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2006
In 2006, the Award went global – inviting students from all over the world to participate.
2,037 students from 496 schools in 92 countries registered, and the number of submissions more than doubled to 557 projects from 225 schools in 53 countries.
20 winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd prizes and 17 honourable mentions) representing 12 different countries were announced and celebrated at the Award event at the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in October 2006.
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“The award ceremony and my visit to Bilbao will stand out as a transition point from the idealistic world of science and aesthetics that we thrive in as students to the real world where you have to consider commercial and functional perspectives.
This is a universal transition and to me the award symbolises the culmination of my pursuit of idealism in architecture.
[…]I am very happy to have taken part in the International VELUX Award – a unique opportunity to influence the light of tomorrow.” said 1st prize winner Louise Groenlund at the Award event.
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