MIPIM Awards: the world’s finest projects

There are 13 winners of the 2022 MIPIP Awards, in line with the theme “Driving Urban Change” of this 31st iteration of MIPIM Cannes

Mipim Awards Cerimony, I Vincitori. Ph © S. D'HALLOY - Image & Co
Mipim Awards Cerimony, I Vincitori. Ph © S. D'HALLOY - Image & Co

As usual, the MIPIM Awards go together with the main event of MIPIM Cannes to bring an overview of innovation and cutting-edge design in the world of major projects. The awards have become one of the key moments of the event par excellence in the field of real estate, and an opportunity to recognize and emphasize excellence on an international level.

The jury, chaired this year by François Trausch, Global CEO & CIO of Allianz Real Estate, selected 12 winners from about 100 candidates from all over the world, as well as a 13th winner of the “Special Jury Award,” a sort of “best of the best” assigned to the House of Music in Bucharest designed by Sou Fujimoto. The winning projects respond perfectly to the theme of MIPIM for 2022 (the 31st edition), “Driving Urban Change,” reflecting an ability to adapt to the consequences of the pandemic on how people live, work, spend leisure time and consume.

“What impressed the jury most was the diversity and creativity of the projects submitted, a hallmark of our European cities and an important factor for buildings that are developed today for tomorrow’s communities,” François Trausch explained.”

Audemars Piguet Museum - Le Brassus, Switzerland. Ph © Iwan Baan
Audemars Piguet Museum – Le Brassus, Switzerland. Ph © Iwan Baan

Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet: Best Cultural & Sports Infrastructure

Designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, the museum spiral flanks the original workshop, established by Audemars Piguet’s founders in 1875, with a new all-glass structure, comprised of two spirals that seamlessly integrate into the existing landscape.

Hangzhou Alibaba DAMO Academy Nanhu Industry Park Project - Hangzhou, China. Ph © Aedas
Hangzhou Alibaba DAMO Academy Nanhu Industry Park Project – Hangzhou, China. Ph © Aedas

Hangzhou Alibaba DAMO Academy Nanhu Industry Park Project: Best Futura Mega Project

This project by Aedas studio integrates the most technologically advanced offices, research laboratories, visitors and exhibition centers, and ancillary facilities, to build a world-class scientific research institute on the banks of Nanhu Lake in Yuhang District, Hangzhou.

Arboretum - Nanterre, France. Ph © wo2 Leclercq Associés - DREAM - Nicolas Laisné Architectes
Arboretum – Nanterre, France. Ph © wo2 Leclercq Associés – DREAM – Nicolas Laisné Architectes

Arboretum: Best Futura Project

Arboretum is Europe’s largest low-carbon office campus. Located only 15 minutes away from Paris’ city center, it offers 125,000sqm of offices and services built in solid wood, surrounding a 22 acres private park. Arboretum embodies the post-covid office by promoting a direct access to nature, starting with wooden interiors. A project by Leclercq Associes, DREAM, Nicolas Laisné Architectes, Hubert&Roy Architectes.

Başakşehir Çam Ve Sakura City Hospital - Istanbul, Turkey. Ph © DR
Başakşehir Çam Ve Sakura City Hospital – Istanbul, Turkey. Ph © DR

Başakşehir Çam Ve Sakura City Hospital: Best Healthcare Development

The Project comprises design, construction, maintenance, and operation of a new integrated health campus in the city of Istanbul, Turkey. It comprises an integrated health campus with a total capacity of 2,682 beds. By Perkins & Will.

Casa di Langa - Cerreto Langhe CN, Italy. Ph © Saverio Lombardi Vallauri
Casa di Langa – Cerreto Langhe CN, Italy. Ph © Saverio Lombardi Vallauri

Casa di Langa: Best Hotel & Tourism Resort

Casa di Langa is focused on exclusive service, a genuine local experience and rigorous eco-sustainability. Native materials, local colours and regional vernacular reinterpreted in a contemporary way contribute to integrating the project – by GaS Studio with Parisotto Formenton Architetti – seamlessly into its environment.

LCP Trecate - Trecate, Italy. Ph © DR
LCP Trecate – Trecate, Italy. Ph © DR

LCP Trecate: Best Industrial & Logistics Development

At the time, the largest pre-let deal in Europe. Logistics Capital Partners (LCP) developed a new Global Distribution Headquarters for the largest global luxury brands retailer, Kering, on project by The Blossom Avenue Partners. The building achieved LEED Platinum Environmental rating, and incorporated one of the largest solar panel roof installations, utilising all roof space in addition to Geothermal heating wells.

Frederiksberg Allé 41 - Copenhagen, Denmark. Ph © Rasmus Hjortshoj
Frederiksberg Allé 41 – Copenhagen, Denmark. Ph © Rasmus Hjortshoj

Frederiksberg Allé 41: Best Mixed-use Development 

Frederiksberg Allé 41 includes food stalls, workshops and cultural facilities with an apartment building and a green inner courtyard above. As the first of its kind in Denmark, the building itself (by studio Cobe) is placed directly over and connected to an underground metro station.

BNP Paribas Fortis HQ at Montagne du Parc - Brussels, Belgium. Ph © Philippe-Van-Gelooven - Courtesy Jaspers-Eyers Architects
BNP Paribas Fortis HQ at Montagne du Parc – Brussels, Belgium. Ph © Philippe-Van-Gelooven – Courtesy Jaspers-Eyers Architects

BNP Paribas Fortis HQ at Montagne du Parc: Best Office & Business Development

The BNP Paribas Fortis Headquarters building is located exactly where it stood for the last 200 years. A series of vast curvilinear landscaped courtyards and a large atrium provide the 4,500 building’s users and the general public with high-quality spaces in the heart of Brussels. Project by Baumschlager Eberle Architekten/ Styfhals/ Jaspers-Eyers Architects.

Astoriahuset and Nybrogatan 17 - Stockholm, Sweden. Ph © R. Hjortshoj
Astoriahuset and Nybrogatan 17 – Stockholm, Sweden. Ph © R. Hjortshoj

Astoriahuset and Nybrogatan 17: Best Refurbished Building

With Astoria, 3XN unites new and old architecture in the heart of Stockholm. Located in Östermalm, Stockholm’s historic city centre, Astoriahuset and Nybrogatan 17 consists of a renovated multi-story building from 1873 (with residential apartments) and the construction of a new connected office building.

 Æbeløen - Aarhus, Denmark. Ph Mikkel Frost
Æbeløen – Aarhus, Denmark. Ph Mikkel Frost

Æbeløen: Best Residential Development  

Æbeløen’s 146 residences – comprising townhouses and apartment buildings – inhabit the last vacant plot in Aarhus’ historic Øgade neighbourhood adjacent to the city’s botanical garden. Designed around a cobblestoned shared street and green courtyards, the design emerges from an architectural “sampling” of the urban context. Project by CEBRA Architects

CAP3000 - Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France. © Architecture Groupe-6 - Photo Michel Denancé
CAP3000 – Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France. © Architecture Groupe-6 – Photo Michel Denancé

CAP3000: Best Shopping Centre

It all began in 1969: opening of CAP3000, the no°1 shopping center in France. The last few years, CAP3000 has been extended and new innovative projects have been implemented. Today, it represents the not-to-be-missed shopping venue in the Côte d’Azur. It benefits from a unique seaside location, in a protected area of natural beauty called «Natura 2000 ».  By Groupe-6.

Borough Yards - London, United Kingdom. Ph © Ed Reeve
Borough Yards – London, United Kingdom. Ph © Ed Reeve

Borough Yards: Best Urban Project

Located next to the historic Borough Market in the heart of London, the recently completed Borough Yards development includes new retail streets, cultural galleries and commercial office space. SPPARC has created an architectural typology which started from the principle that there should be pedestrian lanes within the block linking the river to the historic market, through a series of connecting yard spaces and streets.

House of Music - Budapest, Hungary. Ph © Varosliget
House of Music – Budapest, Hungary. Ph © Varosliget

House of Music: Special Jury Award

The House of Hungarian Music by Sou Fujimoto actively builds on the synergy of and balance with nature. The concept of the project applies a versatile approach to the introduction of music. The House of Hungarian Music in Budapest is not just a museum, but an ambitious concept that embraces the past and future, as well as people, culture and the nature and science of music.