Gala night at MIPIM awards
Organized in association with Immobilien Zeitung, the ceremony rewards the best in international real-estate projects. Participants cast their votes for a shortlist of three or four nominees in each category during the week of the MIPIM market.
The Mondrian building in Brussels beat off tough competition in the business center category from the Nihonbashi 1-Chrome Building in Tokyo and Norman Foster's France Avenue in Paris. The field was also tight in the shopping center category, with the Principe Pio center in Madrid beating Hong Kong's Langham Place and Moscow's spectacular Gum Store. Principe Pio also took the Special Jury award.
Some expressed surprise that the headquarters of Le Monde in Paris managed to stave off the Goggs East building in London and the Bavarian Representation to the EU headquarters in Brussels to take the honors in the refurbished office buildings category. There were to be no surprises in the residential developments section, however. The spectacular Turning Torso building in Malmo, Sweden took first place ahead of No 1 West India Quay in London and the Espirito Santo Plaza in Miami in a decision few could find fault with.
Poland's only nominee didn't enjoy success in the hotel and tourism sector. However, the Le Régina Hotel can take some solace in the fact that it lost to one of the most impressive architectural feats seen in the UK in quite some time, the Wales Millennium Center in Cardiff. The Dorint Sofitel Bayerpost Munchen was the other nominee.
The 2005 FIABCI René Franck Habitat Award was also given out at the ceremony to André Luis Albuquerque, a public-private partnership between Governo do Paraná, Terra Nova and Cohapar. This award, created in 2003, seeks to recognize and reward the efforts of public and private organizations that work to improve the quality of life of people living in poverty, notably in slums and shantytowns around the world.
The Mondrian building in Brussels beat off tough competition in the business center category from the Nihonbashi 1-Chrome Building in Tokyo and Norman Foster's France Avenue in Paris. The field was also tight in the shopping center category, with the Principe Pio center in Madrid beating Hong Kong's Langham Place and Moscow's spectacular Gum Store. Principe Pio also took the Special Jury award.
Some expressed surprise that the headquarters of Le Monde in Paris managed to stave off the Goggs East building in London and the Bavarian Representation to the EU headquarters in Brussels to take the honors in the refurbished office buildings category. There were to be no surprises in the residential developments section, however. The spectacular Turning Torso building in Malmo, Sweden took first place ahead of No 1 West India Quay in London and the Espirito Santo Plaza in Miami in a decision few could find fault with.
Poland's only nominee didn't enjoy success in the hotel and tourism sector. However, the Le Régina Hotel can take some solace in the fact that it lost to one of the most impressive architectural feats seen in the UK in quite some time, the Wales Millennium Center in Cardiff. The Dorint Sofitel Bayerpost Munchen was the other nominee.
The 2005 FIABCI René Franck Habitat Award was also given out at the ceremony to André Luis Albuquerque, a public-private partnership between Governo do Paraná, Terra Nova and Cohapar. This award, created in 2003, seeks to recognize and reward the efforts of public and private organizations that work to improve the quality of life of people living in poverty, notably in slums and shantytowns around the world.
