Back April 7th, 2014

Two stations of the newly inaugurated Metro Line 4 of Budapest won the first prize on Architizer A+ Awards, an international architecture contest. The Szent Gellért tér and Fővám tér stations won in the bus and train stations category. They got the appreciation of the audience and the jury as well.

Two of the stations of the newly inaugurated Metro Line 4 of Budapest won an international competition. The Szent Gellért tér station and the Fővám tér station got the first place on an international architecture contest called Architizer A+ Awards. There were 2 first prizes in each category, one given by the audience and another one given by the jury; the Metro Line 4 won both. The metro stations got the prize overtaking several competitors, including Swiss and American ones. They won the prize firstly because of the special visible concrete elements used at the construction of the stations. Besides the bus and train stations category several other categories were included, such as small, medium size and large offices, office interiors, commercial properties, temporary facilities, hotels, restaurants and bars.

The Best Offices
In the small (less than 4 stories) offices category the winner chosen by the audience was a Finnish building, the new office of Arctia Shipping, and the other winner chosen by the jury was an extraordinary-shaped Shanghai office. In the medium size (between 5 and 15 stories) offices category had only one winner, a building located in Jaipur, India, built of concrete and steel. In the large (more than 16 stories) offices category the winner chosen by the audience was a Mexican office, and the other winner chosen by the jury was a complex located in Abu Dhabi. In the office interiors category an office in San Francisco and another one in China got the first prizes.

The Best Stores and Clubs
Among the commercial properties a Georgian glass complex and an American wine tasting facility got the first prizes. The winners of the temporary facilities were a store in Singapore and another one in Beijing. In the hotels category a Thai wooden house and an extraordinary Icelandic hotel won the first prize; and among the restaurants an Italian one in Japan got the first place. According to the opinion of the audience the coolest club was one in Sofia, Bulgaria with a ceiling evoking the starry sky, and the jury chose a bar in Melbourne, Australia thanks to its barrel shapes.


Sources:
www.portfolio.hu