Details of Emirates Glass LEAF Awards Winners 2008

Top award, the Grand Prix, sponsored by Emirates Glass was won by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects for the Performers House, Silkeborg, Denmark.

Leading figures in the architectural and interior design world gathered at The Dorchester, London, last night for the fifth annual Emirates Glass LEAF Awards.

The event, attended by more than 300 architects and designers and hosted by renowned designer and broadcaster Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, was a resounding success.

Considered one of the highest accolades in the architectural calendar, the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards recognise and reward excellence within the architectural and design field.

With entries from 26 countries, this year's event highlighted the keen international competition for the Awards with many leading names in the architectural and design fields and several new and less well-known organisations vying for the coveted awards categories.

Chris Hayward, managing director, VIBevents, organisers of the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards, commented: "Now in their fifth year, the Awards have rapidly become one of the most prestigious international prizes in the architectural calendar, recognising the outstanding contribution made by international architects and designers".

"This year's event was no exception with many entries of the highest calibre and an outstanding overall award winner".

The winners, representing the very best in architectural and design achievement from all over the world, were:.

Grand Prix: Sponsored by Emirates Glass Winner: Performers House, Silkeborg, Denmark - architects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.

Mixed Use Building of the Year: sponsored by The LEAF Review.

Winner: Performers House, Silkeborg, Denmark - architects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.

Residential Building of the Year - Multiple Level Building: sponsored by Designbuild-network.com.

Winner: eScape, Sittingbourne, Kent UK: - architects: PCKO Architects.

Residential Building of the Year - Single Storey Building: sponsored by Designbuild-network.com.

Winner: Black House, Valle de Bravo, Mexico - architects: bgp arquitectura.

Commercial Building of the Year - Private Building: sponsored by Bauporte Winner: 28 Dorset Square, London NW1, UK - architects: John McAslan and Partners.

Commercial Building of the Year - Public Building: sponsored by Bauporte Winner: Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan - architects: Kengo Kuma and Associates.

International Interior Design: sponsored by Desso.

Winner: GSC Offices, New York, USA - architects: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

Young Architect: sponsored by Vitra.

Winner: Arreltes Day Care Center, Els Alamus, Lleida, Spain - architects: Xavier Vilata Studio.

Best Sustainable Development: sponsored by German Timber.

Winner: Cley Marshes Visitor Centre, Norfolk, UK - architects: LSI Architects LLP.

New Innovation of the Year:sponsored by The Building Centre.

Winner: Longshan Church, Beijing - architects: WSP Architectural Design Consulting Co .

Best Structural Design of the Year: sponsored by Marazzi Group.

Winner: Beijing International Airport Terminal 3 - architects: Foster + Partners.

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