ArchDaily Awards: Building of the Year 2014

The finalists for the ArchDaily Awards: Building of the Year 2014 have been unveiled.

David Basulto, editor and founder of the website ArchDaily, says “this group of buildings is unique in several aspects, in their spatial qualities and materials, yes, but also in terms of what they represent for the communities they serve.Each of these projects, in their own special way, solve unique social / environmental / economic challenges, and in so doing impart knowledge and inspiration to architects around the world”.

More than 3,500 projects worldwide were subjected to a process of collective selection, open to all website users, where a total of 70 projects have been selected initially, 5 finalists in each of 14 categories.  

The winners of each category are:

Category: Educational Architecture

Braamcamp Freire Secondary School (Lisbon, Portugal) / CVDB arquitectos

Photo © invisiblegentleman.com

Category: Religious Architecture

Saint John Baptist Chapel (Tenerife, Spain) / Alejandro Beautell

Photo © Efraín Pintos

Category: Cultural Architecture

Danish National Maritime Museum (Helsingor, Denmark) / BIG

Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj

Category: Offices

48 North Canal Road (Singapore) / WOHA

Photo © Patrick Bingham-Hall

Category: Industrial Architecture

Antinori Winery (Florence, Italy) / Archea Associati

Photo © Pietro Savorelli

Category: Sports Architecture

Archery Hall & Boxing Club (Tokyo, Japan) / FT Architects

Photo © Shigeo Ogawa

Category: Housing

Tete in L’air (Paris, France) / KOZ Architectes

Photo © Cécile Septet

Category: Refurbishment

Three Cusps Chalet (Braga, Portugal) / Tiago do Vale Arquitectos

Photo © João Morgado

Category: Healthcare Architecture 

Alcácer do Sal Residences (Alcácer do Sal, Portugal)/ Aires Mateus

Photo © FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sérgio Guerra

Category: Houses

Binh Thanh House (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) / Vo Trong Nghia Architects + Sanuki + Nishizawa architects

Photo © Hiroyuki Oki

Category: Public Architecture

Newbern Town Hall (Newbern, Alabama, U.S.A.) / Auburn University Rural Studio

Photo © Timothy Hursley

Category: Interior Architecture

Walmart Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo, Brazil) / Estúdio Guto Requena

Photo © Fran Parente

Category: Hospitality Architecture 

Tree Snake Houses (Pedras Salgadas, Portugal) / Luís Rebelo de Andrade + Tiago Rebelo de Andrade

Photo © Ricardo Oliveira Alves

Category:  Commercial Architecture

Fuel Station + McDonalds (Batumi, Georgia) / Giorgi Khmaladze

Photo © Giorgi Khmaladze

 

More at: http://www.archdaily.com/building-of-the-year/us/2014