the Year award recognizes projects that are specifically used for public purposes and private purposes. These cam include but are not limited too museums, sports stadia, healthcare, industrial and educational buildings. These awards are for buildings that have been completed since January 2010 or are due for completion by May 2012.

Best Sustainable Development in keeping with its Environment & use of Technology Incorporated into a Building
This award focuses on how well a particular development takes its environment into consideration and how well it integrates and enhances the environment in which it is set. This includes not only buildings but also master planning and landscaping. Looking at how an architectural development enhances or works with its environment. This can include the how well a project integrates into the built/urban surrounding or how well it integrates into a more natural setting. Projects can be either new build or refurbishments/redevelopments which have been completed since January 2010 or are due for completion by May 2012.

The second part of this award focuses on innovation relating to the durable and efficient use of materials, technology and effective energy consumption in a new or refurbished building. All projects must have been completed since January 2010 or are due for completion by May 2012.

Best Future Building 2012
This is a new award that celebrates innovative thinking and approaches to design for building concepts or projects yet to be built. Entries into Future building category should comprise of projects on the drawing board, or under construction, illustrated in their context.

Lifetime Achievement inarchitectural Community
This is a new award that recognizes a person for service to the architectural Community and their body of work.

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