2016 Winners

"The proportions and connections are impeccable, and the design offers a surprising and unexpected solution to the need to integrate the house into the typology…

"We see the elegance of a simple and rational construction logic at play."

"It is a project where you believe that people will use their common space in ways that enhance daily life, but also in ways that build a strong local…

"While we have seen inflatable archways before, the innovation here is in using an inflatable form as an urban repair tool—a band-aid for the city while things…

"A DNA module that can be copied, extended and retracted, plopped anywhere and not just used in the north."

"It’s interesting to see housing being re-invested by architects in such a sensitive way, with a concern for community and everyday-ness."

"A smart and empathetic addition to the old industrial building."

"It’s quite provocative and is smart on many levels by thinking through an old material and making it appear new."

"It’s not architecture as an object, but rather architecture linked to experience."

"There is a very delicate assertion to this project that preserves the quality and integrity of the existing building and its forecourt and gardens while adding…

"This project takes conditions of tension and perceived negative adjacencies and turns them into positive places, making the adjacencies into a celebration of…

"This project takes a very real situation—rising sea levels—and deals with it in a thoughtful and modest way."