With an esteemed jury composed of 25 highly renowned architects and designers, the 14th Edition of RTF Awards have come to a close with distinguished winners across various categories. The winning entries are a selection of cutting edge, avant garde and unconventional projects addressing the needs of the built environment in their own unique ways.
The objective of RTF awards is to raise awareness around the strategies Architects and Designers are employing to deal with the contemporary global challenges and to bring the best of such projects into the light to inspire the next generation. In a world grappling with issues like climate change, pollution, housing crisis and more, these projects provide a forum for exchange of ideas from designers across the globe.
“Innovation is a must during these times of climate change, pandemic, and ever evolving technology and lifestyle. RTF Awards aim to bring these innovations through winning projects to the forefront so that the whole world can follow and build towards a better future,” says Vikas Pawar, the founder of Rethinking The Future.
RTF Awards in their fourteenth year have seen tremendous evolution in terms of the submissions with focus shifting from aesthetics to sustainability.
“I am so amazed at the efforts of architects to create environments that have a variety of functions, materials and colors. Each design shows the skill and professionalism that reflect the developments of the 21st century. It seems that sustainability is one of the leading themes of today, as the emotional response of users is also at the forefront of the designs.” – Pinar Dinç Kalaycı (Jury Member)
The Winners
Zaha Hadid Architects | Office building (Built)
BEEAH Headquarters
The 9,000 sq. m BEEAH Headquarters has sustainability at its core with a high percentage of locally procured materials and is equipped with future-ready technologies to enable net-zero operations at LEED Platinum.
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Foster + Partners | Institutional (Built)
DY Patil University Centre of Excellence
For over a decade the team refined manufacturing and construction techniques by mocking-up components of the building on, and in close proximity to, the site. This iterative and experimental process allowed the design team to constantly refine their ideas during construction through continuous prototyping.
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Perkins & Will | Architectural Innovation of the year (Built)
DC Public Library – Southwest Library
“The distinctive structural form is capped with a roofline inspired by the bold mid-century shapes found in DC’s Southwest neighbourhood. The “crinkle” folded plate bears similarities to historical cast-in-place concrete roof outlines of the 1950’s, but without the burden of framework and with a nod towards modern connection technology and low-carbon materials that create a unique building massing and a memorable space within.”
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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture | Office building (Concept)
Golden Bridge Twin Towers
Orientated around the central opening in the sky bridges, an exciting central public space establishes a venue for people to connect, meet, and celebrate events, with access to connections internally to multiple floors and externally to roof terrace gardens. Retail spaces are provided in the lower skybridge, while the upper bridges programming is flexible and can offer exhibition, dining, and socialization, as well as conference space and training facilities.
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CannonDesign | Interior (Workplace) (Built)
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Building 201
Building 201 facilitates unprecedented collaboration and joint innovation among REDD researchers, which is fueling scientific achievements such as revolutionizing machine intelligence, exploring the outer reaches of the solar system and creating life-saving medical technologies.
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HKS, Inc | Urban Design (Concept)
SLOWSPACE
SLOWSPACE is a call to re-take under-utilized public spaces in the city of Dallas and create a series of playful urban spots that are highly integrated with people’s daily routine, including empty space by walkways, unpopulated outdoor plazas, and existing parks that are underused.
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B+H Architects |Public Landscape Project (Concept)
Shenzhen Natural History Museum
In a symbiotic process between the built environment and the surrounding nature, the museum borrows its concept from the natural flowing river formations, blurring the boundary between architecture and nature in a continuous dialogue.
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CBT | Housing (over 5 floors) (Built)
The Sudbury
Instead of maximizing the building envelope with a single gesture, The Sudbury’s thoughtful massing breaks down in scale to create three stepped, vertical volumes which results in a graceful addition to the skyline, reduces the building’s footprint, and opens up the street to daylight.
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Zaha Hadid Architects | Cultural (Concept)
International Convention Centre and Theatres
“The project embodies Polynesian culture and reinterprets the climatic intelligence of its traditional architecture. Environmental performance is primarily based on passive design measures that allow for natural ventilation of all the venues, the use of locally sourced timber and low-carbon concrete together with the rationality of the construction, resulting in an efficient and flexible design while respecting a tight budget.”
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Lemanarc SA | Healthcare Wellness (Concept)
Sichuan Guangyuan Central Hospital Integrated Medical Care
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B+H Architects | Interior (Healthcare / Wellness) (Concept)
Shenzhen Children’s Hospital Science & Education Building
The combination of the mountainous terrain and the elderly care community made us use medical services as a platform to connect the community, forming a dual-core service center for the entire community together with the nearby commercial center.
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Studio Joseph | Exhibition Design (Built)
Up From the People Protest and Change in D.C. Exhibition at Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library, Washington DC
“Architecturally the design strategy was to leave visual transparency through the exhibition to continue the Miesian concept of bringing natural light to the core of the space. A series of bespoke armatures use 1-inch tubular steel and oak-veneered plywood as displays.”
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De Zwarte Hond | Commercial (Built)
Superhub Meerstad
“SuperHub represents a revitalised circular version of the traditional market hall design. It is expansive and transparent, with a supporting structure made entirely of cross-shaped laminated wooden columns and beams, which give the building a cathedral-like appearance. The large span and nine-metre ceiling height create an exceptionally luminous space and offer the opportunity for flexible layout and usage adaptations in the future.”
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Magnolia Quality Development Corporation | Commercial (Concept)
Cloud 11
“Bringing the entire ecosystem under one roof, Cloud 11 features a creator retail podium, creative workplaces, smart hotels, tech education, and an arena for live performances and e-sports competition. Inspired by its rich surroundings, Cloud 11 stacks three layers of urban contexts –shophouses, elevated paths and the city skyline – creating the captivating in-between void.”
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Maud Caubet Architects | Cultural (Built)
Les Sheds
“The roof has been redone, respecting the characteristic shape of the sheds which gives its name to the project. The standing seam zinc finish affirms the industrial character of the building, and skylights are integrated into it, bringing in natural light. The garage rehabilitated as a lodge is not part of this set of sheds. Therefore, it is treated differently: also redone in zinc, its roof extends to the ground, like a ribbon, to cover the facades, creating a contrast with the historical brick on one side and black brick on the other.”
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AN.ONYMOUS |Furniture Design (Built)
ZERO.GRAVITY
ZERO.GRAVITY has no fixed orientation or position; there is no front or back, up or down. It is a restless, ever-moving object that only finds stability and balance when occupied. The human body is its center of gravity–a prosthetic void only whole and complete with the body inside. But to inhabit the piece, one also has to tame it: a dynamic dance of the two in search for composure. Motion here is the prerequisite for repose and rest. The labor of this intimate interplay is the power that animates the machine.
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Dutch Health Architects | Healthcare Wellness (Built)
Next Generation Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia
The inviting main entrance opens onto the central boulevard, which forms the main route through the hospital for patients on their way to the polyclinics and the lifts to the nursing units. The boulevard is a pleasant and spacious footbridge with views of the patio gardens on both sides. Visitors and patients can therefore find their way around easily and reach their destination with less stress.
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Urban Soul Project | Hospitality (Built)
Yoma Suites
A prismatic plan layout provides the rooms with an uninterrupted view of the sea and reduces the width of their rear part that houses the wet areas, such as bathrooms and kitchens. The prisms are attached and continuous yet completely private.
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Dewan Architects + Engineers | Hospitality (Concept)
We believe that insightful storytelling throughout all aspects of the hotel is paramount to delivering an immersive and memorable guest experience.
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AQA | Housing (over 5 floors) (Concept)
The Piste
The resulting strategy is one of an intertwined geometry between dwellings and outdoor areas, solids and voids, lightweight materials and heavy ones.
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CRAFT Arquitectos | Housing (upto 5 floors) (Built)
Core 31
The name of this tower with 31 apartments is due to the structural core. The core covers an important floor area where the elevators, lobbies, wet areas and dressing rooms for secondary bedrooms are distributed. This structural core behaves like a backbone that gives the building the necessary rigidity and provides it with stability.
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Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia / AF517 | Industrial (Built)
New Vimar Headquarters and logistic pole
The project consisted in two distinct phases: the first stage concerned the construction of warehouses and adjoining surfaces (tech hub and laboratories and offices); the second stage concerned the construction of the production, offices and services (cafeteria, canteen and meeting rooms) areas.
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JJP Architects and Planners | Institutional (Concept)
Biotech Research and Incubation Center
The design is based on the concept of ‘bio-core’ which explores how architecture can inspire to behave like living organisms in response to its environmental conditions.
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MG&AG Arquitectos | Interior (Hospitality) (Built)
Hotel OKU Ibiza
Traditional Suzhou sceneries and cultural elements are infused throughout the grounds, ensuring the space feels as though it belongs in the community it exists within. The landscape strategy aims to create a peaceful and restorative oasis for residents, families, and the community by balancing the use of both traditional and contemporary landscape characteristics and functions.
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JJP Architects and Planners | Institutional (Concept)
Biotech Research and Incubation Center
The design is based on the concept of ” bio-core “, which explores how architecture can inspire to behave like living organisms in response to its environmental conditions.
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KODO projekty i realizacje wnętrz | Interior (Residential) (Built)
Pop- Art Soul
The thoughtful combination of these three factors—black, pop art, and strong colours—allowed us to create the effect of an atmospheric interior: dark but not grim, full of colours and lights but not tacky, artistic but full of daily practicalities.
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Cheil MEA | Interior (Retail) (Built)
SmartThings Home
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CLOU Architects | Interior (Workplace) (Concept)
the Exchange Twin Towers Renovation
Vertically staggered platforms emphasize an animated three-dimensional circulation, with green plants and artwork creating connective islands of interest below a newly expanded skylight.
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Studio Joseph | Interior Design Elements (Built)
Campfire Light Installation, Carleton College
Each cylinder cap has a LED ring that sends light through the transparent areas, creating a colored glow only at the translucent bands and the bottom rings. The random patterns of bands create a ‘flicker” effect.
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B+H Architects | Mixed Use (Built)
Guoco Changfeng City
The design adapts the concept of a green & ecological urban campus to reflect Guocoland’s unique vision. The development includes two office towers, three low-rise office buildings and two basement levels, punctuated by public spaces stretching across the complex.
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Magnolia Quality Development Corporation | Mixed Use (Concept)
Cloud 11
“Bringing the entire ecosystem under one roof, Cloud 11 features a creator retail podium, creative workplaces, smart hotels, tech education, and an arena for live performances and e-sports competition. Inspired by its rich surroundings, Cloud 11 stacks three layers of urban contexts –shophouses, elevated paths and the city skyline – creating the captivating in-between void.”
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New Substance | Pop-ups and Temporary (Built)
See Monster
As a temporary pavilion, the reawakened entity was a joyous celebration of the great British weather and British eccentricity. With a legacy that lives on, the pavilion presented new visions for what monsters like this could become, and encouraged audiences to consider our journey towards a greener future.
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Aleksandra Lavrukhina | Private Landscape (Built)
Shades of Green
The architecture of the garden is made in a modern style, with square and rectangular zones. But the garden turned out to be cozy, because about 100 different types of plants give it volume, softening the pressure of straight lines. The key object in the garden is a unique fountain – a bronze sculpture of the Gaia, in the form of a beautiful dryad, who holds twigs with leaves on which water drops into a bowl.
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Ming Architects | Private Residence (Large) (Built)
Frame House
The layout is orientated around an internal open courtyard, upon which the living and circulation spaces are centered on. In this way, the house acts as a buffer and shields the occupants from the main street, creating an inner oasis with views of lush landscaping and water to calm the senses of the occupants.
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Vivian Coser Arquitetos Associados | Private Residence (Large) (Concept)
Quaresmeira’s Residence
The Quaresmeiras Residence is characterized by its linear placement on the terrain, giving the impression that the house is floating. To reinforce this idea, a recessed foundation is used, while a veranda surrounds the part facing the mountainous region of Espírito Santo, featuring a wooden bench as a guardrail.
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Iredale pedersen hook architects | Private Residence (Small-Medium) (Built)
CASA MIA
Casa Mia tests a higher density form of living for a young family in a suburban setting. It explores a sequence of spaces oscillating between the intimate and personal and the public and community that are entwined by a dual coloured face brick skin. This perimeter skin performs the role of the architectural mask, an adaptable layer that simultaneously reveals and conceals internal moments, blurring existence and relationships.
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ISO Proiect | Private Residence (Small-Medium) (Concept)
Casa Grama
In order to bring as much light as possible as well as to obtain a minimum of spectacle in a context that seemed gloomy, each living room was partially developed on two levels and provided with skylights.
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OPN Architects | Public Building (Built)
Marion Fire Station 1
The lobby is stretched to become the primary first level circulation; it mediates between a tree grove and a history wall. This welcoming, light filled space allows direct views into the apparatus bay and displays the fire department’s rich history, pride, and tradition.
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Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects | Public Landscape Project (Built)
The Land Bridge & Prairie at Memorial Park
Two sets of tunnels, measuring 400 and 560 feet, have been built side-by-side over the roadway. Over 500,000 cubic yards of soil was excavated, creating wetland areas that provide resilient wildlife habitat and robust stormwater function.
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Arrowstreet | Signages Design (Built)
The Conservatory Lab Charter School Environmental Graphics
The school’s motto, “We are crew, not passengers,” takes center stage in the main reception area, surrounded by a dramatic three-dimensional wall designed to capture the rhythm and movement of music. This installation not only provides a warm welcome to visitors, but was designed to showcase student artwork, reinforcing the school’s message and giving passing onlookers outside a glimpse into the school’s vibrant culture.
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Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia | Sports & Recreation (Built)
Cinema, leisure and sports complex in La Ciotat
The program is developed with three complementary and symbiotic axis: the multiplex cinema; the multi-functional centre; the hotel. A fourth axis, is the development of nature with the reinforcement of the vegetalization presence on the site.
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TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten GmbH | Sustainable Project of the Year (Built)
EDGE Suedkreuz Berlin
In the construction of the buildings, the focus was on reducing the carbon footprint as much as possible, especially the weight of the complex, and on using sustainable materials that can be recycled according to the cradle-to-cradle principle.
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FR-EE (Fernando Romero Enterprise) | Transportation (Concept)
New Pacific Airport Terminal β
The airport was meticulously designed to represent the essence of Bitcoin City. During the first stage, Terminal Beta will function mainly as a first terminal. In the second phase, when the main terminal is completed, Terminal Beta will function as a VIP terminal.
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IMPULSO ARQUITECTOS | Urban Design (Built)
Parque Manuel Rodriguez, Curacautin
An accessible ring is proposed as the main circulation of the park, which surrounds the edge of the urban hill as an ordering axis that allows to travel the entire park with accesses that cross the low areas passing over the wild areas as bridges that refer to the trunks fallen from the forests of the Araucanian territory.
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Nicole Blair, LLC |Women in Construction Award (Built)
The Perch
Materials were selected for economy, durability, and efficiency, including off-the-shelf pre-finished T&G pine walls and ceilings (spanning from the exterior porch into the interior), off-the-shelf Boos butcher block countertops, IKEA cabinets (with custom painted fronts), and standard porcelain sockets and pendant lights the client already owned.
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