The submission period for the 7th International Golden Trezzini Awards for Architecture and Design closed on September 15, with a record 1,318 projects from 55 countries entered for the prestigious statuette of Domenico Trezzini, the first architect of St. Petersburg.
CCIC Sky Tower & Central Park (China), Fan Zhou & JZFZ Architectural Design Co., “Best Project of Public Building or Facility” category.
“We see growing interest in the award each year. This year, we received a record number of entries — nearly 100 more than last year,” said Pavel Chernyakov, Chairman of the Golden Trezzini Awards Organizing Committee. “We can confidently say that architecture is experiencing a revival, where its value goes beyond functionality and investment attractiveness to inspire and enrich our lives.”
According to the Organizing Committee, all applications approved by experts will appear on the award's website within two weeks. The Qualification Committee is already evaluating the nominees' projects, with the shortlist set to be announced on October 15. Afterward, the International Jury, chaired by Mikhail Piotrovsky, President of the Worldwide St Petersburg Club and General Director of the State Hermitage Museum, will choose the winners from the list of finalists. The award ceremony will take place on November 15 at the Hermitage Theater, followed by a closed reception for the laureates in the ballroom of the Corinthia St. Petersburg Hotel.
In its seventh season, the award featured 18 main categories covering all aspects of architecture as an art, including building and interior design, exhibition projects, set design, sculpture, and architectural ceramics. Two categories were reserved for students.
The awards do not offer monetary prizes. The primary award in most categories is a gilded statuette of Domenico Trezzini.
This year’s St. Petersburg nominees include the high-speed railway terminal project, the reconstruction of the former Nikolaev Cavalry School for Lyceum No. 280, the exhibition “Ars Vivendi. Frans Snyders and Seventeenth-Century Flemish Still Lifes” at the Hermitage, and other landmark projects.
High-speed railway terminal in St. Petersburg (Russia), First Design Institute, “Best Project of Public Building or Facility” category.
The Leningrad Region is represented by the International Restoration Center in the village of Rozhdestveno, the memorial “To Peaceful Soviet Citizens Who Died During the Great Patriotic War”, the Beloostrov High-Tech Clinic, and other notable sites.
Beloostrov High-Tech Clinic (Russia), “My medical center” Group, SOGAZ JSC, Acibadem Project Management, ENKA, “Best Implemented Project of Public Building or Facility” category.
Among Moscow’s notable entries are the new building of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the set design for the “Queen of Spades” ballet at the Bolshoi Theater, and the Alcon Tower III at the intersection of the Third Transport Ring and Leningradsky Prospect.
Ballet “Queen of Spades” (Russia), the Bolshoi Theatre, theatre set designer Polina Bakhtina, “Best Implemented Theatre Set Design” category.
From Russia's regions, projects submitted for evaluation include the restored Factory-Kitchen of the Maslennikov Plant in Samara, the reconstructed Gladina Library in Apatity, and several projects related to preparations for the BRICS 2024 summit in Kazan.
International submissions include the National Museum of the War of Independence and the Atatürk House in Turkey, the CCIC Sky Tower skyscraper in Sichuan Province, China, and the aluminum grotto in Bangkok, Thailand, among other imaginative architectural and design works.
National War of Independence Museum and Atatürk House (Turkey), Müze Kolektifi, “Best Implemented Project of Temporary or Permanent Museum Exposition” category.
Despite the close of the submission period and the start of jury deliberations, visitors to the Golden Trezzini website can still influence the outcome. Until October 30, 2024, voting for the People’s Choice Award remains open in the Nominees section of the Awards' website.
The International Golden Trezzini Awards recognize outstanding contributions to architecture as art. Named after Domenico Trezzini (1670–1734), the architect behind the Peter and Paul Cathedral and other masterpieces of Petrine Baroque, the awards have been presented annually since 2018. The award's motto, “Architecture as Art”, reflects its mission to museumify remarkable projects in architecture, design, and restoration. The works of the laureates, selected by over 200 experts from 33 countries, are included in the state museum fund and exhibited at the “Architecture as Art” exhibition in the Peter and Paul Fortress. This esteemed recognition elevates the winning projects to a status of historical and cultural significance, ensuring their preservation for future generations.
Applications for the 8th International Golden Trezzini Awards will open in February 2025.
Photos: 2024 Golden Trezzini Awards nominated projects.
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