The OBEL AWARD jury seeks ecologically and socially responsible architecture in a world in flux.
Two new members add new perspectives in the OBEL AWARD jury’s work to identify new architectural contributions that can help solve global challenges.
Architects and scientists met in Aalborg, Denmark, on 25 October to celebrate cross-disciplinary ideas in the built environment and, specifically, Seratech’s solution for carbon-neutral concrete.
Adrian Forty, Emeritus Professor of Architectural History, will give a special lecture at the Royal Danish Academy on 24 October 2022.
Seratech wants architects to continue to design beautiful and safe buildings with concrete – sustainably.
Material scientists win the ambitious architecture award for their solution for carbon-neutral concrete.
The former Executive Director of the Pritzker Prize and former Dean of IE School for Architecture and Design in Madrid will lead the planning of future educational initiatives within the Henrik F. Obel Foundation.
Head of the OBEL AWARD jury, Martha Schwartz, talks to DesignIntelligence about the award and the need in the world for drastic change.
The focus of 2022 is: seminal architectural solutions (projects or products) which are CO2 neutral (or less), factoring in all embodied emissions.
LSE Cities and the OBEL AWARD present Professor Carlos Moreno, winner of the 2021 OBEL AWARD, on 26 May at the London School of Economics.
International architects and politicians came together on 21 October in Paris to pay tribute to Professor Carlos Moreno who received the third ever OBEL AWARD for his work on the 15-minute city.
OBEL AWARD winner Carlos Moreno explains the complexity theory behind the 15-minute city concept and the growing global movement it has created led by scientists and mayors.
Urban theory and global movement the 15-minute city as defined by Professor Carlos Moreno is the third winner of the OBEL AWARD.
The focus of this year is: works (projects or products) that offer: seminal solutions to the challenges facing cities.
Interview with Anna Heringer about the project ‘Anandaloy’ in Rudrapur, Bangladesh, 2017-2020. The project is the winner of the OBEL AWARD 2020.
Anna Heringer is the second ever recipient of the OBEL AWARD for her project in rural Bangladesh.
The focus of 2020 is: mending through architecture.
Visitors will have a change to experience Water Garden by Junya Ishigami & Associates at Aedes in Berlin from 13 May – 25 June 2020.
Watch the three videos with Junya Ishigami, Louis Becker, and Martha Schwartz, recorded in Aalborg, Denmark on 22 October.
The OBEL AWARD winner 2019 held an open lecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK) in Copenhagen on 23 October 2019.
With the project Art Biotop Water Garden, the first OBEL AWARD sets a high standard and firmly establishes the goal of the new award: to push the boundaries of architecture.
The first winner of the OBEL AWARD is the Art Biotop Water Garden project in Tochigi, Japan, by Junya Ishigami & Associates.
The focus of 2019 is: Well-being through architecture.
Certain works of architecture exhibit a promise of transformation. These are works that test the boundaries of architecture and transcend the age in which they are created. The OBEL AWARD has been founded to identify and reward these seminal works for their ability to inspire contemporary and future generations.
Four jury members have been found, and now begins the journey to establish a new, ambitious award.
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