Birdhouse bedrooms, rooftop parks and ancient lava flows feature in 2019 ABB LEAF Awards shortlist

By Adam Williams

July 26, 2019

China's Courtyard No. 1, by AOE, is one of the projects shortlisted for the 2019 ABB LEAF Awards

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China's Courtyard No. 1, by AOE, is one of the projects shortlisted for the 2019 ABB LEAF Awards

AOE

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The Living Lab is located in London, UK, and was designed by DaeWha Kang Design. The project is shortlisted in the Best New Start Up Practice Project category

Tom Donald

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Balance Günesli is located in Istanbul, Turkey, and was designed by AVCI Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Tall Building Project category

AVCI Architects

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Crystal Laputa is located in Chengdu, China, and was designed by 5+design. The project is shortlisted in the Best Tall Building Project category

5+design

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Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre is located in Nanjing, China, and was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Tall Building Project category

Zaha Hadid Architects

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Ford Point Revitalization is located in Richmond, US, was designed by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Regenerative Impact Project category

Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects

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Renovation of Nanjing Confucius Temple is located in Nanjing, China, and was designed by DC Alliance. The project is shortlisted in the Best Regenerative Impact Project category

DC Alliance

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Ruins Studio is located in Dumfries, Scotland, UK, and was designed by Nathanael Dorent Architecture. The project is shortlisted in the Best New Start Up Practice Project category

Nathanael Dorent Architecture

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Generali Tower is located in Milan, Italy, and was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Mixed Use Building Project category

Zaha Hadid Architects

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Greentown Yiwu Peach Blossom Land Living Experience Centre is located in Yiwu, China, and was designed by Hangzhou 9M Architectural Design Co. The project is shortlisted in the Best Mixed Use Building Project category

Hangzhou 9M Architectural Design Co.

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Up to the Mountain and Down to the River is located in Fuxing Town, China, and was designed by West-line Studio. The project is shortlisted in the Best Mixed Use Building Project category

West-line Studio

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Creek House is located in Bosham, UK, and was designed by AR Design Studio. The project is shortlisted in the Best Residential Building Project – Single Occupancy category

AR Design Studio

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Housing on Holzhalbinsel is located in Rostock, Germany, and was designed by Tchoban Voss Architekten. The project is shortlisted in the Best Residential Building Project – Multiple Occupancy category

Tchoban Voss Architekten

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Han Ling Yin Xiang is located in Zhejiang, China, and was designed by DC Alliance. The project is shortlisted in the Best Residential Building Project – Multiple Occupancy category

DC Alliance

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101 Maling Road is located in Canterbury, Australia, and was designed by Kavellaris Urban Design. The project is shortlisted in the Best Residential Building Project – Multiple Occupancy category

Kavellaris Urban Design

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Urban Home of Nature is located in Beijing, China, and was designed by Origin Architect. The project is shortlisted in the Best Residential Building Project – Single Occupancy category

Origin Architect

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KP-Project is located in Saitama-ken, Japan, and was designed by Yoshihiro Onodera Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Commercial Building Project category

Yoshihiro Onodera Architects

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Große Bleichen 19 is located in Hamburg, Germany, and was designed by Tchoban Voss Architekten. The project is shortlisted in the Best Commercial Building Project category

Tchoban Voss Architekten

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New Headquarters of Antao: Planet No. 16 is located in Hangzhou, China, and was designed by Antao Design. The project is shortlisted in the Best Refurbishment Project category

Antao Design

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Stray Birds Art Hotel is located in Chenjiapu Village, China, and was designed by gad line+ studio. The project is shortlisted in the Best Refurbishment Project category

gad line+ studio

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Uber Advanced Technologies Group Research & Development Center is located in San Francisco, USA, and was designed by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Refurbishment Project category

Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects

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10 Jay Street is located in New York, US, and was designed by ODA New York. The project is shortlisted in the Best Refurbishment Project category

ODA New York

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Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Passenger Clearance Building is located in Hong Kong, and was designed by Aedas and Rogers Stirk + Partners. The project is shortlisted in the Best Public Building Project category

Aedas and Rogers Stirk + Partners

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Nagasaki Prefectural Government Office is located in Nagasaki, Japan, and was designed by Nikken Sekkei. The project is shortlisted in the Best Public Building Project category

Nikken Sekkei

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Salesforce Transit Center is located in San Francisco, US, and was designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Tall Building Project category

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

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Koper Central Park is located in Koper, Slovenia, and was designed by Enota. The project is shortlisted in the Best Urban Design Project category

Enota

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The Kensington is located in London, UK, and was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Urban Design Project category

Zaha Hadid Architects

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Menil Drawing Institute is located in Houston, US, and was designed by Johnston Marklee. The project is shortlisted in the Best Arts & Culture Building Project category

Johnston Marklee

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Gravitational Field 2018 - The City Delta is located in Shanghai, China, and was designed by Goa. The project is shortlisted in the Best Arts & Culture Building Project category

Goa

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Glassell School of Art is located in Houston, US, and was designed by Steven Holl Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Arts & Culture Building Project category

Steven Holl Architects

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Kokugakuin University Learning Centre is located inTokyo, Japan, and was designed by Nikken Sekkei. The project is shortlisted in the Best Arts & Culture Building Project category

Nikken Sekkei

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Hadohilljo Townhouse is located in Jeju Island, South Korea , and was designed by UnitedLab Associates. The project is shortlisted in the Best New Start Up Practice Project category

UnitedLab Associates

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P4 is located in Warsaw, Poland, and was designed by Jems Architekci. The project is shortlisted in the Best Mixed Use Building Project category

Juliusz Sokolowski

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Tower of Bricks is located in Hengshui, China, and was designed by Interval Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Mixed Use Building Project category

Interval Architects

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The Scotts Tower is located in Singapore, and was designed by UNStudio. The project is shortlisted in the Best Residential Building Project – Multiple Occupancy category

UNStudio

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Daita is located in Tokyo, Japan, and was designed by Sasaki Architecture. The project is shortlisted in the Best Residential Building Project – Multiple Occupancy category

Sasaki Architecture

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AD Architecture Office is located in Shantou, China, and was designed by ADArchitecture. The project is shortlisted in the Best Mixed Use Building Project category

AD Architecture

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Layering Courtyard is located in Beijing, China, and was designed by ArchStudio. The project is shortlisted in the Best Interior Design Project category

ArchStudio

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Nine Hours Namba Station is located in Osaka, Japan, and was designed by Naruse Inokuma Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Interior Design Project category

Naruse Inokuma Architects

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Telegraf 7 Office JP Immobilien is located in Vienna, Austria, and was designed by BEHF Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Interior Design Project category

BEHF Architects

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Coffee Nap Rosters 2nd is located in Seoul, Korea, and was designed by Design Studio Maoom. The project is shortlisted in the Best Interior Design Project category

Design Studio Maoom

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West Japan Railway Company Twilight Express is located in Mizukaze, Japan, and was designed by Nikken Space Design. The project is shortlisted in the Best Interior Design Project category

Nikken Space Design

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Annso Hill is located in Tengchong, China, and was designed by Studio QI. The project is shortlisted in the Best Hospitality Building Project category

Studio QI

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Songyang Original Cottage is located in Langshu Village, China, and was designed by gad line+ studio. The project is shortlisted in the Best Hospitality Building Project category

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The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland is located in Grindavik, Iceland, and was designed by Basalt Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Hospitality Building Project category

Basalt Architects

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The Thousand Kyoto is located in Kyoto, Japan, and was designed by Tohata Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Hospitality Building Project category

Tohata Architects

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Austrian Embassy is located in Bangkok, Thailand, and was designed by Holodeck architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Achievement in Environmental Performance Project category

Holodeck architects

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Hong Kong West Kowloon Station is located in Hong Kong and was designed by Aedas.The project is shortlisted in the Best Achievement in Environmental Performance Project category

Andrew Bromberg at Aedas

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Longfu Life Experience Center is located in Puyang County, China, and was designed by LUO studio. The project is shortlisted in the Best Achievement in Environmental Performance Project category

LUO studio

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Learning Courtyard is located in Aurangabad, India, and was designed by Sanjay Puri Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Residential Building Project – Single Occupancy category

Sanjay Puri Architects

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OIZ Office is located in Ankara, Turkey, and was designed by Yazgan Design. The project is shortlisted in the Best Future Building Under Construction Project category

Yazgan Design

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Aqualuna is located in Toronto, Canada, and was designed by II by IV Design. The project is shortlisted in the Best Future Building Under Construction Project category

II by IV Design

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Manhattan Loft Gardens is located in London, UK, and was designed by SOM. The project is shortlisted in the Best Mixed Use Building Project category

SOM

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Morpheus Hotel, Cotai is located in Macau, China, and was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Hospitality Building Project category

Ivan Dupont

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Work, Meet and Dream! Designing Workplaces to Inspire Youth is located in Singapore, and was designed by DP Architects. The project is shortlisted in the Best Interior Design Project category

DP Architects

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The finalists have been named for this year's 2019 ABB LEAF Awards, which highlights outstanding architecture from around the globe. Though it features the usual big names, such as SOM, Zaha Hadid, and UN Studio, there's also a surprising number of outstanding projects from lesser known firms.

Now in its 18th year, the annual ABB Group LEAF Awards (Leading European Architects Forum Awards) is a global international prize that recognizes innovative architectural design.

"From China to Switzerland and many more, the shortlist includes projects of all scales and complexities from across the world," says the press release. "All of the shortlisted projects include buildings that are setting the benchmark for the international architectural community."

The overall winner will be announced on October 24 in Berlin, Germany. Until then, here are some highlights.

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects recently won the Best Tall Building Worldwide award from the influential Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat for its Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. The building is connected to the Salesforce Transit Center, which is impressive in its own right.

The huge transit station stretches over five blocks in downtown San Francisco and is defined by a 2.2 hectare (5.4 acre) rooftop park that includes a 1,000-person amphitheater, oak trees and a wetland marsh. It improves connectivity in the city and is also on track to be awarded LEED Gold certification (a green building standard).

Urban Home of Nature, by Origin Architect, is located in Beijing and is envisioned as a prototype ground floor apartment that embraces nature.

Interior partition walls have been removed and tree trunks and thick plank flooring was installed to try lend the home a feeling of being outdoors. Additionally, the children's bedroom has been designed to resemble a large bird's nest. The room is reached by a ladder that's separate from the main staircase, with the aim of it becoming becomes an ideal place for kids to play hide and seek.

The Retreat at Blue Lagoon, by Basalt Architects, is a new spa and hotel situated on the western side of Iceland's famous geothermal spa that integrates into the landscape impressively. The building is situated within natural lava formations and actually makes use of the lava to form both the perimeter of the lagoon and the interior walls of the spa.

Head to the gallery to see the other outstanding projects shortlisted for the 2019 ABB LEAF Awards.

Source: ABB LEAF Awards

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