IOC, IPC and IAKS assign international AWARD for sports facilities

The Jury for the IOC/IAKS AWARD 2005, composed of international personalities from the IOC, the IPC and the IAKS, met in Cologne from 29th June to 1st July..

 

This year 93 teams of operators and designers from 25 countries took part in the competi-tion which was a new participation record.

 

The Jury awarded 8 Gold, 7 Silver and 7 Bronze medals, 7 IPC Distinction for Accessibility and 5 Special Distinctions.

 

The eight gold medals went to:

 

• Braga Municipal Stadium, Braga/Portugal
  Architect:Souto Moura Arquitectos, Porto
  
• City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester/United Kingdom
  Architect:Arup Associates, London
  
• Estàdio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro/Portugal
  Architect:Tomás Taveira S.A., Lissabon
  
• Malik Swimming Pool in Nuuk/Grönland/Denmark
  Architect:KHR Architects AS, Virum
  
• Bodensee Thermal Pool in Überlingen/Germany
  Architect: Prof. Dr. R. Wienands, München
  
• Bergisel Ski Jump in Innsbruck/Austria
  Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects, London
  
• Multifunctional Arena „Zenith de Rouen“ in Rouen/France
  Architect:Bernard Tschumi Urbanistes Architectes, Paris
  
• National Youth Sport Center in Tenero/Switzerland
  Architect:Mario Botta, Lugano

 

For the first time the submitted entries were also assigned for the “IPC Distinction for Ac-cessibility” jointly sponsored by the IAKS and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

The “IPC/IAKS Distinction” was assigned to seven projects:

• City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester/United Kingdom
  Architect:Arup Associates, London
• Sport and leisure facility in Stattegg/Austria
  Architect:Hohensinn Architektur ZT GmbH, Graz
• Cottonera Sports Complex in Cospicua/Malta Architect:EMANUEL BUTTIGIEG PROJECT HOUSE - WORKS DIVISION, Malta
  
• Aquatic Centre in Ozarów/Poland
  Architect:ATJ Architekci Sp. Z.o.o., Warsaw
• Scottish National Swimming Academy in Stirling/United Kingdom
  Architect:FaulknerBrowns Architects & Urban Designers, Killingworth,
  Newcastle upon Tyne
• Hintertux Glacier Ski Lift in Hintertux/Austria
  Architect:Seilbahnbüro Gröbner, Kitzbühel
• Curling Arena in Prag/ Czechia
  Architect:Glenn architekti, Ivana Kubeskova, Jiri Trojan, Prague 10 - Vrsovice
  

The AWARDs will be presented in the course of the 19th International IAKS Congress in conjunction with the international trade fair FSB – Amenity Areas, Sports and Pool Facilities – on 26th October 2005 in Cologne.