Nominations Amsterdam Architecture Prize announced!

The Amsterdam Architecture Prize (Golden A.A.P.) is an initiative of the Amsterdam Architecture Center, and is explicitly a prize for architect and client. The Golden A.A.P. 2018 will be awarded to the building that, according to the trade and public jury, is considered the best of all construction projects that were delivered in 2017 within the municipal boundaries of Amsterdam. This year the jury of experts consists of Michiel Riedijk (co-founder of Neutelings Riedijk Architects architectural firm), Lisette Breedveld (Team Leader Real Estate Natural Monuments) and Tim Verlaan (Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban History at UvA and VU). The Public Jury is represented by Nels van Malsen (volunteer Architecture Center Amsterdam and spokeswoman IJburg), Laurens van Dijk (Econometric analyst) and Albert Cohen (lawyer).

The buildings that compete for the Golden A.A.P. 2018 are (in random order, name | architect | client):

• IJhal | Wiel Arets Architects | NS Stations
• Elephant enclosure Thijs de Zeeuw landscape architect, Dingeman Deijs Architects | Natura Artis Magistra
• Apartment building Wibautstraat / Grensstraat | Bedaux de Brouwer Architects | N.V. the Grachtengordel
• Data center AM4 | Benthem Crouwel Architects | Equinix
• De Boel | Hans van Heeswijk architects | Vesteda
• Ru Paré Community | BETA office for Architecture and the City i.s.m. Elisabeth Boersma and Dijk & Co | Samenwonen-Samenleven Foundation
• The Augustanahof | Ponec de Winter Architects | Diaconie Evangelical-Lutheran Municipality of Amsterdam
• The Henricus School | Berger Barnett Architects KBA Amsterdam Foundation
• Van Eesteren Pavilion | Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architects | Stichting van Eesteren Museum
• Nautique Living (Student Experience) | OZ | COD Amsterdam and Verweij Mungra Vastgoed

Tickets for the ceremony have unfortunately been sold out. Read more about the presentation here.