ABB LEAF Awards 2018 Winners

The awards were given out in fourteen categories during a gala ceremony in Frankfurt, Germany, last month. The shortlist of projects was announced in July. The judges included Roland Bechmann (Werner Sobek), Kai-Uwe Bergmann (BIG), Andrew Bromberg (Aedas), Peter Cook (Crab Studio), Peter Cerno (Cerno Architekten), Alan Crawford (Crawford Partnership), Werner Frosch (Henning Larsen), Ciara Gormley (PDP), Viviana Muscettola (Zaha Hadid Architects), Tateo Nakajima (Arup), Alireza Razavi (Studio Razavi), Paolo Rossi (SOM), Christina Seilern (Studio Seilern), Bob Sheil (Bartlett School of Architecture), Cees Van der Spek (OVG), and Thomas Willemeit (Graft).

Visit the ABB LEAF Awards website for more information on this year's winners.

Overall Winner: Zaha Hadid Architects, Port House, Antwerp, Belgium

​Lifetime Achievement of the Year: Sir David Chipperfield

​Best Tall Building Project: Aedas, The Beacon, Hong Kong

Best Regenerative Impact: IDOM, New Lecture Room Block, Alioune Diop University, Bambey, Senegal

Best Façade Design & Engineering: Zaha Hadid Architects, 520 West 28th, New York, USA 

Residential Building – Single Occupancy: Studio mk27, Planar House, São Paulo, Brazil

Residential Building – Multiple Occupancy: Studio mk27, Somosaguas, Madrid, Spain

​Interior Design Award – Completed and Future: INNOCAD Architecture, Schaudepot History Museum, Graz, Austria

Interior Design Award – Completed and Future (Highly Commended): Spacedge Designs, Hotel Mono, Singapore

Commercial Building: INNOCAD Architecture, CUBEND C&P Corporate Office, Graz, Austria

Hospitality Building – Completed and Future: anySCALE, Wuyuan Skywells Hotel, Jiangxi, China

Hospitality Building – Completed and Future (Highly Commended): Yu Momoeda Architecture Office, Four Funeral Houses, Kasuga, Japan

​Refurbishment: Zaha Hadid Architects, Port House, Antwerp, Belgium

Refurbishment (Highly Commended): ARCHSTUDIO, Twisting Courtyard, Beijing, China

Public Building: West-line Studio, Shui Cutural Centre, Guizhou, China

Best Achievement in Environmental Performance – Completed and Future: Zaha Hadid Architects, KAPSARC (King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

​Best Future Building – Under Construction and Drawing Board: Margot Krasojević Architecture, Self-Excavation Hurricane House, Louisiana, USA

Urban Design Project – Completed and Future: Urban Planning & Design Institute of Southeast University, Living Corridor, Suzhou, China

Mixed Use Building: West-line studio, Guizhou Fire Station, Guizhou, China