The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™ was founded in 2006 by the architect and professor Jana Revedin. The Global Award Community, which consists of the 55 contemporary architects from around the globe who have received the award, works towards a sustainable architectural ethic and fosters research, experimentation and transmission in the fields of sustainable architecture, urban renewal
and academic social responsibility. It defines architecture as an agent of empowerment, self-development and civic rights. The laureates since 2007 are:
2007 : Françoise-Hélène Jourda, Paris - Wang Shu & Lu Wenyu, Hangzhou - Hermann Kaufmann, Schwarzach - Stefan Behnisch, Stuttgart - Balkrishna Doshi, Ahmedabad
2008 : Alejandro Aravena, Santiago de Chile - Fabrizio Carola, Napels - Andrew Freear, Rural Studio, Auburn - Philippe Samyn, Brussels - Carin Smuts, Capetown
2009 : Patrick Bouchain, Paris - Thomas Herzog, München - Bijoy Jain, Mumbai - Diébédo Francis Kéré, Berlin - Sami Rintala, Bodo
2010 : Steve Baer, Albuquerque - Phil Harris & Adrian Welke, Troppo, Darwin - Junya Ishigami, Tokyo - Giancarlo Mazzanti, Bogota - Kjetil Thorsen, Snohetta, Oslo
2011 : Shlomo Aronson, Jerusalem - Carmen Arrospide Poblete, Patronate Machupicchu, Cuzco - Teddy Cruz, San Diego - Anna Heringer, Laufen - Vatnavinir, Reykjavik
2012 : Salma Samar Damluji, Beyrout - Anne Feenstra, Kaboul, Dehli - Andreas Gjersten & Yashar Hanstad, TYIN Tegnestue, Oslo - Philippe Madec, Paris - Suriya Umpansiriratana, Bangkok - Al Borde, Quito
2013 : José Paulo Dos Santos, Porto - Ted Flato & David Lake, Lake-Flato, San Antonio - Kevin Low, Kuala Lumpur - Marie Moignot & Xavier De Wil, MDW, Brussels
2014 : Christopher Alexander, Arundel - Tatiana Bilbao, Mexico City - Adrian Geuze, West 8, Rotterdam - Bernd Gundermann, Auckland - Martin Rajnis, Prag
2015 : Marco Casagrande, Helsinki - Santiago Cirugeda, Sévillia - Jan Gehl, Copenhagen - Juan Roman, Talca - Rotor, Brussels
2016 : Patrice Doat, Grenoble - Derek van Herden & Steve Kinsler, East Coast architects, Durban - Kengo Kuma, Tokyo - Gion Antoni Caminada, Vrin - Patama Roonrakwit, Case Studio, Bangkok
2017 : Takaharu Tezuka + Yui Tezuka, Tokyo - Brian MacKay-Lyons & Talbot Sweetapple, Halifax - Assemble, London - Sonam Wangchuk, Leh, Laddak - Paulo David, Funchal, Madeira
The Global Award is run by the Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine Paris and is under the patronage of UNESCO. citedelarchitecture.fr/fr/article/global-award-sustainable-architecture
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