HBL News: Architectural Review's Emerging Architecture Award Winners announced

Friday 3 December 2010

The Waterhouse at South Bund by NHDRO. Photo by Pedro Pegenaute
The Waterhouse at South Bund, a former Japanese army headquarters turned into a hotel by Shanghai-based designers Neri and Hu Design and Research Office (NHDRO), is one of the three first prize winners of this year's Emerging Architecture Awards, organised by Architectural Review.
The Waterhouse at South Bund by NHDRO
The other first prize winners are Shima Kitchen, a new restaurant and arts venue on a Japanese island by Atelier Ryo Abe, and Studio East Dining, a temporary rooftop restaurant in Stratford by Carmody Groarke that had disappeared before the results of the competition were even announced.

Studio East Dining by Carmody Groarke
The awards have a strict entry criteria: entries must be built work created by designers under the age of 45. Catherine Slessor, editor of AR, said of this year's judging process, "the skill, sensitivity and inventiveness of submissions has remained at a stubbornly high level, and this year is no exception. We could have made ten issues of great projects, but had to draw the line somewhere."

To see the full list of award recipients, click here.
Studio East Dining by Carmody Groarke
Studio East Dining by Carmody Groark
Shima Kitchen by Atelier Ryo Abe
Shima Kitchen by Atelier Ryo Abe