The Awards ceremony for the ninth Casalgrande Padana Grand Prix International architecture award took place on 11th May, at Spazio CityLife in Milan, within the building site where work at the Residenze buildings designed by Daniel Libeskind, using over 50,000 square metres of facings manufactured by Casalgrande Padana, is well ahead.
The awards were given by the Grand Prix international judges at a formal ceremony, during which Daniel Libeskind delivered a lecture. A decision that is in keeping with the character of the latest awards, which have become important cultural events because of their significant settings – Milan’s La Triennale, Scuola Grande di S. Giovanni Evangelista in Venice, Sala dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Aula Magna of Ca’ Granda in Milan – and the contribution of famous designers, critics, lecturers and media professionals.
Over twenty years of history, nine years, over one thousand three hundred architectural designs from the five continents: this is Casalgrande Padana Grand Prix International architecture award; a special lookout on current developments and trends in the use of ceramics and the overall development of research into design and construction; a cultural operation that has grown and developed over time, becoming an industry landmark.
The ninth edition of the Grand Prix international architecture competition, promoted and held by Casalgrande Padana, saw the participation of over 250 designers, from all over the world, and top-level projects. The turnout was testimony to the growing popularity and appreciation of ceramic materials in the building sector.

The architectural scene emerging clearly in this edition, as well as in the past ones, effectively highlights not only the intrinsic properties of stoneware tiles, but first and foremost their ability to relentlessly evolve in order to cater for different needs and applications in terms of scope, operational techniques and designer’s taste. For over 20 years, Grand Prix has followed product and architectural application development processes closely, confirming its international vocation.

Shopping centres

FIRST PRIZE
Sergey Nagrebel’nyy - OOO “ASK Gorod” | Shopping Centre, Yekaterinburg (RUS)

SECOND PRIZE
Design International & Corvino+Multari | Shopping Centre “La Cartiera”, Pompei, Napoli (I)

THIRD PRIZE
Graziano Facchini - CST srl - GruppoFINIM | Shopping Centre “Città dei Templi“, Agrigento (I)

Buildings for public functions and services, industrial buildings

FIRST PRIZE
Andrea Mambriani, Laura Barbieri | Cedacri Group Headquarter, Collecchio, Parma (I)

SECOND PRIZE
Massimiliano e Doriana Fuksas | Studio Fuksas - School Georges-Frêche, Montpellier (F)

THIRD PRIZE
Thomas Bamberg Architetto BDA - Bamberg Architektur | Church, Sonnenbühl (D)

SPECIAL MENTION
Valeriya Shubina - OOO OMA-9 | “Theological Seminary”, Kolomna (RUS)

SPECIAL MENTION
APA Czech_Dulin´ ski_Wróbel | Agencja Projektowa „Architektura” sp. zo.o. - Airport Jasionka, Rzeszow (PL)

SPECIAL MENTION
Eik Kammerl - Kammerl+Kollegen | NewMetro Station, Aschaffenburg (D)

Residential buildings

FIRST PRIZE
Javier Artadi - Artadi Arquitectos | Las Palmeras House, Lima (PE)

SECOND PRIZE
Justin Quinlan - The Quinlan Group | Piccoli Residence, Griffith (AUS)

THIRD PRIZE
Louis Phillips | Louis Phillips Architects and Associates - Pearl Valley Golf Estate, Paarl (ZA)

SPECIAL MENTION
Alain Demarquette | Private House, Merignies (F) - Private House, Cambrai (F)

Façade coverings, external floorings

FIRST PRIZE
Studio di Architettura Anselmi & Associati | San Pio da Pietrelcina church compound, Roma (I)

SECOND PRIZE
Alessandro Traldi - Atelier Traldi | School Complex, Massalengo, Lodi (I)

THIRD PRIZE (EX AEQUO)
Architetto Silvio D’Ascia & ATI Servizi Integrati - IDI | “La Porta Del Parco”, Bagnoli, Napoli (I)

THIRD PRIZE (EX AEQUO)
5+1AA Alfonso Femia, Gianluca Peluffo | “Ex Metalmetron”, Savona (I)

Swimming pools

FIRST PRIZE
Marco Ciarlo & Fabio Fabiano | Swimming Pool, Savona (I)

SPECIAL MENTION
Jean-Luc Roussel - Atelier 3A | Swimming Pool, Leffrinckoucke (F)

SPECIAL MENTION
Alain Sarfati | S. Area Alain Sarfati Architecture - “Centre Aqua-Ludique”, Arras (F)