The Forum AID Award was a Nordic architecture and design award, given annually by the Swedish magazine Forum AID. AID is an acronym for the three subject matters of the magazine—architecture, interior design, and design—and also the three categories of the award. It was given to the designers of the best building, interior design, and design in the Nordic countries that year. The award was founded in 2004, and was presented at a ceremony in Stockholm
The selection process was carried out in two stages. Each Nordic country was represented through its selection committee. The task of the committees was to select the best objects in their respective countries or by their countrymen abroad. The committees chose freely from those objects that had been carried out during the period October 1, to September 30, the year before. The winner was chosen by an international jury.
A - Architecture
2009 Building: Mountain Dwellings, Ørestad, CopenhagenArchitect: Bjarke Ingels Group/Julien de Smedt, Denmark.
2008 Building: Ørestad College, Ørestad, CopenhagenArchitect: 3xN Architects, Denmark
2007 Tautra Maria Convent, Tautra, Norway Architect: Jensen & Skodvin, Norway
2006 Building: VM Houses, Ørestad, CopenhagenArchitect: Bjarke Ingels Group/Julien de Smedt, Denmark.
I - Interior design
2009 Cristal Bar by Katrin Olina Petursdóttir. Iceland. Client: Zenses
2008 Xile by Mats Karlsson, Sweden
2007 Baron House, Ystad, Sweden Architect: John Pawson Ltd Client: Fabien Baron and Malin Ericson
D - Design
2009 Design: Plopp by Oskar Zieta Client: Hay. Denmark
2008 Design: Nobody Chair by Komplot Design, Denmark Client: Hey, Denmark
2007 Design: North Tiles by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Client: Kvadrat, Denmark
Jury
2009 The jury consisted of Chairman Marcus Fairs (the man behind Icon and Dezeen), Manuelle Gautrand, Sean Griffiths and Dirk Wynants.
2008 The jury consisted of chairman Detlef Rahe (internationally renowned architect and designer), Hans Ibelings (editor and publisher of the magazine A10 - new European architecture), Lorraine Farrelly (acting head of the School of Architecture at the University of Portsmouth) and Johan Valcke (one of the founders of Design Flanders).
2007 Deyan Sudjic (chairman), Ellen van Loon, Johanna Grawunder, Patricia Urquiola.
2006 Detlef Rahe (chairperson), Hélène Binet, Peter Cook, Kristin Feireiss, Satyendra Pakhale
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