Architecture

XY Yunlu Hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang

Winner: Hospitality building of the year 2019. XY Yunlu Hotel is a boutique eco-resort situated along the dramatic landscape of the Li River valley in the Guangxi region of China.

LocHal library by Civic Architects, Inside Outside/Petra Blaisse Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau and Mecanoo

Winner: Rebirth project of the year 2019. The vast LocHal library and events space, designed by Civic Architects, Inside Outside, Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau and Mecanoo, occupies a former locomotive shed in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Forest BIG by Divooe Zein Architects

Highly commended: Rebirth project of the year 2019: The Forest BIG is a mesh-covered educational events space located in a wooded area of the Shangri-La Park in Miaoli, Taiwan, where a theme park once existed.

Casa Morgana by J Mayer H

Winner: Residential rebirth project of the year 2019. This three-story brutalist house by German architecture studio J Mayer H consists of a stack of concrete blocks with mirrored walls.

T Noie by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates

Winner: Urban house of the year 2019. Japanese architect Katsutoshi Sasaki designed this 102-square-metre house for his family in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture.

Casa Campinarana by Laurent Troost

Winner: Rural house of the year 2019 This concrete house in the Amazon features outdoor living areas and a swimming pool that are elevated above its forest surroundings.

MLK1101 Supportive Housing by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects

Winner: Housing project of the year 2019. This social housing building in Los Angeles, California by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects features a green roof and a community centre.

Galaxia by Mamou-Mani

Highly commended: Small building of the year 2019. Galaxia is a spiralling wooden pavilion that was the main temple at Burning Man festival 2018 in the Black Rock City desert, before being set on fire.

UCCA Dune Art Museum by Open Architecture

Highly commended: Cultural building of the year 2019. UCCA Dune Art Museum in Qinhuangdao, China is a network of subterranean concrete galleries designed by Open Architecture.

Alfa Omega School by RAW Architecture

Highly commended: Civic building of the year 2019. Built by RAW Architecture in just six months, Alfa Omega School is raised up on stilts to deal to with its swampy site in Tangerang, Indonesia.

A Room for Archaeologists and Kids by Studio Tom Emerson and Taller 5 at PUCP

Winner: Small building of the year and Winner: Architecture Project of the Year 2019. A Room for Archaeologists and Kids, designed and built by 45 architecture students from Zurich and Lima, provides shelter for archaeologists in Pachacamac, Peru.