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The architecture and real estate industry turned out in full force once again for the Cityscape Awards for Architecture in Emerging Markets Gala Dinner at the Grand Hyatt Dubai on October 6, 2009. Over the last few years the Cityscape Awards have now developed into the world’s premier Architectural Awards for the emerging markets. The Awards reward excellence in architecture and design from the emerging regions of the Gulf States, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, South America and South and East Asia and Latin America and seek to recognise and reward Architects and their entries that have shown outstanding designs, performance, vision and achievement in key emerging market and project areas.
Industry professionals from the emerging markets attended to celebrate and acknowledge industry figureheads who have surpassed the already high standards of the industry.
Within the main Award categories, over 300 different entries were received from a wide range of emerging market countries. To decide which projects were worthy of winning the Awards and seals of distinction of the Cityscape Architectural Awards, a judging panel consisting of high profile international judges spent a whole-day viewing, deliberating and discussing each and every entry. The international judging panel consisted of:
SUHA OZKAN - B.Arch. M.Arch. AADipl. Hons. PhD. Hon. FAIA, Architect, Urban Planner, Historian, Theorist, International Executive; Founding Chairman of World Architecture Community
GAETAN SIEW, Immediate Past President of the Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA)
GEORGE KATODRYTIS, Associate Professor in Architecture and Director of Scholarship and Outreach at the School of Architecture & Design of the American University of Sharjah
HABIBA AL MARASHI, Co-founder and Chairperson of Emirates Environmental Group
PETER A. DI SABATINO, AIA, Dean, School of Architecture and Design, American University of Sharjah
A special feature of this year’s Cityscape Architectural Awards was the introduction of the Cultural Heritage Award. This Award was initiated by the Jury to reward an Architect who excelled not only for restoration works but for the innovative use of public spaces as well.
Click here to view the 2009 winners of the coveted Awards and seals of distinction were:
Rohan Marwaha, Managing Director of Cityscape commented “Once again, we have had a tremendous response to the Awards and received an impressive array of nominations from all emerging regions. Cityscape is proud to be organising and hosting such a valuable vehicle to recognise and reward industry achievers from the emerging markets. These Awards would not be possible without the significant support and encouragement of the Awards sponsors, many of which are returning year after year.
We would like to say a big thank you to our Associate Awards Sponsor, Gaggenau who have been one of our biggest supporters, year after year and our thanks and appreciation go to our Headline Sponsors: LAB 23, Teka and Boomerang Systems.
In addition to the tremendous support provided by our international judging panel and sponsors, the Awards were honoured to have the full support of the World Architecture Community and the Emirates Environmental Group which further provides the recognition that the Cityscape Architectural Awards plays a critical and prominent role in promoting, developing and recognising industry innovators and achievers from the emerging markets.
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