For the International Edition of the CEMEX Building Award 2016, 62 finalists from 20 different countries in North America, South America, Asia and Africa will compete in 5 main categories and and 4 special prize categories. The award, given by CEMEX— the Mexican multinational building materials company—recognizes the best architecture and construction projects that highlight innovation aesthetic and constructive uses of concrete.
The projects that are now set to compete at a global level range from a cultural center in Poland to a school and Spain and even a dam in the US. See this year's finalists below and see the previous winners here.
RESIDENTIAL HOUSING
Los Samanes House / Arq. Carlos Campuzano Castelló
Anapoima, Colombia
Vistas a la Colina / Grupo Leumi
San José, Costa Rica
Forty West / Machado and Silvetti Associates
Giza, Egypt
The Inside House / Ignacio Vicens y Hualde, José Antonio Ramos Abengózar
Madrid, Spain
Lumina / Arquitectonica & Heller Manus
San Francisco, USA
Gala Tower / SULARC - Ricardo Peña Prieto
Berthe, Haiti
"H" House / Róger Valerio Arquitectura
Managua, Nicaragua
La Vista on The Green / Arq. Eric Aicardi
Panamá, Panamá
Gardenia 1691 / Díaz Paunetto Arquitectos, LLC, Arq. Víctor Díaz Paunetto, Arq. Ariel Santiago, Danniely Staback, Arq. Nestor Lebrón, Arq. Jimmie Vélez, Arq. Jorge González
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Stanza II Tower / Higinio Llames, Grupo HCR
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
One Tower Bridge / Michael Squire, Squire & Partners
London, United Kingdom
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Palmar / Camilo Santamaría Arquitectura y Urbanismo
Madrid, Colombia
El Mostakbal / Engineering Authority
Cairo, Egypt
Deca Homes Resort and Residences / 8990 Housing Development Corporation
Davao, Philipines
Altos de la Sabana / Studio Domus
Guatemala, Guatemala
Santillana Residential / Arq. Edgar Niño
Panamá, Panamá
Jardines Del Fresno. Stage I / Taller de Proyectos Cronos S.R.L., Arq. Melva Taveras
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
BUILDING
AUDI North Terminal / Wolff & Müller
Hamburg, Germany
Quala Tocancipá Productive Center / Arq. Daniel Bonilla, Taller de Arquitectura de Bogotá, Gerencia de Infraestructura Quala S.A.
Tocancipá, Colombia
Sabana Business Center / Grupo Leumi
San José, Costa Rica
Accor Tahrir Hotel / EHAF Consulting Engineers, Dr.Ezz Eldin Fahmy, Dr. Hussein
Cairo, Egypt
Oak House School / Trasbordo Arquitectura y Gerencia de Construcción S.L.
Barcelona, Spain
Frontignan Media Centre / Tautem Architecture
Frontignan, France
Technical Institute for Training and Productivity / Departamento de Diseño e Infraestructura del Instituto Técnico de Capacitación y Productividad, Ing. David Lepe Cervantes
Salamá, Guatemala
Kinam Hotel / BO TAO
Petion Ville, Haiti
Pacaya Lodge & Spa / Arq. Andrés Rubio, Arq. Kevin Cantley, Cooper Carry
Catarina, Nicaragua
Soho Panamá / Arq. Virgilio Carvajal
Panamá, Panamá
Flyspot / Lewicki, Łatak Architekci
Mory, Poland
San Fernando de la Carolina Hospital / Bonnin-Orozco Architects
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Amanera by Aman Resorts / John Heah, Heah & Co., Franc Ortega
Río San Juan, Domincan Republic
COLLECTIVE SPACE
Kamadhenu Yoga Center / Carolina Echeverri Burckhardt, Alberto Burckhardt Concha
Subachoque, Colombia
Viva La Guácima Park / Garnier Arquitectos, DLR Group
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Platinum Club / Saboor
Cairo, Egypt
CKK Jordanki / Menis Arquitectos, Arq.Fernando Menis
Toruń, Poland
Guild House Slavonice / ov-a/ ov architekti,s.r.o.
Slavonice, Czech Republic
INFRASTRUCTURE
Alternative Routes El Quimbo Hydroelectric / Consorcio Obras Quimbo (CSS Constructores S.A., CASS Constructores &CIA S.C.A., Sonacol S.A.S.)
Garzón, Colombia
Bridge over Tárcoles River / Camacho & Mora
Alajuela, Costa Rica
New Assiut Barrage & Hydro-power Plant.
Assiut, Egypt
Dubai International Airport, Concourse D / Dar Al Handasah
Dubai, UAE
Tempe Town Lake Dam / Architekton
Tempe, USA
La Libertad Hydroelectric / Ing. Javier Luengo Delgado
Colomba Costa Cuca, Guatemala
RSA5 Residue Storage Area / Caribbean Enterprises Inc.
May Pen, Jamaica
Alternate route Country Club- Sabana Grande Stage 2 / Alcaldía de Managua
Managua, Nicaragua
Manzanillo International Terminal, Berth-8, Marine Works / Berger Abam
Colón, Panamá
LNG Terminal / SNC Lavalin Services
Świnoujście, Poland
UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY
Leon XIII Educational Institution- Chiloé / Tamayo Montilla Arquitectos LTDA
Soacha, Colombia
ANDE Savings and Loan Office / Arq. Enrique Cháves
Limón, Costa Rica
Technical Institute for Training and Productivity / Departamento de Diseño e Infraestructura del Instituto Técnico de Capacitación y Productividad, Ing. David Lepe Cervantes
Salamá, Guatemala
CKK Jordanki / Menis Arquitectos, Arq. Fernando Menis
Toruń, Poland
Guild House Slavonice / ov-a/ ov architekti,s.r.o.
Slavonice, Czech Republic
Comprehensive Renovation of the Streets in Colonial City / Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Cooperación S.L.
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING
Kubik Confort 145 / Kubik Lab S.A.S.
Bogotá, Colombia
Faculties Building UNIBE / Stagno Studio Arquitectos
San José, Costa Rica
Mivida / EMAAR
Cairo, Egypt
Oak House School / Trasbordo Arquitectura y Gerencia de Construcción S.L.
Barcelona, Spain
Picayune Strand Restoration Project, Faka Union Pump Station / Parsons Government Services
Naples, USA
Deca Homes Resort and Residences / 8990 Housing Development Corporation
Davao, Philipines
Frontignan Media Centre / Tautem Architecture
Frontignan, France
Altos de la Sabana / Studio Domus
Guatemala, Guatemala
Corcione Business Plaza / Mallol y Mallol
Panamá, Panamá
Guild House Slavonice / ov-a/ ov architekti,s.r.o.
Slavonice, Czech Republic
Hotel & SPA Emotions By Hodelpa / Arq. Karen Acosta, Arq. Esther Burgos, Taller de Arquitectura Terminaciones Exclusivas
Playa Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic
CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION
Quala Tocancipá Productive Center / Arq. Daniel Bonilla, Taller de Arquitectura de Bogotá, Gerencia de Infraestructura Quala S.A.
Tocancipá, Colombia
Icon Building / Javier Rojas
San José, Costa Rica
Suez Highway
Cairo, Egypt
Oak House School / Trasbordo Arquitectura y Gerencia de Construcción S.L.
Barcelona, Spain
Lumina / Arquitectonica & Heller Manus
San Francisco, USA
Flex Space 10 Building / Arq. Carlos Carrasco
Panamá, Panamá
LNG Terminal / SNC Lavalin Services
Świnoujście, Poland
Aeronautical & Aerospace Institute of Puerto Rico / Toro Arquitectos
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Guild House Slavonice / ov-a/ ov architekti,s.r.o.
Slavonice, Czech Republic
Amanera by Aman Resorts / John Heah, Heah & Co., Franc Ortega
Río San Juan, Dominican Republic
SOCIAL VALUE
Green City Low Income Housing Macroproject / Camilo Santamaría
Soacha, Colombia
La Carpio Theme Park / Arq. Adriana Alvarado, Arq. Rosy Hidalgo
San José, Costa Rica
New Assiut Simple Cycle Power Plant
Assiut, Egypt
Tempe Town Lake Dam / Architekton
Tempe, USA
Deca Homes Resort and Residences / 8990 Housing Development Corporation
Davao, Filipinas
Technical Institute for Training and Productivity / Departamento de Diseño e Infraestructura del Instituto Técnico de Capacitación y Productividad, Ing. David Lepe Cervantes
Salamá, Guatemala
Pacaya Lodge & Spa / Arq. Andrés Rubio, Arq. Kevin Cantley, Cooper Carry
Catarina, Nicaragua
Fiftieth Avenue Road Improvement Chanis Sector / Construtora Norberto Odebrecht
Panamá, Panamá
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