GA GLOBAL AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

Nominées 2009 released!
The nominées for the Global Award 2009 released in Paris
on 6 April are:
• Thomas Herzog, Germany
• Sami Rintala, Norway
• Diébédo Francis Kéré, Burkina Faso and Germany
• Bijoy Jain, Studio Mumbaï, India
• Patrick Bouchain and Loïc Julienne, France

Previous winners of the prize
2008 Carin Smuts, South Africa
2007 Herman Kaufmann, Austria

As the winner of the 2008 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, Carin Smuts has been commissioned to build the second project in the Seine-Aval Architecture Manifesto-Collection: a multipurpose centre which will revitalise the small town of Follainville-Dennemont. The first project, a rural lodge in Chanteloup, has been commissioned from the 2007 winner Hermann Kaufmann and will open in spring 2009.
 
 
Nominees 2008 from the left: Alejandro Aravena, Philippe Samyn, Carin Smuts, Fabrizio Carola and Andrew Freear.

Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
The purpose of the the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture is to honour annually a living architect who moves towards sustainability.

His work offers clear insights into the search for a rational contemporary architecture which is:
- fully in step with the ethical, civil and social concerns of today
- innovative in the areas of ecology, energy, materials and technology
- progressive in its search for new standards for both housing and public facilities

The winner will be commissioned to design a building for a new permanent collection of sustainable architecture which the Regional Government of Seine-aval is planning to develop adjacent the Villa Savoye at Poissy (France).

The Museum of Finnish Architecture is a member of the Scientific Board, which annually chooses the nominees for the award. Other members are the CIVA (Centre International pour la Ville, l’Architecture et le Paysage), the DAM (Deutsches Architektur Museum), the UIAV (Instituto Universitario di Architetture Venezia) and the International Architecture Biennale Ljublijana.

www.global-award.org

For more information please contact
programmes coordinator Kristiina Nivari
tel. +358 (0)9 8567 5114, kristiina.nivari(a)mfa.fi