The 9th edition of the
Building of The Year - an award promoted by
ArchDaily - received approximately 100,000 votes in two weeks, and honored 15 winners in the following categories:
best use of products, commercial architecture, cultural architecture, educational architecture, hospital architecture, hotel architecture, industrial architecture, interior design architecture, office architecture, public architecture, religious architecture, small-scale architecture, sports architecture, homes and housing. The winners were announced today (8), in an article on the website itself. (Leonardo Finotti, Diego Cognato e Galeria Experiência)
Among the winners is the Brazilian firm Marcelo Rosenbaum in partnership with Aleph Zero, marking our country's presence in this international competition. The winning project was
Children's Housing , in the
Educational Architecture category.
The buildings in the rural area of Formoso do Araguaia, a municipality located 320 km from Palmas, in Tocantins, house a boarding school, where 540 students study and live. In addition to its aesthetics, what stands out and sets the project apart is the active participation of its occupants, the children, teachers and school staff, in its design. (Leonardo Finotti, Diego Cognato e Galeria Experiência)
To see more about the winning projects,
click here!
