DAM Prize 2019

The 25 Best Buildings in/from Germany
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The presentation of the DAM Preis 2019 highlights current architecture from Germany and remarkable projects by German architecture firms outside the country. A jury selected for the exhibition 22 building ensembles and three examples from abroad from a longlist of 100 buildings completed between fall 2016 and spring 2018. The exhibition offers an opportunity to discover the sheer diversity of current architecture in Germany, and includes buildings in rural areas as well as in small towns and conurbations. Examples of apartment complexes are presented, along with new libraries as non-commercial, inner-city centers, a museum, and an opera house – but also technical buildings like a road salt storage facility. Eye-catching, standalone buildings are included, most significantly a whole series of impressive examples of how architects have approached a conceptually planned modernization and an enhancement of an existing building. Equally striking is the hybrid concept behind some buildings which, from the outset, were developed to fulfil multiple functions.

The jury nominated four of the buildings as finalists for the DAM Preis 2019, then inspected the buildings themselves and ultimately chose the winning project: The reconstruction and renovation of the Kulturpalast Dresden by gmp – Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner will be presented in the centre of the exhibition. In 2019, the prize will be awarded by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) for the third time in close cooperation with our partner JUNG.

Parallel to the exhibition opening, DOM publishers, Berlin, will bring out the German Architecture Annual 2019. Renowned authors have written articles for it exploring the prize-winning project, the shortlisted finalists and buildings as well as the buildings outside Germany. This is complimented by two essays on current topics, the new old town in Frankfurt and the new generation of highrises in Singapore. The German Architecture Annual 2019 can be obtained from bookstores or from the DAM ticket office. Members of the Society of Friends of the DAM receive the annual free of charge at the DAM ticket office.

DAM Preis 2019

IFAU IN COOPERATION WITH HEIDE VON BECKERATH
Integrative construction project at the fromer wholesale flower market, Berlin FINALIST

BRUNO FIORETTI MARQUEZ
Refurbishment of Wittenberg Castle, Wittenberg

FLORIAN NAGLER ARCHITEKTEN
Elongated building by Karpfsee lake / Nantesbuch Foundation, Bad Heilbrunn

GERNOT SCHULZ : ARCHITEKTUR
Refurbishment and conversion of Altenberg building, chapel, Altenberg Abbey, Odenthal

GMP – ARCHITEKTEN VON GERKAN MARG UND PARTNER
Reconstruction and renovation of the Kulturpalast, Dresden WINNER

HARRIS + KURRLE
Public library, Rottenburg FINALIST

HENN
Merck Innovation Center and staff restaurant, Darmstadt

HG MERZ
General refurbishment, Staatsoper Berlin, Berlin

HG MERZ UND ADB EWERIEN UND OBERMANN
Refurbishment of circulation tank 2, Berlin

HILD UND K ARCHITEKTEN
Schwabing transformer substation, Munich

KUEHN MALVEZZI WITH MICHAEL RIEDEL
Moderne Galerie, Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken

LEINERT LORENZ ARCHITEKTEN
Residential building, Dresden

LUDLOFF LUDLOFF
SOS Children’s Village, Embassy for Children, Berlin

PETER BÖHM ARCHITEKTUR
Philosophy Department on Domplatz, Münster

RICHTER MUSIKOWSKI
“Futurium”, Berlin

RKW ARCHITEKTUR +
New emergency accommodation, Essen

STAAB ARCHITEKTEN
Scientific and Restoration Center, Potsdam

VAUTZ MANG ARCHITEKTEN
Salt storage hall, Geislingen an der Steige

WAECHTER + WAECHTER ARCHITEKTEN
Dockside school, Offenbach

WAECHTER + WAECHTER ARCHITEKTEN
AIZ training and seminar building of the Academy for International Cooperation, Bonn FINALIST

WULF ARCHITEKTEN
Four modular construction elementary schools, Munich

ZANDERROTHARCHITEKTEN
Residential ensemble pa 1925, Berlin

International Architecture

AUER WEBER MIT CHRISTOPHE GULIZZI
“Arena du Pays d’Aix” handball arena, Aix-en-Provence (France)

BARKOW LEIBINGER
Trumpf Smart Factory, Chicago (USA)

INGENHOVEN ARCHITECTS
Marina One, Singapore