The German Design Council’s invites architects, designers, the building trade and industry to submit their entries for this year’s competition with registration closing on 20 May.
The Iconic Awards celebrate the successful interplay between architecture and design from a holistic perspective.
The Iconic Awards focus is on visionary buildings, innovative products and strong brand statements from all fields of architecture, the construction and real estate industry as well as the manufacturing sector.
The five main award categories include architecture, interior, product, communication and concept, and cover the entire world of architecture and its elements.
An independent jury will judge the awards with the labels “winner” and “best of the best”. The jury will also be offering prizes totaling 30,000 euros (approximately AUD$45,000) for three special categories: Architects of the Year, Interior Designers of the Year and Project of the Year, as well as the honorary price Architects’ Client of the Year.
This year’s jury includes:
Michel Casertano, Atelier Brückner GmbH, Stuttgart
Marco Dessí, Studio Marco Dessí, Vienna
Dr. Louise Kiesling, COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, Vienna
Corinna Kretschmar-Joehnk, JOI-Design GmbH, Hamburg
Silvia Olp, Phoenix Design, Stuttgart/Munich/Shanghai
Stefan Weil, Atelier Markgraph, Frankfurt/Main
Andrej Kupetz, German Design Council, Frankfurt/Main
The award ceremony will take place on 4 October in the BMW Welt in Munich during the Expo Real Trade fair.
