EVENTS
- 18 november 2010
Prize-giving ceremony
Second edition of the BSI Swiss Architectural Award
Chromed steel - Produced by Flury Modellbau GmbH, Egliswil
“For an artist to work with an architect is a moment of pure exchange. It is where the tensions and possibilities of modernity come together. For an artist to design an architectural award is a strange role and it is also a mo- ment to play. This award is precise and compact. It is designed to show a reflection of growth. A growth of ideas, a growth of new structures and a growth of new relationships. It is also designed to last, to be polished and to be thought of as a gift and a thank you from artist to architect”.
Announcement of the winner
Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré (Burkina Faso/Germany) has been named the winner of the second BSI Swiss Architectural Award
The award, which totals CHF 100,000, will be presented to the winner on 18 November at the Accademia di architettura in Mendrisio, Switzerland, at a ceremony that will also mark the opening of the exhibition of works submitted by the candidates
The second international BSI Swiss Architectural Award is being held this year. It is sponsored by the BSI Architectural Foundation, under the aegis of the Swiss Federal Office for Culture in Bern and the Accademia di architettura of Mendrisio (Università della Svizzera Italiana), in partnership with the Archivio del Moderno, Mendrisio...
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