The OBEL AWARD is a global award presented annually to honour "recent and outstanding architectural contributions to human development all over the world."
The prize sum is €100,000, making the Obel Award one of the world's largest
architecture prizes in terms of prize money.
The winner also receives an artwork trophy designed by
Tomás Saraceno
Tomás Saraceno (San Miguel de Tucumán, 1973) is an Argentine contemporary artist whose projects, consisting of floating sculptures, international collaborations, and interactive installations, propose and dialogue with forms of inhabiting and ...
.
The award was founded by Danish businessman Henrik Frode Obel (1942-2014) and sponsored by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation, based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Besides the annual award ceremony, The Obel Award produces books and publications and presents exhibitions and lectures on themes within architecture.
Laureates
Jury members (2023)
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Martha Schwartz
Martha Schwartz (born November 21, 1950) is an American landscape architect and educator. Schwartz is the founding principal of Martha Schwartz Partners, an architecture firm based in London, New York City, and Shanghai. She is also Professor in ...
, chair. Landscape architect, urbanist, and artist, USA.
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Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen is a Norwegian architect. In 1987, he co-founded the architecture firm Snøhetta.
History
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen was born 14 June 1958 on the Norwegian coastal island of Karmøy. After several years in Germany and England, ...
, juror. Architect, co-founder and design principal of
Snöhetta Architects, Norway.
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Louis Becker, juror and board member. Architect and design principal of
Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects is an international architectural firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1959 by Henning Larsen, it has around 750 employees.
In 2008, it opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and in 2011, an office in Munich, ...
, Denmark.
* Wilhelm Vossenkuhl, juror. Professor (em.) and philosopher. Germany.
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Xu Tiantian, juror. Architect, founding principal, DnA, Beijing, China.
* Aric Chen, juror. Design curator and Artistic Director of Rotterdam's
Het Nieuwe Instituut
Het Nieuwe Instituut (HNI, English: The New Institute) is a cultural centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It focuses on architecture, design, and digital culture. HNI is in a building designed by Jo Coenen at Museumpark 25 in the centre of Rott ...
, based in Shanghai, China.
[https://www.dezeen.com/2021/04/08/het-nieuwe-instituut-aric-chen-general-artistic-director/]
* Sumayya Vally, juror. Architect, founder and director of Counterspace, Johannesburg, South Africa and London, UK
References
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21st-century awards
Architecture awards of Denmark
Awards established in 2019