ArchDaily 2016 Building of the Year Awards: Grand Theatre Opera House
Beijing, PRC:
The Grand Theatre Opera House in Harbin China, has been awarded the ‘Cultural Architecture’ prize in the ArchDaily 2016 Building of the Year Awards, which concluded last week.
Concepted and designed by MAD Architects based in Beijing, the active skin of the building comprises 4 dancing ribbons and free-form curved skylights. The dancing ribbons are clad with a double curved 5mm thick aluminium panel fixed to a kalzip standing seam underlay.
A collaboration between the Inhabit Hong Kong & Inhabit Beijing offices, Inhabit’s role included assisting MAD to rationalise the 3D models and develop cladding systems that were commercially viable. The systems incorporated flexible fixing of 3-way adjustment brackets, continuous thermal insulation and weatherproofing layers.
In addition to this facade detailing, contract administration, review and inspection of construction design and the installation process were also undertaken by the team.
ArchDaily’s (www.archdaily.com) ‘Cultural Architecture’ award is one of 14 categories judged by its significant global audience.
“As a peer-based, crowd sourced architecture award, the results shown here represent the collective intelligence of 55,000 voters, filtering the best architecture from over 3,000 projects featured on ArchDaily during the past year.”
. Public Architecture: Community Kitchen of Terras da Costa / ateliermob + Colectivo Warehouse
. Commercial Architecture: Miu Miu Aoyama Store / Herzog & de Meuron
. Hospitality Architecture: Cella Bar / FCC Arquitectura + Paulo Lobo
. Houses: Vila Matilde House / Terra e Tuma Arquitetos
. Housing: The Great Wall of WA / Luigi Rosselli
. Refurbishment: House in Guimarães / Elisabete de Oliveira Saldanha
. Industrial Architecture: Factory on the Earth / Ryuichi Ashizawa Architect & Associates
. Educational Architecture: School of Architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology / Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
. Healthcare Architecture: Partners In Health Dormitory / Sharon Davis Design
. Offices: Intesa Sanpaolo Office Building / Renzo Piano Building Workshop
. Cultural Architecture: Harbin Opera House / MAD Architects
. Sports Architecture: The New Bordeaux Stadium / Herzog & de Meuron
. Interior Architecture: House of Vans London / Tim Greatrex
. Religious Architecture: Ribbon Chapel / NAP Architects
Original ArchDaily Article:
http://www.archdaily.com/781768/winners-of-the-2016-building-of-the-year-awards
