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The judges have now met to assess the 31 entries received for the European Category of this year's Copper in Architecture Awards.
This year's entry of 74 completed buildings revealed an exceptional diversity of important buildings - many not yet published - representing the very best in contemporary architecture.
This major Awards programme considers architectural projects around Europe using copper in all its forms. The team of experienced architect judges - joined for the first time this year by leading British architect Ken Shuttleworth and the winner of the last European Award Kari Jarvinen from Finland – focused on architectural design. This year, their task was made particularly difficult by the exceptional quality of entries but, after much deliberation, six projects were shortlisted for the European category.
From Spain, a stunning Theatre in Vicar, by Carbajal + Solinas Verd Arquitectos takes a lively approach to cladding flat surfaces, using a combination of brass, bronze and plain copper strips. In the north of Norway, very different climatic conditions influenced the design of Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Architects’ Svalbard Science Centre with its long, low, faceted copper profile. Another example of high quality architectural design in an unexpected situation is the Skive CHP Station in Denmark, showcasing the new biomass technology with sustainable copper cladding. This project, designed by C. F. Møller Architects, is an exemplary utility building designed with a real architectural response.
In complete contrast, Lands Architetture’s Une Boîte Moirée project is a modest scale copper box in the Swiss countryside, using rich combinations of copper cladding and perforated screens. Copper combined with transparency and light is also a central theme of Wandel Hoefer Lorch Architekten’s new Jewish Centre in Munich with a synagogue cloaked in a veil of woven bronze mesh. At KUMU, the new main building of the Art Museum of Estonia in Tallinn, Finnish designers Vapaavuori Architects used pre-patinated copper and other materials with simplicity to highlight the geometric form, despite having to deal with a highly complex programme.
The winners will be announced at a presentation in London on 25th September 2007.
For a full list of European entries please click on the pdf link under the image.
Full details of all projects shortlisted are now featured on the Awards section of this website. In due course, all remaining projects entered will be featured in this section.
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