The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the twelve buildings which will receive RIBA International Awards for architectural excellence on Thursday 21 June 2012.
From Foster + Partners' high-density urban development Troika in Kuala Lumpur to the world’s tallest building designed by a British architect, the Guangzhou Finance Centre by Wilkinson Eyre, the awards recognise some of the world’s most imaginative, dramatic and green buildings.
The RIBA International Awards are presented to architecture practices based outside the UK building anywhere outside the UK; or for practices based in Britain and working outside the EU. All winners are eligible for the RIBA Lubetkin Prize awarded to the best international building by an RIBA member. The winner of the RIBA Lubetkin Prize will be announced later in the year.
The full list of twelve RIBA International Award winners is:
•Clayton Campus – Monash University, Melbourne, Australia - VN Architecture
•Balsillie School of International Affairs, CIGI Campus, Canada - Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
•Guangzhou International Finance Centre, Guangzhou, China - Wilkinson Eyre Architects
•Innhouse hotel Kunming, China - Integer Intelligent and Green
•Yotsuya Tenera, Tokyo, Japan - Key Operation Inc / Architects
•One KL, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - SCDA Architects
•The Troika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Foster + Partners
•Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand FJMT + Archimedia - architects in association
•Solaris Fusionopolis 2B, One North, Singapore - TR Hamzah and Yeang
•Urban housing and crèche, Geneva, Switzerland - Sergison Bates Architects with Jean-Paul Jaccaud Architectes
•Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Princeton University, USA - Hopkins Architects
•Sperone Westwater, Bowery, New York City - Foster + Partners
The Architects' Journal is the media partner for the RIBA Awards and trade media partner for the RIBA Award Stirling Prize.
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