The portal “Delfi” in cooperation with the Latvian Architects’ Union invites to participate in the public vote and determine which is the brightest work in Latvian architecture last year. Nine works selected for the final of the Latvian Architecture Award 2020 take part in the voting.
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The vote will take place from 15 to 28 October at 11.59 pm The winner will be awarded at the Latvian Architecture Annual Award Ceremony on October 30 in the Aistere Hall of the H2O 6th quarter.
You can vote every 24 hours from one IP address for one of the candidates. The portal “Delfi” reserves the right to check the results and delete unfair votes.
As previously organized by the organizers, this year 50 applications were received for the Latvian Architecture of the Year Award, among which are private houses with special attention, as well as objects of public importance, as well as events related to architecture. The competition selection jury has nominated nine nominees for further evaluation of the works.
The jury for the selection of the Latvian Architecture Annual Award 2020 consists of architects and last year’s award recipients Brigita Bula, Artūrs Lapiņš, Ināra Caunīte and Vita Škapare, architectural critic Vents Vīnbergs and artist Jānis Avotiņš. In the next stage of the competition, the 9 nominated works will be judged and the decision on the main prizes will be made by the Final Jury, which, as usual, consists of foreign architectural professionals. The jury will be represented by Octavio Mestre (Spain), Andro Mand (Estonia), Chris Luebkeman (Switzerland), Gustė Kančaitė (Lithuania), as well as Brigita Bula, the chairman of the Selection Jury, last year’s golden pineapple winner.
Within the framework of the Latvian Architecture Annual Award 2020, Architecture Week will be celebrated in Latvia from October 26 to 30. The most significant events of these days will be: the opening of the nominees’ exhibition on October 26, which will take place in Riga’s urban environment – billboards, discussion on architectural processes on October 28, and on the closing day, October 30 – lectures by industry professionals, followed by the most anticipated event – Latvian Architecture awards 2020 awards ceremony. The event will take place in the Aister Hall of the 6th quarter of the H20, and will be linked to the unifying theme of this year’s Architecture of the Year Award, “Unintended Consequences”.
Latvian Architecture Annual Award is an annual national architectural competition with the aim to identify and popularize the best performances of Latvian architecture and to promote high-quality development of architecture. The annual award is the largest event of the year in Latvian architecture, recognized as a nationally significant event, and the award itself is the highest award in Latvian architecture. The Latvian Architecture Annual Award is organized by Latvian Union of Architects.
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