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AWARDS ZOZO, INC., HEAD OFFICE BUILDING - Hiroshi Nakamura
_ NAP, TAKENAKA CORPORATION
Photo credit: Koji Fujii, TOREAL
architecture greater than the sum of
its parts. I like the bold use of colour,
inventive integration of soaring trees on
the ground floor, changing elevation, like a
forest, and wonderful daylighting through
the panoramic insulated glass. While
playful and unifying, it still addresses the
important practicality of acoustics that is
so important for a music hall. In taking
risks, the architect has managed to capture
some of what Schopenhauer meant when
he called architecture ‘frozen music.’”
Winners will be celebrated during
the architecture awards ceremony at
the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao on
November 24.

Entries that achieved the “Best of the
Best” designation by making it into the
final round of voting across all categories
will also be recognised. A partial list of
those entries includes:
• Zaha Hadid Architects - BEEAH
Headquarters in Commercial
Architecture
• Gad - Shaoxing Rice Wine Town
Reception Room in Cultural
Architecture
• White Arkitekter - Sara Culture
Centre in Cultural Architecture
• Mark Cavagnero Associates - San
Francisco Conservatory of Music
Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center Cycling through the Heathland in the Hoge Kempen National Park - Maat-ontwerpes
Photo credit: Frank Resseler, Kurt Vandeweerdt
for Performing Art

DA DONG GASTRO ESTHETICS - AD ARCHITECTURE
Photo credit: Ouyang Yun

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