An array of 38 built projects—ranging from Ruta 4 Taller’s Amairis sewing factory in Colombia to REX’s luxe 2050 M Street office building in Washington, D.C.—have been shortlisted for the 2022 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize. The prize, which is affiliated with the Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture, is bestowed biennially but has not been awarded since 2018 on account of the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, the 2022 list encompasses projects completed between the beginning of 2018 and the end of 2021.
The semi-finalist projects were selected by a six-member jury led by Peruvian architect Sandra Barclay, a founding partner at Barclay & Crousse and one of the designers of Edificio E at Universidad de Piura in Peru, the 2018 Crown Hall Prize winner. This year’s jurors “found and prioritized a large number of projects which meaningfully connect to the surrounding communities by employing regional means and methods to build,” wrote Barclay in a jury statement, adding that the projects “exhibit immense respect for their context, climate, and environment, celebrate cultural values in their highest form, and address significant problems with excellence.”
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