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The laureates of this year’s Global Award for Sustainable Architecture were announced during a festive award ceremony in Venice. We are pleased to announce that the publication showcasing the outstanding work of the winners is now available. Congratulations to Andrés Jaque, Wesam Al Asali, Iyas Shahin, Ciro Pirondi – Jana Revedin, President of the Award – Marina Tabassum – Benoit Bazin, CEO of the official partner Saint Gobain – Klaus Loenhart (from left to right).

Laureates
Book Signing

We are delighted that the ArchiTangle team attended the ceremony, followed by a book signing that sparked engaging conversations among all participants. In this text, we seize the opportunity to introduce the distinguished winners and provide you with a glimpse into the book.

In promoting the sustainability principles of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, architectural education plays a key role. Through four main educational categories, this publication shows how education, characterized by the dissemination of knowledge, aligns with the principles of the Award.

Architecture Is Education
Authored by Marie-Hélène Contal and Jana Revedin and edited by Marlene Schneider

If you want to find out more about Architecture Is Education, click here.

Jury Member Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Jana Revedin, Iyas Shahin, Wesam Al Asali
Jury Member Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Jana Revedin, Iyas Shahin, Wesam Al Asali - Copyright © Riccrardo Tosetto, Saint Gobain

Iyas Shahin and Wesam Al Asali (IWLab), Damascus

Take a journey into the innovative approach of Iyas Shahin and Wesam Al Asali of IWlab in Syria, winners of this year’s Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™. See how their work blends traditional craftsmanship with modern technology, creating solutions that resonate with both sustainability and social impact. Through their active engagement with the architectural heritage of Syria and the social and economic environment, Shahin and Asali ensure that each project goes beyond mere construction technology to address the deeper needs of the population.

Featured Projects
Informality for Reconstruction: A possible Partnership?
Alternative Skies: Vaulting and Earthen Structures
Making: Crafts and Material Cultures

Jury Member Xu Tiantian, Jana Revedin, Andrés Jaque
Jury Member Xu Tiantian, Jana Revedin, Andrés Jaque - Copyright © Riccrardo Tosetto, Saint Gobain

Andrés Jaque, New York

The visionary approach of Spanish architect Andrés Jaque, founder of the Office for Political Innovation (OFFPOLINN), earned him the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™ 2024. Jaque promotes critical thinking and negotiates the coexistence of different actors and lifestyles through his teaching and environmental activism. He challenges future architects to explore the political and social dimensions of architecture and to advocate for inclusivity, equality and justice. 

Featured Projects
Reggio School
Rambla Climate-House
Rolling House for the Rolling Society

Jury Member Spela Hudnik, Jana Revedin, Klaus K. Loenhart
Jury Member Spela Hudnik, Jana Revedin, Klaus K. Loenhart - Copyright © Riccrardo Tosetto, Saint Gobain

Klaus K. Loenhart, Graz 

Klaus K. Leonhart, Director of the Institute of Architecture and Landscape (IA&L), is another wonderful recipient of the 2024 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture. Explore how Leonhart’s innovative approach combines research, design, and social engagement to exemplify a holistic vision of ecological design rooted in the interconnectedness of all live forms. Delve deeper into the complex relationships between landscape, biodiversity, and human habitation that Klaus K. Leonhart offers.

Featured Projects
Grüne Erde Breathing Headquarters
City of Palmas Forest Co-Habitation
Breathe.Austria

Werner Sobek, Jana Revedin, Ciro Pirondi
Werner Sobek, Jana Revedin, Ciro Pirondi - Copyright © Riccrardo Tosetto, Saint Gobain

Ciro Pirondi, São Paulo

Ciro Pirondi is another recipient of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture. At the Escola da Cidade, Pirondi’s pioneering contributions transcend the traditional boundaries of academia. Through hands-on and interdisciplinary learning experiences, Escola da Cidade students explore different cultures and places, gaining a sophisticated and critical understanding of materials, building processes, diverse cultures, and ultimately themselves.

Featured Projects
Escola da Cidade
Social Pavilion
Training Center for Teachers

Deniz Incedayi, Jana Revedin, Marina Tabassum
Deniz Incedayi, Jana Revedin, Marina Tabassum - Copyright © Riccrardo Tosetto, Saint Gobain

Marina Tabassum, Dhaka

Congratulations on the 2024 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture to Marina Tabassum. She goes beyond traditional boundaries to address both constructive challenges and broader issues of ecological crisis, unequal access to resources, and the depletion of common land.

“By collaborating and listening, we can understand the people’s needs, which in turn helps in developing the programs. Participatory projects are always developed through engagement with the local communities through several workshops.” – Marina Tabassum

Featured Projects
Khudi Bari
Women Led Community Center
Hamidur Rahman Community Center

About the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™
The economic, environmental, social, and cultural challenges facing today’s societies are being addressed by architects and planners as they search for a new definition of progress and the right balance between the environment and the people living on our planet.
Since 2007, the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture has rewarded the understanding of design as a collective process based on shared ethics, methods, and experiments. During the award’s existence, a community based on dialogue and the exchange of knowledge and visions in the field of architecture has grown—a think tank that over time has become a “do tank” and a driver of change.
The award annually recognizes five living architects or urban and landscape designers who are moving toward sustainability. The winners’ work provide clear insights into the search for ecologically responsible contemporary architecture that is fully in step with today’s ethical, civic, and social concerns; that is innovative in the areas of ecology, energy, materials, and technology; and that is progressive in its search for new standards for both public and private spaces.
Initiated and founded in 2006 by the architect and scholar Jana Revedin, the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture has since partnered with an academic board consisting of four universities represented by leading scholars. The organizing body of the Global Award is the scientific committee, including the Ecole spéciale d’Architecture, Paris; the University of Ljubljana; the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul; and the Università Iuav di Venezia.

Jury Members
Jana Revedin (Chair)
Marie-Hélène Contal
Jacopo Galli
Spela Hudnik
Deniz Incedayi

Each year, two previous winners, who are also experts in the chosen theme of the year, are invited to join the jury.

For the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2023:
Anupama Kundoo
Ömer Selçuk Baz

For the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2024:
Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Xu Tiantian

Official Partner: Saint-Gobain
In association with: Università Iuav di Venezia, Ecole spéciale d’Architecture, University of Ljubljana, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Graitec, and Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine

The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture was granted the patronage of UNESCO in 2011.
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