Building Centre supports LEAF Awards

Building Centre supports Best Material Supplier of the Year category in the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards, one of the highest international accolades in the architectural and design sector.

The Building Centre, the independent forum dedicated to providing information and inspiration across all sectors of the build environment, is investing in a major new marketing initiative by sponsoring the Best Material Supplier of the Year category at the prestigious Emirates Glass LEAF Awards.

Now in their fourth year, the Awards will be presented at a spectacular dinner in London on 29 November 2007 at the Waldorf Hilton, hosted by Maxwell Hutchinson a past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), renowned architect and TV and radio broadcaster.

The Emirates Glass LEAF Awards are open to all companies, technologies and individuals that have made an outstanding international contribution to the world of architecture, and who continue to set the benchmark for the buildings of tomorrow.

John Gibson, director at The Building Centre said: "With the LEAF Awards rapidly becoming one of the most prestigious international recognised architectural prize, recognising both creativity and excellence in design and build, the Building Centre is very proud to lend its support to the Best Material Supplier of the Year Awards category".

Simona Kastly, LEAF project director commented "The Emirates Glass LEAF Awards recognise the strategic importance, impact and, above all, the innovation and practical developments that both challenge and change the way we consider and evaluate the buildings of tomorrow".

The finalists are:.

THE LEAF NEW BUILD OF THE YEAR (BUILT).

* Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany - Ben van Berkel/UNStudio.

* The Maggie's Centre, Fife Scotland - Zaha Hadid Architects.

* The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA - Steven Holl Architects.

* School for Art and Art History, Iowa, USA - Steven Holl Architects.

* New British Embassy, Sana'a, Yemen - Design Engine Architects.

* Setre Chapel, Kobe, Japan - Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects and Associates .

THE LEAF NEW BUILD OF THE YEAR (IN DESIGN).

Sponsored by Vogue UK.

* SCA, Scala Tower, Denmark, Copenhagen - Bjarke Ingels Group.

* REN, People's Building, Shanghai, China - Bjarke Ingels Group.

* MTN, The Mountain Dwellings, Copenhagen, Denmark - Bjarke Ingels Group.

* Levent LOFT, Istanbul Turkey - Tabanlioglu Architecture.

* ARB Bank, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Gary Haney, Skidmore, Owings and Merill.

* Al Hamra Firdous Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait - Gary Haney, Skidmore, Owings and Merill.

* Porsche Design Tower I and II, Dubai, UAE - Office for Metropolitan Architecture .

THE LEAF PUBLIC BUILDING OF THE YEAR (BUILT).

* Dartford Judo Club, Dartford, England - Make Architects.

* Mobile Life Campus, Wolfsburg, Germany - Henn Architekten.

* Chocolate Museum, Toluca, Mexico - Michel Rojkind.

* Lohring Underground Station, Bochum Germany - Rubsamen and Partner.

Architekten BDA Ingenieure.

* Young Vic Theatre, London, England - Haworth Tompkins (Architects).

THE LEAF PUBLIC BUILDING OF THE YEAR (IN DESIGN).

Sponsored by RAK Ceramics.

* Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool, England - 3XN Architects.

* Watercube, National Swimming Centre, Beijing, China - , PTW Architects.

* Corby Hub - Hawkins/Brown, Corby UK.

* St Paul's Information Centre, London, England - Make Architects.

* Chethams School of Music, Manchester, UK - Stephenson Bell Architects.

THE LEAF STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF THE YEAR.

* Opus, Dubai,UAE - Omniyat Properties.

* Damac Heights, Dubai UAE - Damac Properties.

* Kensington Oval, Kensington Barbados - Arup Associates.

THE LEAF INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN AWARD.

Sponsored by Sikkens.

* Home Coulture, Berlin, Germany - Franken Architekten.

* Cosmogril, Munich, Germany - Franken Architekten.

* Restaurante Arola, Madrid, Spain - Vidal y asociados Arquitectos.

* Unilever House, London, UK - Kohn Pedersen Fox associates International.

* Multifaith Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Moriyama and Teshima Architects.

* Qantas First Lounge, Sydney, Australia - Woods Bagot.

THE BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY AWARD.

Sponsored by Hewlett Packard.

* Loyola Information Commons and Digital Library, Chicago, USA - Solomon Cordwell Buenz.

* Urban Oasis, Birmingham, UK - Chetwoods.

THE BEST MATERIAL SUPPLIER TO THE ARCHITECTURAL INDUSTRY AWARD.

Sponsored by The Building Centre.

* Challenor Pavillion (Kensington Oval), Kensington, Barbados - EDM Spanwall Facades .

* Sir John Lyon House, London, UK - EH Smith.

THE BEST ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PROJECT OF THE YEAR.

Sponsored by Electrolux.

* City Central Tower 1, Adelaide, Australia - Woods Bagot.

* New British Embassy, Sana'a Yemen - Design Engine Architects.

THE LEAF YOUNG ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR.

Sponsored by Hill McGlynn.

* Ribera del Duero Wine HQ, Burgos, Spain - Estudio Barozzi Veiga SL.

* House on the Outskirts of Cairo, Mansoureya, Egypt - Shahira H.

Fahmy Architects.

* Pyramids Heights Compound (A Villa), Giza plateau, Egypt - Shahira H.

Fahmy Architects.

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