The Progressive Architecture (P/A) Awards have often served as barometers of the profession, as architects submitting their on-the-boards projects give the field a glimpse of what's ahead. Here, ARCHITECT takes a look at a selection of past winners of P/A Awards over the last decade to gauge how proposals for living have evolved.
Click through the linked project names below to see more images and information for each past P/A winner in ARCHITECT's Project Gallery.
The South Shared Street Plaza. It was not only the planning of the plazas that garnered praise; the buildings themselves intrigued the jury. "It seems to me that Habitat for Humanity has evolved into something more interesting than it used to be," Lars Lerup said. "These buildings seem more innovative than those normally associated with the program. There is so little innovation in suburbia that this is quite exciting."
2009 P/A Award Porchscapes, Fayetteville, Ark. University of Arkansas Community Design Center
Courtesy Steven Holl ArchitectsThe Langelinie and Marmormolen towers form the LM Harbor Gateway, which serves as the new entry point to Copenhagen Harbor. The office towers are connected by a cable-stay bridge suspended 213 feet above the water’s surface.
Courtesy Architecture Research OfficeA scheme by Architecture Research Office covers the approach to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel with a public market hall—with a louvered roof for passive lighting and cooling—where local farmers can sell their wares. This market hall is connected to a green space and a public plaza, creating three separate-yet-connected spaces that will encourage tourists and residents to spend more time in Lower Manhattan.
Courtesy 5468796 ArchitectureThe courtyard-facing walls of the housing blocks are clad in concrete board panels painted with a pixelated image of a treescape.
