September 18, 2008, "The Red Ribbon—Tanghe River Park", which was designed by Turenscape and Peking University Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, won the International Architecture Award of 2008.
The International Architecture Awards is the only global Awards Program in architecture of its kind, which was conceived and presented by the Museum and in partnership with The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies to give an important overview of design and architecture on a world scale.
For the 2008 International Architecture Awards , the Museum received hundreds of submissions from design firms in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. The submissions ranged from the latest new corporate high-tech headquarters to smaller planning projects, bridges, memorials, sacred spaces, and private residences. All submitted projects were designed by architects in their respective countries of origin or abroad for both built and unbuilt projects alike, as of January 1, 2004.
This year’s jury for awards took place in New York with the assistance of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and included some of the most influential design minds of our time: Rick Bell, Executive Director, New York Chapter/American Institute of Architects, New York; Joseph E. MacIsaac, President, Knoll International, New York; Henry Smith-Miller, Smith-Miller + Hawkinson, New York; David J. Weinger, David Jay Weiner Architects, New York; and Michael Manfredi, Weiss/Manfredi, New York.
For more information, please visit http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/2008/index.html