2A Continental Architectural Awards 2020 Competition News, Architecture Contest 2020

2A Continental Architectural Awards 2020 News

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2A Continental Architectural Awards 2021

2A Continental Architectural Awards 2021

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2A Continental Architectural Awards 2020 Winners

2A Continental Architectural Awards Winners in 2020 – Paying Accolades to Innovative Architecture

The 2A Continental Architectural Awards was established to honour and celebrate the achievements in architecture and Urban Design. Founded by Ahmad Zohadi and organised by 2A magazine and 2A Academy of Innovative Ideas in Architecture, the 2ACAA 2020 endorses the appreciation of architecture, far and wide, all over the world.

Despite the young age of the Award, we have rapidly established ourselves as one of the most significant award programs through our creative, innovative, and pioneering list of winners and distinguished panel of judges. The 2ACAA has been a significant organization dedicated to identifying and acknowledging innovative and future-sensitive designs globally.

Despite a year of pandemic Covid-19 we strived and managed the awards successfully. This year, our ambition, yet again, to recognize and reward the impressive architectural works conducted by the world’s most innovative, creative, ingenious, and devoted designers and architects. 2A received 131 projects from different continents for various categories under the theme Innovative Contextual Architecture in the Continents.

2A’s distinguished panel of judges have ensured through an automated online system that the most dedicated, imaginative, creative, and splendid architects and designers qualifies for the awards. The independent jury of experts of 2ACAA 2020 comprises esteemed members who are recognized and expert mavens in their fields of architecture, design, business, art, and culture.

The jury member team included of Dr. Behram Shirdel, Donald Bates, Silja Tillner, Antoine Guiraud and Asako Yamamoto. The winners of the 2ACAA 2020 are innovative answers to contemporary architectural and design needs.

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Winners 2020 – Asia

Public – Asia

First:

BIT Sports Center
Atelier Alter Architects
Location: Beijing, China
Lead Designer: Jiyuan Zhang
Design team: Zhenwei Li, Kai Qin, Ping Jiang, Wei Huang, Tongwei Liu, Dehu Du, Jiahe Zhang, Ran Yan, Lairong Zheng, Jiaming Mei, Lidong Song, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Jingshi Zhang, Bida Wei

photo © Highlite Images
BIT Sports Center

Second:

SANG-E-SIAH BOUTIQUE HOTEL
Stak Office
Location: Shiraz, Iran
Lead Designer: Ali Sodagaran
Design team: M.Shahvar, H.Haghtalab, Salman.Shoorangiz, Sh.Nejati, N.Heydarjan, M.Koohpaye,S.Ordoobadi, T.Farahmandfar, S.Soleymani, P.Esmailnejad

Third:

Vira Office Building
alidoost and partners
Location: Tehran, Iran
Lead Designer: Shahab Alidoost
Design team: Amir NikNafas, Hamideh Raouf Zadeh, Sahand Mohaddes, Parisa Soltani, Behnaz Behbahani, Hamed Bakhtiari, Rokhsareh Panahi Nejad, Ilia Salek, Ida Ehsani, Mina Mehradad

Residential – Asia

First:

The Red Roof
TAA Design
Location: Quang Ngai, Vietnam
Lead Designer: TAA Design
Design team: Nguyen Van Thien, Nguyen Huu Hau

Second:

Villa 12
NOIRoffice
Location: Noor, Iran
Lead Designer: Mohammadreza Marashi
Design team: E.Golriz, E.Valizade, N.Khamse, S.Riazi, S.Saeedi, N.Farokhi, A.Mosavi, M.Pakdel, Gh.Amini, M.S.Lotfalian

Commercial – Asia

First:

WuliEpoch Culture Center
Atelier Alter Architects
Location: Beijing, China
Lead Designer: Jiyuan Zhang
MEP: Gong Cheng, Zhenwei Li

photo © Highlite Images
WuliEpoch Culture Center

Second:

Sharif Office Building
Hooba design
Location: Tehran, Iran
Lead Designer: Hooman Balazadeh
Design team: Hooba design

Third:

Stonex India
Urbanscape Architects
Location: Rajasthan, India
Lead Designer: Dinesh Panwar
Design team: Ar. Dinesh Panwar

Old & New – Asia

First:

SE-BÆR Art Residency
SE-BÆR Art Residency
Location: Isfahan, Iran
Lead Designer: SE-BÆR Art Residency
Design team: Mohsen Khazdooz, Adib Iravani, Hosein Panjehpour

Second:

Houmehr Jewelry Shop
Dalan Architecture Office
Location: Yazd, Iran
Lead Designer: Ali Mohammad Shahmahmoodi
Design team: Hamide Ghayari, Maryam Bagheri

Interior Architecture – Asia

First:

Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum
Atelier Alter Architects
Location: Xiamen, China
Lead Designer: Jiyuan Zhang, Xiaojun Bu
Design Team：Zhenwei Li, Jiahe Zhang, Lairong Zheng, Bo Huang, Leilei Ma

photograph : Atelier Alter Architects
Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum

Second:

Buffer (Waffle Structure)
Aleshtar Architectural Office
Location: Khorramabad, Iran
Lead Designer: Hamed Moradi Aleshtar
Design Team: Sara Eskandary, Sara Moradi Fard

Urban projects – Asia

First:

Bagh e behesht
Narvan Design & Development
Location: Tehran, Iran
Lead Designer: Alireza Shahlaei
Design Team: Mohammad Ali Mousavi, Hossein Sharify, Vali Shishebori

Second:

Cafe Muguet
Location: Karaj, Iran
Lead Designer: Omid Nikookar/ Lena Bahari
Client: Sina Kakavand, Hamed Varakani
Design Team: Nabil Zeinali, Alireza Kashfi, Sana Ansari
Construction: Sina Kakavand

Third:

Commercial sidewalk
Shiraz municipality, Point Architecture Group
Location: Shiraz, Iran
Lead Designer: Sedigheh Eskandarpour
Design Team: Sedigheh Eskandarpour , Mahsa Saeidi zadeh, Parisa Sherafati

Future – Asia

First:

Damavand villa
ARC- Ashkan Rafiey CoOp
Location: Damavand, Iran
Lead Designer: Ashkan Rafiey
Design Team: Mahdis Saryazdi, Mohammadmehdi Safi

Second:

Life Bridge
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Location: Shiraz, Iran
Lead Designer: Amir Hossein Ashari
Design Team: Zahra Jafari, Ehsan Shabani, Roodabeh Lotfpour, Donya Rahmatzadeh

Third =:

Bookan
Studio Saheb
Location: Tehran, Iran
Lead Designer: Amir Reza Saheb
Design Team: Mohammad Reza Aliyarinia

Third =:

Nowhere ( In Search Of A Spece, A space for the presence of a place to cross )
Saffar Studio
Location: Hyrcanian Forest, Iran
Lead Designer: Ahmad Saffar
Design Team: Nima Najafi- Bahar Mesbah – Niloufar Zaker

Third =:

Dali Transformer Factory Theatrical District
Atelier Alter Architects
Location: Dali, China
Lead Designer: Jiyuan Zhang
Design Team: Xiaojun Bu, Jiyuan Zhang, Zhenwei Li, Li Jiang、Yalan Qin、Chunbiao Cao、Jiaming Mei, Lanyue Sheng、Si Miao, Teng Xue, Zhen Ni.

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Winners 2020 – Europe

Public – Europe

First:

Canine & Feline Hotel
Raulino Silva Arquitecto
Location: Vila do Conde, Portugal
Lead Designer: Raulino Silva
Design team: Daniela Amorim, Cátia Sampaio, João Mendes, Carla Ribeiro, Hélder Jesus, Elena Marino, Giuliano Pavarese

photos © João Morgado

Canine & Feline Hotel, Vila do Conde

Second:

Day Care Center for People with Alzheimer’s Disease
studioVRA
Location: Benavente, Spain
Lead Designer: RUBEN GARCIA-RUBIO
Design team: Ruben Garcia-Rubio & Sonsoles Vela

Residential – Europe

First:

Residenza Carlo Erba
Degli Esposti Architetti s.r.l.
Location: MIlan, Italy
Eisenman Architects, Degli Esposti Architetti, AZstudio

photos : Maurizio Montagna

Residenza Carlo Erba

Second:
Touguinhó III House
Raulino Silva Arquitecto
Location: Vila do Conde, Portugal
Lead Designer: Raulino Silva
Photography: João Morgado

Third =:
residential complex “ZILART»
Mezonproekt
Location: Moscow, Russia
Lead Designer: Stroeva Natalia
Design team: Ilya Mashkov, Andrey Kolpikov, Andrey Bafanov, Pavel Semikin, Tamara Ivanova, Anna Hlopcova

Third =:
A24 Reconstruction
Architectural Studio Ivana Lukovic
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Lead Designer: Ivana Lukovic

Interior Architecture – Europe

First:
It’s Just a Matter of Time / ARCOmadrid 2020
Estudio Angela Juarranz
Location: Madrid, Spain
Lead Designer: Angela Juarranz

Photographs: Javier de Paz García

Future – Europe

First:
Port of cultures
Swap office
Location: Mariupol, Ukraine
Design team: Farnaz Manzour, Mehdi Taheri

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Winners 2020 – South & Central America

Public – South & Central America

First:
Vertical Campus – Universidad Central
TALLER Architects + TAB/Taller de Arquitectura de Bogotá
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Design team: Daniel Bonilla, Marcela Albornoz, Julián Restrepo, Pablo Forero Juan Carlos Cuberos,Santiago Sánchez, Manuela Mosquera, Maria Fernanda Villalba, Joaquín Mosquera, Melissa Ortega, Sebastián Gómez, Lila Salamanca, Paolo Ronchi, Yenny Romero

Residential – South & Central America

First:
Endless Horizon House
Felipe Siqueira Siqueira + Azul Arquitetura
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Design team: Lia Siqueira

23 July 2020

2A Continental Architectural Awards 2020 Open Call

Open Call – 2A Continental Architectural Awards 2020

The 2A Continental Architectural Awards (2ACAA) has been primarily structured and designed to acknowledge and recognize the noteworthy contributions of individuals and organizations in the field of Architecture worldwide. Organised by 2A magazine under the guidance of Mr. Ahmad Zohadi as director of the Awards.

These prestigious series of awards are an excellent and inimitable opportunity for professionals of the architect world across the globe to enhance their knowledge and vision in the field of architectural and indulge in intriguing exchange and discussion of ideas inspired by a plethora of cultures, traditions, themes, inventions, and experiences. It is the perfect platform to explore and discuss new trends, techniques, and technological advancements in the architecture world.

Given the Covid-19 situation worldwide, the Organising Committee have decided to take 2ACAA from the ground to the cloud. 2ACAA 2020 shall be once again conducted on a grand scale but virtually. It has been designed to be one of a kind virtual event in the history of Architecture. 2ACAA has always been about research and innovation.

This innovative step of making 2ACAA a successful virtual ceremony is an attempt to respond responsibly to the global impact of Covid-19. It is a progressive step towards developing and implementing the right technological capabilities to maintain high-quality connections between professionals of the architecture world while keeping them safe.

The theme of 2ACAA 2020 is “Innovative Architecture in the Continents.” You can submit your entries for 2ACAA 2020 between 25^th July 2020 and 25^th September 2020. Architecture professionals and organizations across the globe can submit their completed buildings and future projects across multiple categories. The online judgment shall be undertaken between 10^th October 2020 and 25^th October. The winners shall be announced on 10^th November 2020. 2ACAA 2020 is a one-stage entry/ two-stage judging award. The first stage shortlisting will be done by Jury board and declared as Candidate’s Project.

In the second stage Jury will decide final winners for each category.

One can make your entries under the following categories.

Commercial (Retail & Wholesale, Office & Business, Production)
Public (Sport & Leisure, Education, Health, Mixed-use, Hospitability)
Residential

Rural Projects, Public Spaces (including squares and streets) and Landscapes, Urban Projects
Old and New (Regeneration, Restoration, Renovation, Reuse, and Adaptation)
Religion, Civic Transportation, and Community Based Projects

Interior Architecture
Future Projects/Innovative Designs

Following is the fee structure for submitting entries for 2ACAA 2020. The fee is discounted so that a single participant can submit more and more projects.

1 project : € 95
2 projects : €159
3 projects : €235

Below is the list of the prestigious Jury Members for 2ACAA 2020.

Donald L. Bates
Bahram Shirdel

Asako Yamamoto
Silja Tillner
Antonia Guiraud

2ACAA stands for the very purpose of acting as a channel between various architectural schools of thought. It stands to evolve the architectural space through profound and futuristic ideas and innovative use of technological advancements. Despite the Covid-19 situation worldwide, it still strives to do the same this year. It seeks to bring about positive changes in the world of architecture, even amidst the Covid-19 adversity.

2ACAA 2020 aims to cover a broader landscape in terms of participation and is significantly expanding its belt. Anyone from the architecture field residing practically anywhere in the world can leverage this golden opportunity, Submit now!