The Triangeln Station, Malmö, receives the Kasper Salin Prize for 2011, the most eminent Swedish annual award for buildings of high architectural quality, “for,” as part of the jury citation reads, “an unusually consistent implementation of a clear and percipient architectural idea.” The architecture is by KHR AS architects and SWECO Architects AB, represented by leading design architect Nille Juul Sørensen and project leader Lars Lindahl, and the building was commissioned as part of the City Tunnel project.
This year’s Housing Prize goes to the Äppelträdgården atrium terrace housing development, Göteborg (Gothenburg), accoladed by the jury as “an inspiring example of infill development on a Million Homes Programme estate.” The prize was jointly received by client representatives Magnus Borglund of White Arkitekter and Sven Steen of F.O. Peterson & Söner, who collaborated on the construction. Architects SAR/MSA Mikael Stenqvist and Thomas Landenberg were also present.
Stortorget, Gävle receives this year’s Siena Prize for the best public environment. As the reason for its choice, the jury states: “The makeover has been accomplished with an approach commensurate with the magnitude of the task, giving the people of Gävle a central urban space with a strong identity of its own … distinguished by both relevance and sustainability.” The architect is Andersson Jönsson Landskapsarkitekter, represented by Landscape Architect LAR/MSA Anders Jönsson, and the commission came from the Municipality of Gävle.
This year’s Gold Chair in the product category goes to the Ru Chair. In its citation, the jury writes: “With its neat and discreet profile the Ru Chair is both innovative and exhilaratingly idiosyncratic.” The chair, designed by Shane Schneck for Office for Design, is produced by HAY.
As architecture reviewer of the year the jury has chosen Per Wirtén, “for his capacity, through a combination of personal apostrophisation and hard facts, for making the outer city visible to all.”
Read more abut the jury citations and access press photos on www.arkitekt.se/price2011.
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