IOC/IPC/IAKS AWARD

The IOC/IAKS Award is the only international architecture prize for sports and leisure facilities already in operation.

Every two years since 1987, the IOC/IAKS Award has been commending sports facilities of exemplary design and function. The winning projects can be new buildings or existing facilities that have been extended or modernized. The competition is sponsored by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Lausanne, and the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS), Cologne.

Together with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Bonn, the IAKS is also awarding the IPC/IAKS Distinction for sports facilities suitable for persons with a disability. The IPC/IAKS Distinction aims to promote accessibility to sports facilities and all other buildings in order to give people with a disability the opportunity to practise or view sport without limitation or barriers.

In 2011, the IOC, the IPC and the IAKS are launching the first Architecture and Design Award for Students and Young Professionals on innovative designs and concepts for sports, leisure and recreational facilities.

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