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The contractworld.award 2009 prize winners! The winners were announced during the official prize-giving ceremony on 17 January 2009.
The jury also drawing up a shortlist of the best entries from each category (as a pdf-download in the right column of this page). Click the links for detailed project information (incl. description and pictures).
Prize Winners 2009
Category "Offices/Administration buildings"
Office buildings, administration buildings (e.g. for banks, insurance companies, government departments and local authorities), conference and congress centres, studios, workplaces large and small.
Office buildings, administration buildings (e.g. for banks, insurance companies, government departments and local authorities), conference and congress centres, studios, workplaces large and small.
| Prize | Office | Project |
| Best of Category | junya.ishigami+associates, Tokyo / Japan | The Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Kanagawa / Japan |
| 2. Prize | Splitterwerk, Graz / Austria | Frog Queen, Graz / Austria |
| 3. Prize | hiendl_schineis architektenpartnerschaft, Augsburg / Germany | werk + denklabor pauker, Friedberg / Germany |
Category "Hotels/Spas/Catering facilities"
Hotels, guesthouses, hostels, spas and wellness suites, restaurants, cafés, bistros, bars, clubs, lounges, casinos, canteens.
Hotels, guesthouses, hostels, spas and wellness suites, restaurants, cafés, bistros, bars, clubs, lounges, casinos, canteens.
| Prize | Office | Project |
| Best of Category | Hitoshi Abe & Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Sendai-City / Japan | Aoba-tei Restaurant, Sendai-City / Japan |
| 2. Prize | J. MAYER H. Architekten, Berlin / Germany | Mensa Moltke, Karlsruhe / Germany |
| 3. Prize | modulorbeat - ambitious urbanists and planners, Münster / Germany | Kubik BLN/BCN, Berlin / Germany & Barcelona / Spain |
Category "Shops/Showrooms/Exhibition stands"
Shop concepts, stores, showrooms and sales floors, exhibition stands, shopping centres, malls.
Shop concepts, stores, showrooms and sales floors, exhibition stands, shopping centres, malls.
| Prize | Office | Project |
| Best of Category | Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, Paris / France | C42, Citröen Flagship Showroom, Paris / France |
| 2. Prize | Merkx + Girod Architects, Amsterdam / Netherlands | Bookstore Selexyz Dominicanen, Maastricht / Netherlands |
| 3. Prize | Aranda Pigem Vilalta RCR Arquitectes, Olot / Spain | Hammershøi in the Light of Dreyer, Barcelona / Spain |
Category "Conversion "
Conversions of buildings originally constructed for religious, cultural or public use, such as churches, monasteries/convents, railway stations and derelict industrial buildings, which have been redesigned and structurally altered to serve a new purpose.
| Prize | Office | Project |
| Best of Category | EMBAIXADA, Lissabon / Portugal | Tomar Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Offices (EMIO), Tomar / Portugal |
| 2. Prize | junya.ishigami+associates, Tokyo / Japan | Yohji Yamamoto New York Gansevoort street store, New York / USA |
| 3. Prize | Realarchitektur - Jens Casper, Petra Petersson, Andrew Strickland, Berlin / Germany | Wohnhaus / Sammlung Boros, Berlin / Germany |
Special awards "New generation"
(architects/interior designers under the age of 40):
Special award Cateory "Shops/Showrooms/Exhibition stands"
Special award Cateory "Hotels/Spas/Catering facilities"
(architects/interior designers under the age of 40):
Special award Cateory "Shops/Showrooms/Exhibition stands"
| Office | Project |
| ex-studio, Barcelona / Spanien | Portugal Fashion Design Showroom, Cascais - Porto - Algarve - Madeira / Portugal |
Special award Cateory "Hotels/Spas/Catering facilities"
| Office | Project |
| Plasma Studio, London / Great Britain | Hotel Puerta America-4th Floor, Madrid / Spain |
Prize Winners
Prize Winners 2008
