LEAF Awards 2012

Daniel Libeskind was awarded for his lifetime achievement and the overall winner is the Musashino Art University Museum & Library Tokyo. All 14 winners of the 9th Emirates Glass LEAF Awards were presented at Four Seasons Park Lane Hotel, London, on 21 September.

The LEAF Awards proved to be a huge success attracting a whole host of recognisable faces from the architectural community. This spectacular evening took place in the luxurious surroundings of the Four Seasons Park Lane Hotel which was admired by the many guests that attended.
Several photos to all winning projects in the gallery below.

Mixed–Use Building of the year award
Steven Holl Architects
Daeyang Gallery & House, South Korea

Residential Building of the year award (single occupancy):
Architectureburo Govaert & Vanhoutte
Villa Roces, Bruges, Belgium

Residential Building of the year award (multiple occupancy):
Rafiq Azam
S.A Residence, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Commercial Building of the year award
WOW Architects
Vivanta Hotel, Bangalore, India

Special Award went to Studio Daniel Libeskind, DCA Architects PTE Ltd, with Reflections at Keppel Bay

International Interior Design award
Billard Leece Partnership & Bates Smart
HKS, with The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia DETAIL report about the project: Nature-inspired Design: The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne

Refurbishment of the year award
Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects
The Granary

A special prize went to Masrah Al Qasba Theatre, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, by Magma Architecture.

Young Architect of the year award
Marco Guarnieri
White Grounds UK

Public Building award
Sou Fujimoto Architects, Musashino Art University Museum & Library Tokyo, Japan
Stephen Marshall Architects, Rothschild Archive, UK

Lifetime Achievement in architectural Community award
Daniel Libeskind

Best Sustainable Development
Arup Associates
The Druk White Lotus School, Shey, India

Best Future Building 2012 (joint winners)
Skidmore Owings + Merrill with Manhattan Loft Gardens, London, UK
The Rock Stadium, Al Ain, UAE

Overall winner for 2012
Sou Fujimoto Architects
Musashino Art University Museum & Library Tokyo, Japan