Promoted by: BSI Architectural Foundation, Lugano
Under the patronage of: Ufficio Federale della Cultura, Berna Accademia di architettura, Università della Svizzera italiana, Mendrisio
In cooperation with: Archivio del Moderno, Mendrisio


The BSI Architectural Foundation is a Swiss foundation of public utility, whose aim is, more specifically, the promotion of knowledge, education and research in the field of architecture. Its principal achievement is the BSI Swiss Architectural Award, promoted since 2007 every two years under the patronage of the Swiss Federal Office for Culture and the Academy of architecture in Mendrisio (Università della Svizzera italiana), and with the coordination of the Archivio del Moderno of the Academy of architecture. The BSI Swiss Architectural Award aims at recognizing architects from all over the world who, through their work, have significantly contributed to contemporary architecture, in particular by demonstrating environmental awareness. The winner will receive the sum of 100.000 CHF, which qualifies the BSI Swiss Architectural Award as one of the most lucrative architectural prizes in the world. Candidates to the Award are nominated by a committee of advisors composed by architects and critics of undisputed international renown. Any architect aged under 50 in the year in which the Award is launched, of any nationality, may be nominated, provided that they have realized at least three significant works that meet the aims of the competition. Every candidate present three works, each documented by a A0 panel, to a jury composed by five members, presided by Mario Botta. The two first editions of the BSI Swiss Architectural Award have been won by Solano Benitez from Paraguay (2008) and Diébédo Francio Kéré from Burkina Faso (2010). The laureate of the third edition will be announced around mid-summer and awarded on the occasion of the prize-giving ceremony, which will take place on 20th September 2012 at the Accademia di architettura in Mendrisio.

Judging panel
2007-2008 first edition
Mario Botta (Svizzera / Switzerland), president
Emilio Ambasz (Stati Uniti / USA)
Valentin Bearth (Svizzera / Switzerland)
Davide Croff (Italia / Italy)
Zhi Wenjun (Cina / China)

2009-2010 second edition
Mario Botta (Svizzera / Switzerland), president
Valentin Bearth (Svizzera / Switzerland)
Solano Benitez (Paraguay)
Barry Bergdoll (Stati Uniti / USA)
Luis Fernandez Galiano (Spagna / Spain)

2011-2012 third edition
Mario Botta (Svizzera / Switzerland), president
Gonçalo Byrne (Portogallo / Portugal)
Marco Della Torre (Italia / Italy)
Diébédo Francis Kéré (Burkina Faso – Germania / Germany)
Mohsen Mostafavi (Stati Uniti / USA)

Secretary
Nicola Navone (Svizzera / Switzerland)

• Portrait Francis Kere Enrico Cano 2010
• School Gando - Enrico Cano 2010
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Candidates
2007-2008 first edition
3LHD – Saša Begovi?, Marko Dabrovi?, Tanja Grozdani?, Silvije Novak (Croazia / Croatia)
Adjaye Associates (Inghilterra / England)
Jesus Aparicio (Spagna / Spain)
Solano Benitez (Paraguay), vincitore / winner
Gion A. Caminada (Svizzera / Switzerland)
Alfonso Cendron (Italia / Italy)  
Dominique Coulon (Francia / France)  
Richard Francis-Jones (Australia)
the NEXTenterprise – Ernst J. Fuchs, Marie-Therese Harnoncourt (Austria)
Sean Godsell (Australia)
Thomas Heatherwick (Inghilterra / England)
Rick Joy (Stati Uniti / USA)
Alberto Kalach (Messico / Mexico)
Francisco Mangado (Spagna / Spain)
Luis Mansilla, Emilio Tuñon (Spagna / Spain)
Francisco e Manuel Aires Mateus (Portogallo / Portugal)
Rahul Mehrotra (India)
Quintus Miller e Paola Maranta (Svizzera / Switzerland)
Marco Navarra – Studio Nowa (Italia / Italy)  
OFFICE dA – Nader Tehrani, Monica Ponce de Leon (Stati Uniti / USA)
Valerio Olgiati (Svizzera / Switzerland)
Promontorio Architectos – João Perloiro, João Luis Ferreira, Paulo Perloiro, Paulo Martins Barata, Pedro Appleton, Adrian Beloso-Baker (Portogallo / Portugal)
Saša Randi?, Idis Turato (Croazia / Croatia)
Joao Alvaro Rocha (Portogallo / Portugal)  
Enric Ruiz Geli – Cloud 9 (Spagna / Spain)
S-M.A.O. – Juan Carlos Sancho, Sol Madridejos (Spagna / Spain)  
Beniamino Servino (Italia / Italy)
Shuhei Endo (Giappone / Japan)  
Antonio Jimenez Torrecillas (Spagna / Spain)
Wang Shu (Cina / China)  

2009-2010 second edition
Iñaqui Carnicero, Ignacio Vila, Alejandro Vírseda (Spagna / Spain)
Adam Caruso, Peter St John (Inghilterra / England)
Davide Cristofani, Gabriele Lelli (Italia / Italy)
João Pedro Falcão de Campos (Portogallo / Portugal)
Dietmar Feichtinger (Francia / France – Austria)
Arturo Franco Diaz (Spagna / Spain)
Sou Fujimoto (Giappone / Japan)
José Fernando Gonçalves (Portogallo / Portugal)
Erich Hubmann, Andreas Vass (Austria)
Bjarke Ingels (Danimarca / Denmark)
Junya Ishigami (Giappone / Japan)
Diébédo Francis Kéré (Burkina Faso – Germania / Germany), vincitore / winner
Christian Kerez (Svizzera / Switzerland)
Andrea Liverani, Enrico Molteni (Italia / Italy)
Fabio Mariani (Italia / Italy)
João Mendes Ribeiro (Portogallo / Portugal)
MGM Morales Giles Mariscal (Spagna / Spain)
Hiroshi Nakamura (Giappone / Japan)
nARCHITECTS – Eric Bunge, Mimi Hoang (Stati Uniti / USA)
Willem Jan Neutelings, Michiel Riedijk (Olanda / the Netherlands)
Mauricio Pezo, Sofia von Ellrichshausen (Cile / Chile)
Joshua Prince-Ramus (Stati Uniti / USA)
Bernard Quirot (Francia / France)
Jurij Sadar, Boštjan Vuga (Slovenia)
Markus Scherer (Italia / Italy)
José Selgas, Lucia Cano (Spagna / Spain)
URBANUS – Liu Xiaodu, Meng Yan, Wang Hui (Cina / China)  
Xu Tiantian (Cina / China)

2011-2012 third edition
Alejandro Aravena (Cile / Chile)
Atelier Bow-Wow – Yoshiharo Tsukamoto, Momoyo Kaijima (Giappone / Japan)
Nuno Brandão Costa (Portogallo / Portugal)
Angelo Bucci (Brasile / Brasil)
Van de Vylder, Inge Vinck, Jo Taillieu (Belgio / Belgium)
Marcus Donaghy, William Dimond (Irlanda / Ireland)
Ecosistema Urbano (Spagna / Spain)
Liza Fior – MUF Architecture (Regno Unito / UK)
Antón García-Abril (Spagna / Spain)
Anna Heringer (Germania / Germany)
Zhang Ke – Standardarchitecture (Cina / China)  
Zhang Lei (Cina / China)  
LTL ARCHITECTS – Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, David Lewis (Stati Uniti / USA)
Gurjit Singh Matharoo (India)
Alberto Mozó (Cile / Chile)
Hiroshi Nakamura (Giappone / Japan)
Mauricio Pezo e Sofia von Ellrichshausen
(Cile / Chile)
Smiljan Radic Clarke (Cile / Chile)
Camilo Rebelo (Portogallo / Portugal)
Enric Ruiz-Geli (Spagna / Spain)
José María Saez (Ecuador)
Joaõ Pedro Serôdio e Isabel Furtado (Portogallo / Portugal)
Dominic Stevens (Irlanda / Ireland)
Studio Mumbai (India)
Jonathan Woolf (Inghilterra / England)
Alejandro Zaera Polo (Spagna / Spain)

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• Abu&Font House copyright Enrico Cano 2008
• Abu&Font House copyright Enrico Cano 2008
• Tomb in Piribebuy copyright Enrico Cano 2008
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• Unilever Headquarter copyright Enrico Cano 2008
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Publications
Nicola Navone (a cura di),
BSI Swiss Architectural Award 2008
Mendrisio Academy Press, Mendrisio 2008
24 x 24 cm, 196 pp.
326 ill. col., 92 ill. b/n
brossura con cofanetto
italiano/inglese
ISBN: 978-888762441-0
€ 35 / frs 55.-

Nicola Navone (a cura di),
BSI Swiss Architectural Award 2010
Mendrisio Academy Press-Silvana editoriale, Mendrisio-Milano 2010
24 x 24 cm, 184 pp.
411 ill. col., 101 ill. b/n
brossura con cofanetto
italiano/inglese
ISBN: 978-88-36-61903-0
€ 35 / frs 50.–

For further information: BSI Swiss Architectural Award

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