Mipim Awards Winners 2014

The 24th MIPIM Awards price giving ceremony was held in the main auditorium of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes on March 13, 2014.

The MIPIM Awards contest rewards the year’s best real estate operations worldwide. Projects from Singapore, Sweden and Germany have scored the most success, with Singapore winning three MIPIM Awards. A French project won in the category of best renovated building: the project InterContinental Marseille/Hotel Dieu by property developer Altarea Cogedim.

And the winners are:

Best Futura Project (a peek into what the future may bring)
MAX IV – Lund, Sweden 
Architect: Fojab arkitekter and Snøhetta – Developer: Fastighets AB ML4 – Local authority: City of Lund

Best Innovative Green Building (environmentally-sound and resource-efficient building)
Gardens by the Bay – Singapore 
Architect: Grant Associates and Wilkinson Eyre Architects – Developer: National Parks Board Singapore – Building Services Engineering and Environmental Designer: Atelier Ten Ltd

Best Office and Business Development (significant contribution to urban regeneration)
Tanzende Türme – Hamburg, Germany
Architect: BRT Architekten LLP Bothe Richter Teherani, Hamburg – Developer: STRABAG Real Estate GmbH, Business Unit Hamburg

Best Refurbished Building (a building with a second life)
InterContinental Marseille – Hotel Dieu – Marseille, France
Owner & Investor: AXA Real Estate – Developer: Altarea Cogedim – Architect: AAA Béchu Agency & Tangram Architects

Best Residential Development (a development with best housing opportunities)
The Oliv – Singapore 
Architect: W Architects Pte Ltd – Developer: TG (Balmoral) Pte Ltd

Best Shopping Centre (a unique shopper experience)
Emporia Shopping Centre – Malmö, Sweden
Architect: Wingårdhs Arkitekter – Developer: Steen & Ström Sverige AB

Best Urban Regeneration Project (physical and economic revitalisation of a town)
Kö-Bogen Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf, Germany
Architect: Studio Daniel Libeskind, New York – Developer: Die Developer Projektentwicklung GmbH, Düsseldorf

Special Jury Awards (jury’s favourite project)
Gardens by the Bay – Singapore 
Architect : Grant Associates and Wilkinson Eyre Architects  – Developer : National Parks Board Singapore  – Building Services Engineering and Environmental Designer: Atelier Ten Ltd

Special tribute made to the Mipim Countries of Honor (Brazil, Russia and Turkey) –  Best projects all categories taken together:

Best Brazilian Project
Bosque das Acacias – São Gonçalo do Amarante, Brazil
Architect : HCP Architecture & Engineering – Developer : EcoHouse Group

Best Russian Project
VTB Arena park  -Moscow, Russia – Architect : Manica Architecture / SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov
Developer : Closed Joint-Stock Company « Management company « Dynamo »

Best Turkish Project
Spine Tower – Istanbul, Turkey
Architect : iki design group – Developer : Soma Group

The international MIPIM Awards Jury was chaired by Michael Strong, Executive Chairman-EMEA, CBRE, and composed of the following personnalities: Caroline Barat –  Agence Search, France; Paolo Gencarelli, UniCredit Group, Italy; Frank Khoo, AXA Real Estate, Singapore; Barbara Knoflach, SEB Asset Management AG, Germany; Dr. Alexander Kolontay, Government of Moscow, Committee for Architecture and Urban Planning, Russia; Michael Newey, RICS, UK; Günther Oettinger, European Commission, Germany; Olof Zetterberg, Stockholm Business Region, Sweden

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