Winners of the Dwell Vision Award 2013

Dwell Media recently honored the finalists at the Dwell Vision Award 2013 ceremony at the historic Jane's Carousel in DUMBO in Brooklyn, New York. The DVA acknowledges the best of progressive technical and artistic innovation in modern design.

One winner and two finalists were selected out of nearly 300 entries from top architecture firms to emerging designers.

• Winner: Harvest Dome 2.0 by Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi - SLO Architecture
• Finalist 1: Building with Bed Frames by Bundit Kanisthakhon - Tadpole Studio
• Finalist 2: Orongo Station by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

Jury members included the Dwell editorial staff headed by Editor-in-Chief Amanda Dameron; Pedro Gadanho, the Curator for Contemporary Architecture at the MoMA; and Carey Smith, CEO of this year's corporate sponsor Big Ass Fans company.

Check out some images of the projects below.

Winner: Harvest Dome 2.0
Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi
SLO Architecture
New York, NY

"Designed by SLO Architecture, Harvest Dome is a floating, diaphanous orb built for the New York City waterways. A 24-foot diameter cupola made from over 450 reclaimed umbrellas, and floating on 128 empty two-liter soda bottles. Harvest Dome reveals a circadian cycle of tides at the northern tip of Manhattan, home to one of the islands last remaining saltmarshes. The Harvest Dome was funded by a MCAF grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council."

Learn more about Harvest Dome 2.0 in an article here on our sister site Archinect or by clicking here.

SLO Architecture was named a New Practices New York 2012 award recipient for another sustainable, community architecture project.

Finalist 1: Building with Bed Frames
Bundit Kanisthakhon
Tadpole Studio
Honolulu, HI

"When the Honolulu Museum of Art approached Tadpole Studio to find a creative solution to replace their existing parking attendant booth, Tadpole Studio responded to the challenge with a design that utilizes discarded metal bed frames frequently found at Honolulu’s curbsides. In Honolulu, garbage collection includes large bulky items, and as a result, unwanted furniture and appliances can often be found on the street. The resulting structure is an excellent approach of using recycled materials to create smart designs solutions."

Learn more about the project here.

Finalist 2: Orongo Station
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
New York, NY

"At Orongo Station, a 3,000-acre sheep farm and residence on the North Island of New Zealand, Nelson Byrd Woltz designed and implemented multiple productive farming operations alongside restoration regimes to repair ecological damage; design moves revealed and protected important cultural sites of the Maori people including a historic cemetery and fragile earthworks. Their efforts have contributed to the economy by providing opportunities for the locals to establish nurseries that supply trees and plants for ecological restoration. This design approach serves as a national model for sustainable land management."

Learn more about the project here.

All images courtesy of Dwell Media.