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Explore Europe's Best Buildings: Visionary Architecture and Design Awards at Architekturzentrum Wien

Uncover 40 outstanding European architectural projects, featuring award-winning residential, educational, and cultural designs.

The 'Europe's Best Buildings' exhibition at Architekturzentrum Wien highlights exceptional architectural achievements across the continent. It serves as a vital exploration of contemporary design, presenting visionary developments that shape modern urban landscapes. Visitors can delve into 40 distinguished projects, from innovative housing to educational facilities, selected for their transformative potential and impact on architecture.

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Exhibition summary

This exhibition showcases outstanding architecture projects from Europe, focusing on visionary developments that shape contemporary architecture. It highlights award-winning residential, educational, and cultural buildings, including the main prize winner for the Town House at Kingston University and the Emerging Architecture prize winner, La Borda cooperative housing.

Curatorial context

The exhibition 'Europe's Best Buildings' puts the spotlight on remarkable architecture projects from across the continent, serving as a seismograph for architectural developments and the transformative potential of design. Presented every two years, it focuses on developments with visionary character that provide orientation or act as manifestos for contemporary architecture. This iteration notably features prominent residential projects and, for the first time, an educational building as the main prize winner: the Town House at Kingston University by Grafton Architects. The award for Emerging Architecture 2022 goes to La Borda cooperative housing by the Lacol collective, recognized as Spain's tallest wooden building. The exhibition includes a curated selection of finalists such as the Frizz23 in Berlin, Railway Farm in Paris, the renovation of Z33 House for Contemporary Art in Hasselt, and social housing projects in Cornellà de Llobregat, alongside the conversion of the Enrico Fermi School in Turin. Selected by a distinguished jury, these 40 projects from over 500 nominations represent the forefront of European architectural innovation, with special attention given to five projects from Austria.

Admission and ticket notes

The page does not provide specific ticketing information for this exhibition. It is presented as part of the Architekturzentrum Wien's programming, and visitors may refer to the museum's general admission policies or visit the provided links for further details or related events like guided tours and workshops, which may have separate booking requirements. The exhibition runs daily from 10:00 to 19:00.

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Architekturzentrum Wien
Current status
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Exhibition schedule
From Oct 6, 2022
Artist line / attribution
Features projects selected by a jury chaired by Tatiana Bilbao and including Georg Pendl, with notable participants such as Grafton Architects, Lacol collective, Deadline, Grand Huit and Melanie Drevet Paysagiste, Francesca Torzo, peris+toral.arquitectes, BDR bureau, fasch&fuchs, Bevk Perovic Arhitekti, mia2 Architektur, einszueins architektur, and Werner Neuwirth.
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