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Lanyang Museum bags world architecture award

Taiwan’s Lanyang Museum, shaped like a black cuesta rock formation, is among the winners of the 2012 International Architecture Awards. (Staff photo/Chen Mei-ling)

• Publication Date：09/04/2012
• Source： Taiwan Today
• By  Grace Kuo

The Lanyang Museum in Taiwan’s northeastern Yilan County is among the winning buildings in the 2012 International Architecture Awards, according to the county government Sept. 3.

“The LYM is among the 80 works to stand out from more than 300 submissions,” the county government said. A jury composed of eight architects and scholars from Norway, along with four officials with the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, evaluated the structures based on standards of innovative design, engineering techniques, application of architectural materials and sustainability.

The museum was designed by renowned architect Kris Yao, modeled on the shape of the cuesta landform commonly seen along Taiwan’s northeast coast, with reference to other local geographical features including Guishan Island and the Wushi coral reefs. It reflects Yilan’s scenic, cultural and historical characteristics.

The IAA awards, launched in 2005 by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, aim “to honor and celebrate the most outstanding architecture designed and built throughout the world,” the museum website noted. The event is currently co-organized by the museum and the European center.

Previous honors the LYM has won include the 2010 Far Eastern Architectural Design Award, 2010 Taiwan Architecture Awards, 2010 Public Construction Golden Quality Awards, Best Construction Quality in the 2011 FIABCI-Taiwan Real Estate Excellence Award, and the Project Award from the 2011 International Awards for Liveable Communities.

Design concepts for the IAA winning works will be on display at the 2012 Istanbul Biennial from October to November, and will later be exhibited around Europe from January to June 2013, the county government added. (THN)

Write to Grace Kuo at mlkuo@mofa.gov.tw