The AR Awards for Emerging Architecture is one of the biggest international awards for young architects and gives £15,000 in prize money. Inaugurated in 1999, it is sponsored by Buro Happold and Wilkhahn. Intended to bring wider international recognition to a talented new generation of architects and designers, the Awards have attracted entries from more than 90 countries, representing every inhabited continent.

Awards are for built or manufactured work only, and besides buildings, the full range of design activity, from landscapes and urban spaces to furniture and cutlery can be submitted.

The Jury for 2008 was Sir Peter Cook (architect and critic, London), Peter Davey (Former Editor of The Architectural Review), Sou Fujimoto (AR Awards winner in 2006 and twice highly commended, Tokyo, Japan), Edouard Francois (Paris, France), Sheila O’Donnell (O’Donnell & Tuomey, Dublin, Ireland) and Paul Finch (Editor of The Architectural Review and Chairman of the Jury).

THE THREE WINNERS

Hotel: Hotel Aire de Bardenas by Emiliano López and Mónica Rivera Arquitectos (Tudela, Navarre, Spain)




Houses: HOMEmade village family houses and DESI building (Vishnupur, Bangladesh) by Anna Heringer (in collaboration with BASE habitat, BRAC University and Dipshikha (NGO) (Rudrapur, Bangladesh)




Office and Shop: BIP Computers by Alberto Mozó (Santiago, Chile)