EUROPE 40 UNDER 40 / '09 LAUREATES

ALL EYES ON EUROPE'S EMERGING YOUNG ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS; BE INSPIRED!

By: Yazan Baggili

Sources: 'European Centre' & 'World Architecture News'

“Europe 40 Under 40” is an annual awards program that celebrates the next new talented generation of European architects. The program is directed to support new and emerging design talent that will influence the near future of European architectural design, thinking, and theory with the direct consequence of impacting future environments and future European and international cities. The key is to bring wider recognition to 40 of the most promising emerging architects working in the European Union and other countries inside Europe, fostering and encouraging new talent and new creative thinking at the forefront of tomorrow's profession.

The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design announced the selection of this year’s most promising and emerging European design talent with architects and industrial designers from architecture and industrial design and manufacturing firms across Europe hailing from 19 European nations.

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Germany produced the greatest number of

up-and-coming architects with 9 winners,

closely followed by Italy's 8 recipients.

The jury included distinguished architectural practitioners, developers, architectural journalists, educators, and critics. “The jury selection and process was extremely difficult,” states Ioannis Karalias, Museum Vice President, The Chicago Athenaeum. “The jury was presented with hundreds of excellent projects and designs from skyscrapers and large-scale urban planning projects to the highest quality industrial design for commercial and consumer use. It was difficult to narrow the number down to simply 40 design firms (60 designers and partners of design firms in total).”

Architectural projects include (built or un-built): corporate architecture, skyscrapers, institutional projects, religious buildings, civic and political structures, planning projects, urban renewal, restoration/renovation, residential architecture for single family and multi-family dwellings, stores, residential or commercial interiors, sports and transportation centers, and public environments. Architects, Landscape Architects and Urban Planners are eligible under these categories.

Designed products include (manufactured or in production): electronics, medical equipment, furniture, textiles, equipment, hardware, tools, kitchen and bath, floor-covering, table top, household products, personal effects, appliances, office products, transportation, children's products, sports and recreation, lighting, public environments, fashion, and graphic design. Professionals in Design, Graphics, Fashion, and Textile Design are also eligible for these categories.

Projects were judged on the merit of design innovation

with the emphasis on pushing the envelope on

conventional methods and exploring new ideas,

theories, and approaches to contemporary design.

And the winners are: (drum roll…)

AUSTRIA
- Josef Saller, Architect / heri & salli
- Herbert Wolfmayr, Architect / heri & salli

BELGIUM
- Frederik Aerts, Industrial Designer / Berghoff Worldwide
- Thomas Bercy, Architect / Bercy Chen Studio LP.
- Wim Goes, Architect / Wim Goes Architectuur
- Pieterjan Deblauwe, Industrial Designer / Pieterjan Deblauwe

DENMARK
- Thomas Brinch-Møller, Architect / DOK54
- Anders Lendager, Architect / MAPT
- Jacob M. Lund, Architect / DOK54

FINLAND
- Olli Komulaninen, Industrial Designer / Polar Electro Oy.
- Illka Suppanen, Architect and Industrial Designer / Studio Suppanen

FRANCE
- Charles Bessard, Architect / Powerhouse Company

GERMANY
- Alain Berteau, Architect and Industrial Designer / Alain Berteau Designworks
- Jens Bruenslow, Architect / Architecture Project
- Kati Meyer-Brühl, Industrial Designer / Brühl & Sippold GmbH.
- Holger Kehne, Architect / Plasma Studio
- Tobias Kraus, Architect / Kraus Schönberg
- Claudia Schmidt, Architect / MIR Architecten
- Timm Schönberg, Architect / Kraus Schönberg
- Alexander Tränkle, Industrial Designer / Alexander Tränkle
- Constantine Wortmann, Industrial Designer / Büro für Form Designstudio

GREAT BRITAIN
- Simon Frommenwiler, Architect / HHF Architects GmbH.
- Morten Villiers Warren, Industrial Designer / Native Design Ltd .

GREECE
- Panos Parthenios, Architect / Parthenios Architects + Associates

ICELAND
- Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdótir, Architect / Minarc

ITALY
- Federico Bargone, Architect / Sbarch Associates
- Francesco Bartolucci, Architect / Sbarch Associates
- Franco Cervi, Industrial Designer / 27_9
- Alessandro Console, Architect / Console-Oliva Architects
- Francesco Iodice, Architect / IODICEARCHETTI
- Daniele Lago, Industrial Designer / Lago SpA.
- Orsola Pezone, Architect / IODICEARCHETTI
- Marcello Silvestre, Architect / IODICEARCHETTI

LATVIA
- Juris Mitenbergs, Architect / AB3D Ltd.

THE NETHERLANDS
- Nanne de Ru, Architect / Powerhouse Company
- Frederike Top, Industrial Designer / Frederike Top Ontwerp
- Ronald Schleurholts, Architect / Architectenbureau Cepezed

NORWAY
- Petter Knudsen, Industrial Designer / Petter Knudsen Design
- Leif Steven Verdu-Isachsen, Industrial Designer / KODE Design AS.

POLAND
- Beata Goczol, Architect / Goczolowie Architekti Studio
- Barbara Grabczewska, Architect / Ovo Grabczewscy Architekci
- Oskar Grabczewski, Architect / Ovo Grabczewscy Architekci
- Marcin Kościuch, Architect / Ultra Architects SC.
- Tomasz Osięgłowski, Architect / Ultra Architects SC.
- Anna Siedlecka, Industrial Design / Studio Puff-Buff Design SC.

PORTUGAL
- Camilo Rebelo, Architect / Camilo Rebelo Arquitecto Uniperssoal Lta.

SERBIA
- Branko Lukic, Industrial Designer / NONOBJECT

SLOVENIA
- Aljosa Dekleva, Architect / Dekleva Gregoric Arhitekti
- Tina Gregoric, Architect / Dekleva Gregoric Arhitekti

SPAIN
- Raul del Valle González, Architect / Maquinas Para Vivir, SL.
- Luis Suárez Mansilla, Architect / Suárez Santas Arquitectos
- Pablo Oriol, Architect / FRPO-Rodriguez y Oriol Arquitectos
- Fernando Rodriguez, Architect / FRPO-Rodriguez y Oriol Arquitectos
- Asier Santas Torres, Architect / Suárez Santas Arquitectos

SWITZERLAND
- Simon Hartmann, Architect / HHF Architects GmbH.
- Tilo Herlach, Architect / HHF Architects GmbH.
- Pascal Müller, Architect / Müller Sigrist Architects
- Tanya Ruegg, Architect / Camenzind Evolution Architects
- Peter Sigrist, Architect / Müller Sigrist Architects
- Claude Zelleweger, Industrial Designer / One & Company