Top image: Extended House by Formwerkz Architects – “Building of the Year”

The results of this year’s annual SIA Architectural Design Awards were announced on the evening of 1 October at an awards ceremony held in Singapore’s Raffles City Convention Centre, with the title of “Building of the Year” going to Extended House by Formwerkz Architects.

Organised by the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA), this year’s award submissions were evaluated based on attributes such as originality and innovation, sensitivity to context, sustainability, response to climate, response to users’ needs, and elegance of construction and detail.

Lucky Shophouse by CHANG Architects – “Best Project Constructed Under $1.5 Million”

Commenting on the jury’s decision to award Extended House the title of “Building of the Year”, SIA’s President Theodore Chan says: “The project demonstrated inspiration, sensitivity and courage in that the Owner and Architect made a collective and considered decision to retain the 1970’s architecture of the existing building, creating something new to complement the old.

Their decision to do so was the central theme of the project and created a fresh spatial and architectural dynamic between old and new. Using simple, cost effective building material and finishes, so much was achieved with so little. This is a true hallmark of a great design. In the wave of today’s throwaway mentality, the project demonstrated an attitude of true sustainability of adaptive re-use.”

The other top honour went to CHANG Architects’ Lucky Shophouse, which was awarded “Best Project Constructed Under $1.5 Million”. Both Formwerkz Architects and CHANG Architects took home more than one award this year.

Here’s the full list of winners:

Left – Right: 118 Killiney, ip:li Architects & The Winged House, K2LD Architects Pte Ltd – Design Award winners (Residential Projects Category)

Category: Residential Projects

Design Award

– Kent Vale, MKPL Architects Pte Ltd
– 118 Killiney, ip:li Architects
– Courtyard House, Formwerkz Architects
– 36 Victoria Park, ip:li Architects
– The Winged House, K2LD Architects Pte Ltd
– Namly House, CHANG Architects
– Green Collection, RT+Q Architects Pte Ltd
– Extended House, Formwerkz Architects

Honourable Mention

– Party House, W Architects Pte Ltd
– Svarga Residence @ Batujimbar, RT+Q Architects Pte Ltd
– The Longhouse 36, Aamer Architects

Gardens by the Bay – Conservatory, CPG Consultants Pte Ltd – Design Award winner (Commercial Projects Category)

Category: Commercial Projects

Design Award

– Gardens by the Bay – Conservatory, CPG Consultants Pte Ltd

ITE Headquarters and ITE College Central @ Ang Mo Kio, RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd – Design Award winner (Institutional Projects Category)

Category: Institutional Projects

Design Award

– ITE Headquarters and ITE College Central @ Ang Mo Kio, RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd

Honourable Mention

– Singapore Life Church, LAUD Architects Pte Ltd

CleanTech One, Surbana International Consultants Pte Ltd – Honourable Mention (Industrial, Transport & Infrastructure Projects Category)

Category: Industrial, Transport & Infrastructure Projects

Honourable Mention

– CleanTech One, Surbana International Consultants Pte Ltd

Archifest Zero Waste Pavilion, WOW Architects – Design Award winner (Special Category)

Category: Special

Design Award

– 137 Market Street, Teh Joo Heng Architects
– Lucky Shophouse, CHANG Architects
– Gardens by the Bay, CPG Consultants Pte Ltd
– Archifest Zero Waste Pavilion, WOW Architects

Changi Airport Terminal 1 Upgrading, Architects 61 Pte Ltd – Honourable Mention (Special Category)

Honourable Mention

– Changi Airport Terminal 1 Upgrading, Architects 61 Pte Ltd
– 55 Blair Road, ONG&ONG Pte Ltd

Best Project Constructed Under $1.5 Million

– Lucky Shophouse, CHANG Architects

Building of the Year

– Extended House, Formwerkz Architects

SIA, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, also announced the winners of its inaugural SIA-Rigel Bathroom Design Awards that same evening, and launched the G-Architect Award to honour one architect and his body of work in sustainable architecture. Submissions for the G-Architect Award is now open, with the first Laureate to be announced in May 2014.

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