Take a look at the 71 new projects named ‘best architects 23’ award winners – Archinect

anchorGOLD AWARD Commercial/Industrial winner: mehr* architekten's Brewery Hall Kirchheim unter Teck. Photo: Sebastian Schels

This years best architects 23 competition has announced its annual list of winning projects that have distinguished themselves for their abundant creativity and unconventional solutions to real-world challenges felt by practitioners worldwide.

A total of 71 European (and one Asian) projects made the list, with another 8 being named to the gold category. With such a variety of approaches, it was difficult to discern a dominant design trend, the jury noted. The winning projects stand out not so much for their style but rather for the strategical considerations and relish in experimentation they express.

A publication featuring each winning design will be released in early fall.

The period we are living in is one of questions and interrogations, juror Daniel Zamarbide said in a statement. Many of the pillars that we have taken too much for granted and have constructed in society seem to be tumbling down, even falling apart. These pillars that are collapsing are potentially a good metaphor for what goes on in the architectural milieu. We might not need those pillars anymore. Or we might like to work with other ones, more fragile, less imposing, less patriarchal.

This is the awards sixteenth edition overall as well as the seventh since it was expanded to include non-German-speaking countries in 2015. The next cycle begins again in January 2023. Scroll down to see a selection of the winning designs.

GOLD AWARD Residential Multi-family winner: Jaeger Koechlin's Coming Going and Staying. Photo: Roman Keller.

Residential Multi-family

GOLD AWARD

Jaeger Koechlin - Coming Going and Staying - Basel, CH

Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin Architekten - Narzissenstrasse apartment house - Zurich, CH

GOLD AWARD Residential Multi-family winner: Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin Architekten's Narzissenstrasse apartment house. Photo: Roland Bernath.

AWARD

Phillipe Meyer - Habitation collective -Genf-Vernier, CH

Schoch Tavli Architekten - Villa Rose apartments -Hauptwil, CH

Michael Meier und Marius Hug Architekten - House on Belt Walk - Zurich, CH

Pool Architekten - Eggbhl-Areal - Zurich, CH

LIN.ROBBE.SEILER -La Gradelle housing - Cologny, CH

Ltolf und Scheuner Architekten - Schweighofpark AG apartment house, Schweighof - Kriens, CH

Ltolf und Scheuner Architekten -St. Anna Foundation apartment houses, Schweighof -Kriens, CH

Fruehauf, Henry & Viladoms - Boveresses Housing -Lausanne, CH

Haefeli Architekten - Fischer multi-family house -Dttingen, CH

Hurst Song - Apartment building in Untervaz -Untervaz, CH

DF_DC - Via Carona 6 -Paradiso, CH

Burkard Meyer Architekten - BreTower, Ostermundigen - Bern, CH

Bayer & Strobel Architekten - KURT 2.0 social housing in Wolfsburg -Wolfsburg, DE

Anne Hangebruch Mark Ammann Architekten - A townhouse in Lbecks founding quarter -Lbeck, DE

AWARD Residential Single-family winner: Camps Felip ARQUITECTURIA's HO16. Photo: Jose Hevia

Residential Single-family

AWARD

Lionel Ballmer Architects - Small House - Haute-Nendaz, CH

Marte.Marte Architekten - House of Chambers -Feldkirch, AT

Inches Geleta - Zanini Porta House -Locarno, CH

LP architektur - Herzgsell single-family house -Altenmarkt, AT

9graden architectuur - House Lichtenberg -Amersfoort, NL

Camps Felip ARQUITECTURIA - HO16 - Girona, ES

D+S Heim Architetti - casa H -Tegna, CH

Giuliani Hoenger Architekten - Surber-Burri-residence -Regensberg, CH

ROBERT MAIER ARCHITEKTEN - Black Trinity - Gauting, DE

schi.ke architektur - House for M -Landquart, CH

Pedevilla Architects - House G -Gossensa, IT

Montemurro Aguiar Architetti - Casa in collina - Comano, CH

Uli Mayer Urs Huessy Architekten - Gapont - Triesen, LI

Schneider & Schneider Architekten - Split-Level Homes Aarau - Aarau, CH

GOLD AWARD Education Buildings winner: Roman Sigrist Architektur's Trachslau schoolhouse. Photo: Gauch & Schwartz.

Education Buildings

GOLD AWARD

Roman Sigrist Architektur - Trachslau schoolhouse - Trachslau, CH

AWARD Education Buildings winner: SPREEN ARCHITEKTEN's Ulm University of Applied Sciences. Photo: Imanuel Schnabel

AWARD

Reichel Schlaier Architekten - Daycare centre Jgerhalde - Stuttgart, DE

Wulf Architekten - Canteen and media centre, Darmstadt - Darmstadt, DE

V-architekten - Zweiburgenschule Weinheim - Weinheim, DE

SPREEN ARCHITEKTEN - Ulm University of Applied Sciences - Ulm, DE

PSA Pfletscher und Steffan-Architekten - Sports hall at the Edelweiss barracks Mittenwald - Mittenwald, DE

Hermansson Hiller Lundberg Arkitekter - Sporrsmeden Preschool - Markaryd, SE

Hermansson Hiller Lundberg Arkitekter - Eldstaden Preschool -Falkenberg, SE

Burkard Meyer Architekten - Kerenzerberg Sports Centre, Filzbach -Filzbach, CH

GOLD AWARD Public Buildings winner: Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli's Public Library of Bressanone. Photo: Marco Cappelletti

Public Buildings

GOLD AWARD

Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli - Public Library of Bressanone - Bressanone, IT

Rapin Saiz Architectes - Clos Bercher psychosocial care centre -Bercher, CH

AWARD

Atelier Pulver Architectes - Nautical Center - Nant, CH

Atelier ST - Goettingen Art Gallery - Gttingen, DE

Brckner & Brckner Architekten - Living memory | New town archive in Oberviechtach - Oberviechtach, DEWaadt

Hermansson Hiller Lundberg Arkitekter - Roedeby Care Home - Karlskrona, SE

Schoch Tavli Architekten- Holdergarten care home -Obersommeri, CH

Soppelsa Architekten - Dual gymnasium Oberrueti - Oberrti, CH

Steimle Architekten - Bauhaus UNESCO World Heritage Visitor Centre Bernau -Stuttgart, DE

Wolff Obrist architectes - La Sylvabelle Psychiatric Nursing Home - Waadt, CH

GOLD AWARD Public Buildings winner: Rapin Saiz Architectes' Clos Bercher psychosocial care centre. Photo: Jol Tettamanti

Other Buildings

AWARD

DEMOGO studio di architettura - Bivouac Fanton - Forcella Marmarole, IT

Sturm und Wartzeck - National Park Centre Ruhestein Black Forest - Ruhestein pass, DE

AWARD Public Buildings winner: Steimle Architekten's Bauhaus UNESCO World Heritage Visitor Centre Bernau. Photo: Brigida Gonzlez

Infrastructure Buildings

AWARD

BAYER STROBEL ARCHITEKTEN - Fire and rescue station Wiesbaden-Igstadt - Wiesbaden-Igstadt, DE

MAK architecture - CAD-Orbe - Orbe, CH

mohr architekten - Neulengbach Stadt stop -Neulengbach Stadt, AT

AWARD Commercial/Industrial Buildings winner: G8A Architects and Rollimarchini Architekten's Tropical factory Saigon. Photo: Oki Hiroyuki

Commercial/Industrial Buildings

GOLD AWARD

mehr* architekten - Brewery Hall Kirchheim unter Teck -Kirchheim unter Teck, DE

AWARD

Johannes Kaufmann und Partner Carpentry - Kaufmann -Reuthe, AT

Ludloff Ludloff Architekten - ophelis exhibition hall -Bad Schnborn, DE

G8A Architects and Rollimarchini Architekten - Tropical factory Saigon - Saigon, VN

GOLD Award 's Office/Administrative Buildings winner: jessenvollenweider's Office for Environment and Energy, Basel. Photo: Philip Heckhausen

Office/Administrative Buildings

GOLD AWARD

jessenvollenweider - Office for Environment and Energy, Basel - Basel, CH

AWARD

LIN.ROBBE.SEILER - The Global Fund Headquarter, Geneva - Geneva, CH

Schulz und Schulz - DBFZ German Biomass Research Centre - Leipzig, DE

GOLD AWARD Renovation and Addition winner: Residential and commercial building Neustadtstrasse, Lucerne. Photo: Ariel Huber

Renovation and Addition

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