The International Piranesi Award, is an award for architectural projects that were created in Central Europe and the Balkans.
Started in 1989, the Piranesi Award is given out at the Piran Days of Architecture international conference in Piran, Slovenia. It was named after Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Participating countries include Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia (joined in 2018), Bosnia and Herzegovina (joined in 2019), and Montenegro (joined in 2020).
Main award The projects presented at the Piranesi exhibition, are selected and nominated at the end of October by the national selectors of the participating countries. Each selector can propose five projects. Fifty-five architectural realizations and 42 student projects compete for the award.
The prestigious Piranesi Award, two Piranesi Honorary Mentions, and the one Piranesi Student Honorary Mention are selected by an international jury consisting of annual PDA conferencing lecturers and conferred by the honorary sponsor of the PDA Conference.
In 1989, Bogdan Bogdanović received the first Piranesi award for the Dudik Memorial Park in Vukovar, Croatia.
Recipients 1989 Bogdan Bogdanović, Yugoslavia for Dudik Memorial Park, Vukovar, 1978–1980 1990 Vojteh Ravnikar, Slovenia for Resljeva apartment building, Ljubljana 1991 Gino Valle, Italy for office building Bergamin, Portogruaro 1992 , Austria for Student residence WIST, Graz, 1989 1993 Much Untertrifaller, Gerhard Hörburger, Austria for Silvrettahaus, Bielerhöhe Pass 1994 Roberto Pirzio Biroli with Sandra Martincich, and Maddalena Pandolfi, Italy for Parco Botanico Friulano "Cormor", 1990–93 1995 Hans Peter Wörndl, Austria for "Gucklhupf", Mondsee, 1992–93 1996 Michelle Cannatà, Italy and Fátima Fernandez, Portugal for Piazza N. Green 1997 Dieter Henke and Marta Schreieck, Austria for the Bruno Kreisky School, Vienna 1998 Urša Komac and Špela Kuhar, Slovenia for rest areas on the Kras cycling path 1999 Sadar + Vuga, Slovenia for Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, Ljubljana 2000 , Slovenia for parting hall and service buildings of the , Novo Mesto 2001 , Italy for the plan for the Former Junghans Factory, Giudecca, Venice 2002 Nicholas Dodd, , Vasa J. Perović, , and , Slovenia for Primary School Ob Rinži, Kočevje 2003 , Slovenia for Shelter, Kobariški Stol 2004 Miha Klinar, Špela Kuhar, Blaž Medja, Uroš Pavasovič, Robert Potokar, Slovenia for Unified memorial posts for hidden burial ground in Slovenia 2005 , Saša Randić, Croatia for Primary school Fran Krsto Frankopan, island Krk 2006 Enota, Dean Lah, Milan Tomac, Slovenia for Hotel Sotelia in spa Olimia, Olimje 2007 Studio Njirić+Arhitekti, Croatia for Kindergarten Sunce-Retkovec, Zagreb 2008 Ján Studený, Martin Vojta, Slovakia for Family house in Černošice, CZ 2009 Deca Architecture, Greece for Aloni house in Antiparos 2010 , Matjaž Bolčina, Slovenia for The manor Naskov dvorec, Maribor, 2009 2011 , Austria for Aflenzbrücke, Lorüns, 2010 2012 , Austria for Islamic cemetery, Altach, 2011 2013 Modus, Sandy Attia, Matteo Scagnol, Italy for Ring road, Bressanone, 2012 2014 Péter Gereben, Balázs Marián, Hungary for Wine terrace and spa, Eger, Almagyar 2015 Dinko Peračić, Croatia for Market and fish market, Vodice 2016 , Maša Živec, Matjaž Bolčina, Slovenia for Renovation of Plečnik's house in Ljubljana, 2015 2017 , Austria for Chapel Salgenreute Krumbach, 2016 2018 for Galerie n09 – z33, Hasselt, Belgium, 2018 2019 Bevk Perović Architects for New Gallery and Kasemattes, Neue Bastei, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 2019 2021 Építész Stúdió, Hungary for Szent Gellért Sport and Event Hall, Saint Margaret High School, Budapest, 2020 2022 Medprostor, Slovenia for Covering the Remains of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Žiče Charterhouse with a temporary lapidary, Žiče Charterhouse, 2022 2023 Elementarna, Slovenia for Revitalization of Old Glassworks and Surrounding Urban Areas, Ptuj, 2023 2024 Vidic Grohar Arhitekti, Slovenia for Temporary spaces of the Slovene National Drama Theatre, Ljubljana, 2024
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Student award The Piranesi conference also includes an international student exhibition with awards. Participants includes seventeen architectural faculties in Europe – Graz, Spittal, Vienna, Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Split, Zagreb, Thessaloniki, Budapest, Pescara, Trieste, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Maribor, Belgrade, Novi Sad, and London.
Each faculty nominates two student projects for consideration.
References
External links Piran Days of Architecture