The jury has now elected the winners of International VELUX Award 2008 for Students of Architecture. The winners have been informed and they will be announced and celebrated at an award event in Venice, Italy on 7 November 2008.
The jury was composed of Hani Rashid (USA), Enrique Browne (Chile), Huat Lim (Malaysia), Eva Jiricna, appointed by UIA (United Kingdom), Francis Nordemann appointed by EAAE (France) and Michel Langrand, General Manager, VELUX France (France).
The jury met in Turin, Italy from 25 to 26 June 2008. Hani Rashid was elected chairman and presided over the jury’s work. The jury agreed on 3 prize winners and 8 honourable mentions.
- The total amount of 686 projects represents an incredible variation of responses to the theme “Light of Tomorrow”. With entries from all over the world, the Award literally represents the zeitgeist of architectural education and evidently it also proves the global penetration and interaction between students and schools from any continent, the jury remarked in the jury report.