The 2A Continental Architectural Awards is an architecture award, organized by 2A Magazine to recognize and honor an individual or a group’s contribution to the world of architecture.

Award categories

The award is presented under eight categories #Residential #Commercial (Office & Business, Retail, and wholesale, Production) #Public (Sport & Leisure, Education, Hospitality, Culture, Mixed Use, Health, #Religion, Civic, Transportation), and community-based projects #Urban Projects, Rural Projects, Landscape & Public Spaces (including squares and streets) #Old and New (Reuse and adaptation, Renovation, Restoration, Regeneration) #Interior Architecture #Future Projects / Innovative Designs

History

2015

The first Award event was held in Istanbul, Turkey, with the Istanbul Technical University being the main Academic partner. The other technical partners were The UNESCO,

Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul Bilgi University ( tr, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi), officially established in 1996, is a private university located in Istanbul, Turkey. The university has 4 campuses centrally-located in Istanbul namely SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Do ...

and Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism of Iran. Its theme was “The Emergence of Contemporary Architecture in Asia.” The Jury members consisted of Sinan Mert Sener,

Seung H-Sang Seung H-Sang () is a South Korean architect who studied at Seoul National University and Technische Universitaet in Wien. After working for Kim Swoo-geun from 1974 to 1989, he established his own office IROJE architects&planners in 1989. Seung ...

, Romi Khosla, and Yavuz Selim Sepin.

2016

The second 2A Continental Architectural Award event was held at Vienna, Austria in association with Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. This year’s theme was “Innovative Architecture in Asia.” The Jury consisted of some fine architects including Volkwin Marg,

Nasrine Seraji Professor Nasrine Seraji-Bozorgzad AA Dipl FRIBA, is an Iranian-born French-British architect. She is a 2011 recipient of the Knight of the Legion of Honour, an Officier of l'Ordre national du Mérite and l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Earl ...

, Wolfgang Tschapeller, Murat Tabanlıoğlu, Françoise Fromonot and Hiromi Hosoya.

2017

The 2017 2A Awards event took place in Berlin, Germany and was themed “Innovative Architecture in Various Continents.” Seated on the Jury were renowned architects Ulrike Lauber, Hubert Neinhoff, and

Sergei Tchoban Sergei Tchoban (German: Sergej Tschoban; born 9 October 1962) is a German Architect and artist working in various cities in Europe. He is managing director of the architectural firm TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten and founder of the Tchoban Foundation, wh ...

2018

The awards ceremony was held at Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia with the theme "Innovative Contextual Architecture in Asia and Europe". Jury composed of

Carme Pinós Carme Pinós (born 1954) is a Spanish architect. Biography Pinós graduated Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB) in Barcelona in 1979 and returned to the school in 1981 to study Urbanism. From 1982 on she formed a part ...

, Yoko Okuyama,

Abbas Gharib Abbas Gharib, (born 16 June 1942), is an Italian-based architect of Iranian origin. His approach to planning and design, which goes beyond the traditional modernism or contemporary format, has made him well known as an influential figure in the r ...

, Willy Müller and Ali Basbous.

2019

The awards for Asia-Oceania, Europe, Africa, South Central, and North America was held at

Polytechnic University of Madrid The Technical University of Madrid or sometimes called Polytechnic University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM) is a public university, located in Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1971 as the result of merging different Te ...

under the theme "Innovative Contextual Architecture in the Continents".

2020

The award was organised online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jury members included

Bahram Shirdel Bahram Shirdel is an Iranian architect internationally known as one of the most influential architects dealing with the interdisciplinary field of architecture and science as well as Fold/Folding Architecture. Jeffrey Kipnis, Greg Lynn, Peter E ...

Silja Tillner Silja Tillner (born 1960) is an Austrian architect. She is a Principal in the firm Architekten Tillner & Willinger ZT GmbH. She received a Fulbright Grant to study Architecture at UCLA. Her UCLA master's thesis project was "The End of the Glenda ...

, Donald Bates, Antoine Guiraud and Asako Yamamoto.

Administration

Ahmad Zohadi Ahmad Zohadi ( fa, احمد زهادی) is an Iranian architecture scholar, publisher and researcher. Currently, he is the CEO and editor-in-chief of architectural magazine 2A Magazine. He is also the founder and chief editor of ''‘Architect ...

is the founder, organizer and director of 2A Continental Architectural Awards organised since 2015. He is the CEO and editor-in-chief of

2A Magazine The 2A Continental Architectural Awards is an architecture award, organized by 2A Magazine to recognize and honor an individual or a group’s contribution to the world of architecture. Award categories The award is presented under eight categories ...

, also the founder and chief editor of ''‘Architecture & Construction’'', a persian quarterly magazine, published since 2003, and distributed in Iran.

References

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