The 19th edition of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture has been launched on World Architecture Day. The Award's theme is "Architecture Is Transformation", dedicated to how we can transform the existing built environment, urban and rural infrastructures through sustainable design, and its material and immaterial dimensions.
The unseen economic, ecological, social, and cultural challenges facing contemporary societies are being addressed by architects and planners as they search for a new definition of progress and the right balance between humankind and the environment.
Each year, The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™ recognizes five architects who share the principles of sustainable development and a participatory architectural approach to the needs of society, in both the northern and southern hemispheres.
The Global Award was created in 2006 by the architect and scholar Jana Revedin. The Global Award Symposium is placed under UNESCO’s patronage. In 2024, the Award received the endorsement of the UIA.
Participation is open to all architects, urban and landscape designers around the world, and submissions must be written in English.
TIMELINE
Deadline for questions: October 28, 2024
Deadline for answers: November 4, 2024
Deadline for submissions: January 20, 2025
Jury meeting: May 5, 2025. Winners will be contacted by May 31, 2025.
The laureates will be revealed during the Symposium, which will take place under the patronage of UNESCO, at the Iuav University of Venice on May 6, 2025.
The 2025 Jury, chaired by Prof. Dr. Jana Revedin, architect and founding president of the Global Award for Sustainable ArchitectureTM, includes:
• Marie-Hélène Contal, architect, Dean of the École Spéciale d'Architecture, Paris, France
• Dr. Jacopo Galli, architect, Iuav University of Venice, Venice, Italy
• Prof. Dr. Spela Hudnik, architect, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Prof. Dr. Deniz Incedayi, architect, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey
• Prof. Dr. Salma Samar Damluji, architect, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
• Prof. Dr. Werner Sobek, architect and engineer, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Each year, two Global Award winners from former years, who are also experts in the chosen yearly theme, are invited to join the jury. For “Architecture Is Transformation” they are:
- Marta Maccaglia, architect, Lima, Peru
- Boonserm Premthada, architect, Bangkok, Thailand
Alternate juror
Nuno Soares, architect, Co-Director of the UNESCO-UIA Validation Board (UIA representative)
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