The 10th anniversary edition of the Architectural Award of the Mayor of the City of Warsaw competition is being launched. The special Residents’ Prize can be awarded by internet users. Voting will take place from 8 to 21 March on the event’s website. The list of nominated buildings and events is published below.
Fifteen projects made it to the final of the competition. These are both small objects and large investments. The group also includes green areas and parks, whose beauty we will see in spring. In addition, the list includes new housing estates and cultural events.
We are beginning the most exciting stage of our competition. The shortlist includes 15 of the most interesting realisations completed in 2023. It includes grand edifices such as the Museum of Polish History or the Museum of the Polish Army, as well as modest but much-needed facilities. These include the all-wood public library in Choszczówka or the Our Lady of Heart House in Włochy for people in crisis of homelessness. I invite you to take part in the vote. I already know what I will vote for,” encourages Rafał Trzaskowski, Mayor of Warsaw.
The public plebiscite will last from 8 to 21 March. How to vote? Just go to the website nagroda-architektoniczna.pl. There are photos and descriptions. We choose only one of the proposals. The building, place or event with the most votes will win the prestigious Residents’ Award. Every vote counts!
The hardest part of the job was done by the 12-member competition jury headed by Maria Wasiak, Secretary of the City of Warsaw, and Marlena Happach, the city’s architect. After field trips, the experts selected the 15 best investments and events in five categories. All of them are nominated for the Architectural Award of the Mayor of the City of Warsaw. But only one investment or event will win the Residents’ Award.
The charts with the nominated projects can be seen in the ZODIAK Warsaw Architecture Pavilion. The projects from this year’s edition are presented on the square in front of the building, and inside – a summary of the previous editions with illustrations by Zuza Gadomska.
Which investments and events have been nominated for the Architecture Award of the President of the City of Warsaw?
Public utility architecture:
- Museum of the Polish Army, Warsaw Citadel, Crown Foot Guards Square, authors: WXCA, investor: Museum of the Polish Army
- Museum of Polish History, Warsaw Citadel, 1 Gwardii St., authors: WXCA, investor: Museum of Polish History, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
- Library in Choszczówka, 6 Kłosowa St., authors: Ambient, investor: Office of the District of Białołęka in Warsaw
Residential architecture
- Nordic Bemowo housing estate, 3 and 3a Bolesława Orlińskiego Street, designers: Kuryłowicz & Associates, investor: YIT Development
- House of Our Lady of Heart, 10 Foliałowa Street, authors: XYstudio, investor: Bread of Life Community Homes Foundation
- Rytm na Kabatach, 14 Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue, developers: WWAA, investor: Echo Investment S.A.
New life for buildings
- BRDA Foundation activities: Project OKNO and Project BUDO, organiser: BRDA Foundation
- Socio-Cultural Quarter Emilia Plater 29-31, organiser: Komuna Warszawa Theatre
- Open Yazdów. 10 years of activity, organiser: Partnerstwo Otwarty Jazdów, Partnerstwo dla Osiedla Jazdów, Stowarzyszenie Mieszkańców Domków Fińskich Jazdów
Designing public spaces
- Storm Action Park on Bartycka Street, authors: topoScape, Archigrest, investor: Warsaw Greenery Authority
- Modernization of Park Cichociemnych Spadochroniarzy AK (Home Army Paratroopers’ Park), authors: eM4 Pracownia Architektury Brataniec, investor: Zarząd Zieleni m.st. Warszawy (Warsaw Greenery Authority)
- Modernization of Pole Mokotowskie, authors: WXCA, investor: Warsaw Greenery Board
Architectural event
- Zgruzowstanie Warszawy 1945-1949. Exhibition and book, curator: Adam Przywara, organiser: Museum of Warsaw
- Art Update. What can be seen in Warsaw’s public space?, organiser: Puszka Foundation, co-financed by the City of Warsaw
- Illustrated Architectural Atlases of Warsaw and Architectural Walks, publisher and organiser: Architecture Centre Foundation.
The organiser of the competition and sponsor of the Prize is the Mayor of the City of Warsaw. Substantive partners are the Warsaw Branch of the Association of Polish Architects, the Mazovian Regional Chamber of Architects of the Republic of Poland and the Warsaw Branch of the Society of Polish Town Planners. The media patrons of this year’s edition are: “ARCHITEKTURA-murator”, “Architecture Snob”, “RZUT”, “VOGUE”, “White MAD”, “NW. NOWA WARSZAWA”, “URBNEWS”.
For more information: nagroda-architektoniczna.pl
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