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The Best House 2011 Architecture prizes for single-family houses in austria Duration of the exhibition: 05 May – 23 May 2011 Architekturzentrum Wien, Museumsplatz 1, in the MQ, 1070 Vienna Opening hours: daily 10am – 7pm Prize-giving ceremony and opening of the exhibition: Wednesday, 04 May 2011, 7pm The prizes will be presented by: Bernd Hartmann, Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture Josef Schmidinger, Managing Director s Bausparkasse Dietmar Steiner, Director Architekturzentrum Wien In cooperation with the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, the Architekturzentrum Wien, and with the involvement of the regional architecture institutions the Bausparkasse der österreichischen Sparkassen looked for Austria’s best single-family houses. The buildings submitted for “The Best House 2011“ covered a wide range of different building typologies, produced under very different topographical conditions. The specialist jury, chaired by Marion Kuzmany from the Architekturzentrum Wien, included one member from each of the nine architecture institutions in Austria’s federal provinces. In the first stage the jury selected the best 31 single-family houses from a total of 128 competition entries, in the second assessment stage the nine winners, one in each of the federal states, were selected. The prizes were awarded to outstanding examples of everyday architecture. Among the prizewinners varied designs in wood reveal an unsuspected diversity of aesthetically minimised constructions and facades as well as interiors that range from elegant to Spartan. The relationship between indoor and outdoor space is a design aspect that emerges with increasing frequency and is also expressed in the relationship between the building materials. The tendency to increase the density of existing developments is becoming more important, while an increased emphasis on ecological aspects with regard to building materials and energy supply is combined with holistic design solutions. New concepts that address communal housing projects are also becoming more common. The prize money donated by the s Bausparkasse and the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture amounts to 6000 euros for each project (3000 euros for the architect and 3000 for the client). FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE UNDERLINES THE RICH DIVERSITY OF BUILDING TYPES WITHIN THE CATEGORY SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE By means of the architecture prize “The Best House” the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture in cooperation with the s Bausparkasse and the Architekturzentrum Wien reveals what a wide spectrum of architectural solutions and ideas for single-family or paired houses has already been implemented in Austria. The best-practise examples by the prizewinners demonstrate outstanding architectural quality, while at the same time making an important contribution to the culture of building in our country. This award is an exemplary initiative in terms of heightening public awareness of the theme of architecture and drawing the attention of those planning to build their own home to the aspect of architectural quality. It also makes a contribution to explaining everyday and contemporary architecture. This initiative clearly points out the advantages of building with professional architectural support. Taking this path not only creates a house with real architectural and functional quality but also helps ensure its economic and ecological sustainability in use. The prize stands for a sustainable improvement of the culture of building in Austria and shows that all those involved – architects, clients and the financing partners – also understand architectural activity as a social concern. S BAUSPARKASSE WELCOMES QUALITY IN SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES The quality of the projects submitted has proven that this prize sustainably stimulates initiatives in the area of the private dwelling house and that new solutions for single-family houses could be discovered in the existing and constantly increasing development of the landscape. In the process buildings are created that through their characteristics and their use of energy exert a positive influence on nature and people in their immediate environment, and which integrate themselves in their setting or accentuate it in a striking way. What architecture can achieve is demonstrated with great clarity. Our environment needs the ordering hand of the architect more than ever – and particularly where individual wishes encounter spatial planning with a wide-range of competences. In a self-assured way the generation of young architects and house owners is giving built form to their visions of individual housing. On the one hand the s Bausparkasse – as part of the concept of making provision for one’s future – is committed to the private home as a material basis for the future, on the other to encouraging a contemporary architecture in Austria that sees people and the environment as its main focus. ARCHITEKTURZENTRUM WIEN – RAISING THE QUALITY OF AUSTRIA’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES The Architekturzentrum Wien, which has been a partner and co-organiser of the architecture prize “The Best House” for several years, is happy to organise this prize for quality building in the sector of the private single-family house once again together with the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture and the s Bausparkasse. As mediator between clients and architects the Architekturzentrum Wien sees raising the quality of Austria’s architectural identity and encouraging an approach to architecture that is aware of the importance of quality as matters of enormous importance. NÄHERE INFORMATIONEN UNTER WWW.DASBESTEHAUS.AT Dr. Charlotte Harrer, s Bausparkasse, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Tel. 05 0100-29326; E-Mail: charlotte.harrer@sbausparkasse.co.at Mag. Ines Purtauf, Architekturzentrum Wien, Presse/Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Tel. 01 522 31 15-23, E-Mail: purtauf@azw.at Arch. DI Marion Kuzmany, Architekturzentrum Wien, Projektkoordination Tel. 01 522 31 15-12, E-Mail: kuzmany@azw.at |
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