Our proposal for the Guggenheim Museum Helsinki has won the US Embassy Special Prize in a juried exhibition at Interarch 2015, the XIV Triennial of Architecture in Sofia, Bulgaria. The building is a collection of eight soft pavilions of varying sizes and undulating heights that reflect the surroundings while creating a porous urban condition. The volumes lightly intersect with one another leading to a collection of exhibition spaces surrounded by public gardens. The resulting 12.100 m2 institution is a transparent and light building, clustered between Helsinki and the Baltic Sea. Check it out on World Architects.

XIV Triennial of Architecture, Sophia, BG
Exhibition Schedule: May 17-20, 2015  

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The American Institute of Architects Los Angeles presented PAR with the 2014 Presidential Emerging Practice Award, citing the firm’s “notable, innovative achievements in design and service to the profession.” This award is the highest honor that the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles can bestow on an emerging architecture firm for consistently producing innovative architecture.

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The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture have honored our Taichung Cultural Center proposal with a 2014 International Architecture Award. “The International Architecture Awards,” states Chicago Athenaeum President Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, “honor new and cutting-edge design, promoting international architecture to a public audience globally, dedicated to the recognition of excellence in architecture and urbanism from a global point-of-view.”

The winning projects will be presented in November at “The City and the World” exhibition during the second Istanbul Design Biennial in Istanbul, Turkey, followed by a traveling exhibition inside Europe and the United States. A catalogue will accompany the exhibition.

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The American Institute of Architects Los Angeles will honor PAR with the 2014 Presidential Emerging Practice Award stating “notable, innovative achievements in design and service to the profession.” The awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 29, 2014.

The AIA|LA Emerging Practice Award is the highest honor that the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles can bestow on an emerging architecture firm for consistently producing innovative architecture. Educators, civic leaders, media personalities, writers and of course, architects are some of the driving forces that push the architectural profession forward. The 2014 Board, sensitive to the evolution Los Angeles is undergoing, chose to recognize select individuals who take leadership roles in advancing the profession and thus, the City.

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PAR’s Taichung Cultural Center and Helsinki Central Library each receive double honors at the 7th annual International Design Awards (IDA). The Taichung Cultural Center was awarded 1st place in the conceptual architecture category and 2nd place in the institutional architecture category. The Helsinki Central Library received 2nd place recognition in both the conceptual architecture and institutional categories. Both projects will be celebrated at the IDA gala ceremony later this year.

Structural, Climate & MEP: Buro Happold
Visualization: Luxigon

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The Taichung Cultural Center has received an Honorable Mention in the Public Building Concept Category at the 2014 Re-thinking The Future Awards. All winning projects will be featured at the upcoming RTF Conference exhibition. A catalogue accompanies the exhibition.

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Our Taichung Cultural Center concept is one of 49 finalists selected from over 650 entries in the 2014 AZ AWARDS. Organized around a public space that unfolds into Gateway Park, the building is conceived as a continuous cultural twist that combines the virtues of both museum and library, maximizing interdisciplinary exchange while preserving autonomy. Winners will be announced at the AZ Awards gala on June 20th in Toronto. Check out PAR’s Taichung Cultural Center video here.

Structural, Climate & MEP: Buro Happold
Visualization: LUXIGON

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Our zero carbon proposal for the Helsinki Library has won an AIA NextLA Honor Award for “exhibiting conceptual strength while solving critical aesthetic, civic and social concerns as well as environmental performance.” according to AIA jury. Developed in collaboration with ARUP, we reinterpret the oculus of the Pantheon when designing a high performance facade for the challenging Finnish climate. The concave building geometry amplifies daylight while rooflines are optimized for snow recycling.

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PAR is taking part in a group exhibition at the 14th International Biennial of Architecture Buenos Aires featuring the AIA New York 2013 Award winners. The award exhibition honors the architects, clients, and consultants who work together to achieve design excellence. Please stop by if you are visiting the Biennial.

Exhibition: Centro Cultural Recoleta: September 21 – October 13, 2013
Symposium: September 24-27, 2013

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All sixty-five of the winning projects will be featured in an exhibition that travels throughout the Americas and Europe. A catalogue accompanies the exhibition.

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